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This site contains quality information to help students become more media literate through short interactive experiences. Using this site in conjunction with other resources and activities in the classroom, including discussions, would make a meaningful unit.

Description:

From the website: "Children spend the majority of their days consuming mass media. On average, children spend four-and-a-half hours a day using television, video games and computers. Yet children are not provided with the tools needed to evaluate and analyze the media messages they see. "Teachers have the ability to engage students in media literacy - the ability to access, evaluate, analyze and produce both electronic and print media - by dissecting pop culture and advertisements. Media literacy education can help students build critical thinking and analytic skills, become more discriminating in the use of mass media, distinguish between reality and fantasy, and consider whether media values are their values."

Possible uses:

Students can explore this site on their own or in pairs to learn some of the tricks used in media and begin their critical media literacy learning. Teachers can organize a study using this site and find useful resources to utilize.

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Online Unit, Research Resources, Teacher Tools and Information

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