How to Teach Media Literacy

Media literacy connects the curriculum of the classroom with the curriculum of the living room. Making these connections requires an educationally sound framework and structure — while leaving room for open-ended inquiry and the excitement of discovery.		"Media education is a quest for meaning. Much of the value of a quest lies in the search itself as well as in the achievement of the goal."
		— Chris Worsnop

		Recommended Educational Resources CML MediaLit Kit™ / A Framework for Learning and Teaching in a Media Age Now all together in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML’s Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. Covers media literacy: · Theory · Practice · Implementation Curriculum resources and lesson plans Media Literacy Works: Case Studies and Success Stories in Media Literacy Education (see Articles and Reports below)

		Articles and Reports From our online Reading Room and Media&Values Archive we've selected pertinent studies, reflective articles, research reports and news items to help you explore this topic thoroughly.
		• 10 Benefits of Media Literacy Education • Assignment Media Literacy -- Maryland project • Assignment: Media Literacy • Breaking Boundaries with Video Production: Inteview with Steve Goodman • Brief History of Media Education, A • Building Citizenship Skills through Media Literacy Education • Canada Offers Ten Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy • Canada's Key Concepts of Media Literacy • Case Study: Establishing Media Literacy in a Catholic School Setting • Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages • CML Pilots Media Literacy Unit for Obesity, Nutrition Education • Collaborating for Success: Classroom teachers and video specialists • Criteria for A Successful Media Education Program • Critical Viewing and Critical Thinking Skills • Defining Media Violence: It's Not so Easy! • Educational Standards and Media Literacy • Five Key Questions That Can Change the World • Getting Started: Ideas for Introducing Media Literacy in your School or District • How Media Education Is Like What You Already Know • How to Conduct a ‘Close Analysis' of a Media ‘Text' • Instructional Practices In Media Literacy Education And Their Impact On Students' Learning • Literacy for the 21st Century: An Overview & Orientation Guide to Media Literacy Education • Literacy in a Digital World (Book Review) • Making a Case for Media Literacy in the Classroom • Making Media Skills • Making the Media Work for You: Action Ideas for Families • Media Literacy Across the Curriculum • Media Literacy and the Question of Production • Media Literacy Day '99 Spotlights Successful Skills for Teaching • Media Literacy Finds a Home in McREL Language Arts Standards • Media Literacy Questionnaire for English Language Learners • More Media Savvy Than She Thinks • Orthodoxy is the Enemy: Four Ways NOT to Teach Media Literacy • Questioning the Media — Plus Essential Questions for Teachers • Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement -- Circa 2001 • Student-Produced Morning News • Summer Seminars Take on Hot Topics in Media Literacy • Teach Kids to Make TV! • Teachers as Media Creators • Teaching Media Literacy in the ESL Classroom • Teaching Media Literacy: Yo! Are you Hip to This? • Teaching the Media Child in the Digital Swarm: The Case for Media Education • Tools for Teaching Media Literacy in Faith Settings • Video Basics and Production Projects for the Classroom • We Learn by Doing: Making Media in the Classroom • What are Other Countries Doing in Media Education? • What Media Literacy is NOT • Words of Wisdom: Teaching CML's Five Key Questions • Working with Basics: Miracles DO Happen! • WORKSHOP REPORT: How to do Assessment and Evaluation in Media Literacy • WORKSHOP REPORT: Integrating Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

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How to Teach Media Literacy