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North Carolina Standard Course of Study - Information Skills Grades 9-12

With new forms of media transforming the way young people learn, educators need to integrate media literacy across the curriculum from kindergarten through college. As students have grown up in the world of the Internet, educators need to teach them the fundamentals of media literacy, or the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of forms. By learning how to ask probing questions, students can understand the political, social and economic implications of media messages and develop strategies to use media effectively. Like traditional literacy, media literacy involves critical thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to express oneself in different ways.

Resources

• Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College to provide materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels. Teachers/instructors: be sure to check out PLS's "Curriculum Kits & Lesson Plans".
• Center for Media Literacy
• CML MediaLit Kit
• National Association of Media Literacy
• The Journal of Media Literacy Education is an online interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education.
• News Literacy: How to Teach Students to Search Smart | Edutopia
  Excellent Web site with suggestions from educators.
• AdBuster - Integrated media literacy lesson plan for the college or university setting.
• Media Literacy Clearinghouse - Lesson plans, resources, essays, articles, etc. It's all here. Brought to you by Frank Baker, one of the nation's leading media literacy experts.
  
  • "One of the best sources for media literacy."
    - School Library Media Activities Monthly, November 2006
  • "Takes its commitment to standards-based education seriously."
    - ISTE review: 101 Best Websites for Secondary Teachers 2005
  • "A great starting point for K-12 educators."
    - School Library Journal, August 2004
• Sweet Search - Search engine for students. Sweet Search for Emerging Learners, Sweet Search 4 School librarians, SweetSites for teachers and students, organized by subject and academic level, and more....