A Bibliography of Classroom Resources
Media Education Resources for Educators
Buckingham, D. (2003). Media Education: Literacy, Learning and Contemporary Culture. Williston, VT: Blackwell/ London: Polity Press. 802-216-2522 or exam@blackwellpub.com.
Duncan, B. (2003).
Interview with Kathleen Tyner.
Barrie’s Bulletin (April). Ontario, Canada: Media Awareness Network.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/barrys_bulletins/upload/33192_1.pdf
Duncan, B. & Tyner, K.(Eds.) (2003). Visions/Revisions: Moving Forward with Media Education. Madison, WI: National Telemedia Council, 1922 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726. 608-218-1182. NTelemedia@aol.com
Gee, James Paul. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy.
Goodman, Steve (2003). Teaching Youth Media. NY: Teachers College Press.
The New London Group. (1996). A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review, 66(1):60-92.
Sanborn, Keith (1998). The Zapruder Film. Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Films. San Francisco Cinematheque and the Museum of Modern Art (NYC). To order: 415-552-1990. $15. See also: http://www.jfkin61.com/assassination/dealeyplaza.html
Tyner, K. (June 2003). Beyond Boxes and Wires. Journal of Media Education, J. Fisherkeller and R.M. Coleman, Ed., Sage Publications.
Tyner, K. (January 2004). A Closer Look: Case Studies from the NAMAC Youth Media Initiative. San Francisco: National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture.
Tyner, K. (1998). Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information. (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). Some reviews are located in the Journal of History and Computing and The International Journal on Knowledge Infrastructure Development, Management and Regulation
< http://www.tpeditor.com/reviews/1999/index.htm; <http://mcel.pacificu.edu/jahc/jahcII3/P-REVIEWSII3/tyner.html> and <Amazon.com>.
Standards and Assessment Resources for Communication Educators
Making Movies Matter (1999) is a policy document created by a group of media educators, technology educators and humanities teachers in England. It is published by the British Film Institute and used to create standards related to teaching about the moving image in the United Kingdom. <http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/research/advocacy/mmm/>
Minneapolis Public Schools Media/Technology Standards. Useful local standards, although limited to youth development issue of “violence prevention” a funding consideration, they may be used for broader, more creative purposes. < http://media.mpls.k12.mn.us/MPS_Media_Information_Technology_Standards.html >
National Communication Association K-12 Standards for Speaking, Listening and Media Literacy <http://www.natcom.org/Instruction/K-12/K12Stds.htm>
Sefton-Green, J. & Sinker, R. (2000). Evaluating Creativity: Making and Learning by Young People. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Order through amazon.com ]
Worsnop, C. (1996) Using Rubrics to Assess Media Work in the Classroom . Ontario, Canada: Media Awareness Network. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teaching_backgrounders/media_literacy/using_rubrics.cfm
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Standards. Includes media education “viewing and representing” strand in the K-12 English Language Arts and Reading strand.
< http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter110/index.html>
Resources for Communication Arts Teaching and Learning
The Prelinger Archive. Instructional, industrial and other ephemeral media can be downloaded online at: http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
Schouten, D. & Watling, R. (1998). Media Action Project: A Model for Integrating Video in Project-based Education, Training and Community Development. http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schoutdi/
Morton Subotnick's "Creating Music"is a digital sound tool for children. http://creatingmusic.com/
The Southeast Utah Regional Web (SURWEB) is a knowledge creation tool, digital presentation devise, and archive of multimedia developed for K-12 teachers. http://www.surweb.org/
Teach with Movies offers many movie guides for use in the classroom. http://teachwithmovies.org/
Video Production Course (Middle School). Teacher Stephanie Drotos uploaded her entire 9-Week curriculum for video production on the Web. Includes desktop publishing and video. Daily lesson plans and classroom handouts. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/1902
Programs and Services for Media Educators
Action Coallition for Media Education (ACME) http://acmecoalition.org/
Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA) http://www.amlainfo.org/
AnimAction partners with schools to produce animation and digital video. http://www.animaction.com/
Appalshop is a media arts center in Kentucky that hosts a media education institute for teachers and students who produce documentaries about Appalachian culture. http://www.appalshop.org
Education Arcade is the premiere website for educators interested in video gaming: www.educationarcade.org
The British Film Institute has a strong media education department: http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/index.html
British media educators also use: www.englishandmedia.co.uk
The Center for Digital Storytelling offers convening opportunities, resources and information for media educators. http://www.storycenter.org/
Jesuit Communication Project http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/JCP/index.html
Media Awareness Network in Canada is a major resource for media education resources. http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/
Media Literacy Online Project Resource Links (University of Oregon) http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/resources/resources.html
National Alliance of Media Arts and Cultures has a Youth Media Initiative focused on evaluation and field-building: www.namac.org
National Telemedia Council http://www.nationaltelemediacouncil.org/
The Center for Media Literacy in Los Angeles is a clearinghouse for media education materials and services. http://www.medialiteracy.org/
Educational Video Center in New York City is the flagship program for hands-on media education in the United States. http://www.evc.org/
The National Writing Project offers a strong community of educators, as well as best practices in hands-on, creative educational work for kids:
Useful Youth Media Links
Listen Up! Since January 1999, Listen Up! has engaged more than 1,000 youth from diverse backgrounds in the researching, writing, production, editing and distribution of their own media. Loosely affliliated with the PBS series, The Merrow Report. http://www.listenup.org/
http://www.thebeatwithin.org/news/ - The Beat Within youth writing project
www.bluntradio.org - Blunt Youth Radio Project
www.wiretapmag.org - Wiretap - Ideas and actions for a new generation
www.roaddawgz.org - Roaddawgz.org - voice of homeless youth
www.teenvoices.com – Teen Voices Online
www.wideanglemedia.org - Wide Angle Youth Media
www.ymdi.org - Youth Media Distribution
www.youthradio.org - Youth Radio
www.youthcomm.org - Youth Communication - True Stories by Teens
www.youthoutlook.org - Yo! Youth Outlook - Amplifying the Voices of Young People