Media Literacy

The Media Literacy Clearinghouse is a good place to start for learning all about media literacy. Notice the first link leads you straight to a blog! Frank's Blog provides timely currrent events articles about media issues. This site has a lot of resources for K-12 educators.

Head over to the PBS site for Media Literacy. Take the quick quiz to see how you do on media consumption, trends, and legislation.

How do we best prepare our young people to succeed in the 21st century?

Teaching media literacy is, in a sense, teaching critical thinking. PBS offers some great activities for incorporating media activities in Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, and Health. Check them out.