Project Look Sharp announces its newest media literacy kit, Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here's the link to the curriculum materials, which includes 11 short video clips available through YouTube.
Here's a full description:

Title: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr.
Audience: Middle School through College.
Description: The kit, designed for high school English and social studies classes, includ… Continue

I was alerted to this article in the current (new) issue of the American School Board Journal. You might wish to call it to the attention of your administrators. A portion of it is online: http://www.asbj.com/MainMenuCategory/Archive/2010/January/The-Future-of-Libraries-Is-Now.aspx

The entire essay may also be available via the subscription databases.

Frank Baker.

ASCD has just published "Curriculum 21- Essential Education for A Changing World." I think this new text should be on the desk of every principal. (In fact, many ASCD members will be receiving it during the month of January.) It was edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs. (Full disclosure: the book includes a chapter I wrote on media literacy). Happy New Year. Frank Baker

The latest issue of The Journal of Media Literacy (produced by the National Telemedia Council) is one worth reading. The issue explores "School 2.0: Transforming 21st Century Education Through New Media Literacies". How will schools need to change to keep up with the growth of new media? We now have Web 2.0 - what will School 2.0 look like?

The cover

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