The Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA)
http://www.amlainfo.org/index.php
Committed to promoting media literacy education that is focused on critical inquiry, learning, and skill-building
Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org/site_overview.html
Resource Catalog
Largest collection of media literacy books, videos, CD/DVDs and teaching tools from around the world
http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article338.html
Classroom approaches
Media Literacy Clearinghouse http://www.frankwbaker.com/
Designed for K-12 educators who want to:
- learn more about media literacy
- integrate it into classroom instruction
- help students read the media
- help students become more media aware
Just Think Foundation http://www.justthink.org
The San Francisco-based Just Think Foundation strives to stimulate critical thinking about popular media and equip young people with the literacy tools critical for their future. These tools include the ability to comprehend the content of media and master the technical skills to produce media messages in various forms. The Media Action Project http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schoutdi/
This site contains many useful essays from
the work of the Urban Program Research Group, University of Nottingham,
England. It also previews the book Media Action Projects: A Model
for Integrating Video in Project-based Education, Training and Community
Development (1998; D. Schouten and R. Watling).
Project Look Sharp http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/
Project Look Sharp provides materials, training
and support to help teachers prepare students
for life in today's media saturated world.
Project Look Sharp is an initiative of Ithaca
College, working in collaboration with local
school districts, New York State BOCES, the
Alliance for Media Literate America, and other
national media literacy organizations.
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