Media+Literacy

****__ http://www.enhancetv.com.au/shop/product.php?productid=12668957&cat=0&page=1 __ ** http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm **A US site that includes media issues such as violence and stereotyping. What is it? What are the key concepts?** http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/media_literacy/index.cfm ** http://medialit.med.sc.edu/ ** An excellent US site that explains semiotics very clearly and graphically. **http://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/index.html**  Timelines, the history of the written word, signs and symbols, media, inventors, etc… ** http://library.thinkquest.org/26451/newmenu.html **  = 2. Using Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) programs and teaching kits to support English and Media Literacy =  The online ACTF **Animation Teaching Kit** – all year levels **http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/title_pages/ani_tp.php  **  The online ACTF **ive Action Teaching Kit** -years 2-7 **http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/title_pages/lia_tp.php**  The **Noah & Saskia** multimedia teaching kit- years 5-12  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The ACTF TV Tie Ins Teaching Kit provides resources for primary and secondary teachers to enhance literacy through studying texts in both visual and print form. The kit contains lesson plans and classroom activities as well as strategies for engaging reluctant readers. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The ACTF Books on TV Teaching Kit provides resources to teach book to screen and visual literacy from years 4-10 using ACTF videos, kits and online resources. It contains lesson plans and classroom activities as well as strategies for engaging reluctant readers. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Students develop a video or other media concept from a favourite text. These could include comics, web sites, songs or books. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Students visit the **website** for the text. What opportunities are there for interaction and activities? Design a fan site for your media concept.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> What is Media Literacy and ideas to teach it.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">British Film Institute (BFI) Look Again. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">A downloadable PDF guide for teaching about the media- ages 3- 11.
 * Highly Recommended.**
 * http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/lookagain/ **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Media Awareness Network
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Media Smart. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> UK site providing information about the stages of media literacy and advising parents and teachers about how to make children media smart.
 * http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/index-2.html**
 * Media Literacy **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> (on the Canadian Media Awareness site)
 * Media Clearing House **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> includes links and resources on such areas as ** Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Advertising, etc  ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * The Centre for Media Literacy- Articles on ‘How to Teach Media Literacy’ **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> [|**http://www.medialit.org/focus/tea_articles.html**]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Semiotics **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * The History of Communication **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/title_pages/nas_tp.php **
 * TV Tie-ins teaching kit. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> **http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/title_pages/tvt_tp.php**
 * Books On TV teaching kit **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ** http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/title_pages/btv_tp.php **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">3. Text to Screen **

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> and not only is there a **movie site http://www.unfortunateeventsmovie.com/intro.html ** <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">but one of the characters has set up his own website in competition with the movie website! <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|**http://www.countolaf.com/**] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> **4. Metro Magazine and Screen Education** [|**http://www.metromagazine.com.au/metro/default.asp**]
 * <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For example: Lemony Snicket //A Series of Unfortunate Events// **
 * <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The film, the book, the film, website **
 * The Book http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm**