Media Literacy

"Comprehensive media education is the most exciting trend in school reform today. It leads our children, and eventually our society, to become media literate. Media literacy is defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce information through a variety of mass media forms."___Deirdre Downs

Taos Talking Picture Festival - Media Literacy Conference

Transcripts from the Media Literacy Conference which was held in Taos, NM April 6 - 9, 1995.

Media Literacy Inquiring Minds Want to Know:

The Center for Education & LifeLong Learning supports a broad range of KQED programming for children, students, childcare providers, parents, adult students and teachers.

Cable in the Classroom

An initiative by Canada's cable companies and programming services to provide copyright-cleared, commercial free, educationally relevant French and English television programming for Canadian schools.

Freedom Forum

Association for Media Literacy/Nova Scotia

Media Literacy On-Line Project Web Site

Media Literacy On-Line Project Gopher

Children and Television: From Global ChildNet

Child Safety on the Information Superhighway

VidKids

The Media & Communications Studies Page

British Gateway to Web Resources. Useful in academic studies of Media and Communications.

American Communications Association WWW Site

Links to sites of interest to Educators.

History of Communication Media Technologies

Interesting site with growing list of Internet Resources related to communication media history

Media Education Foundation

The Media Education Foundation is a non-profit organization, devoted to producing educational materials that highlight the important role that the media play in the lives of all Americans. Believing that an educated citizenry is the key to ensuring a vibrant democracy, MEF is committed to ensuring the spread of media literacy.

The following are articles on media literacy. La Plaza is grateful to the authors for allowing us to reprint them.

Isn't It Time We Taught Children to "Read" TV?: by Kathleen Tyner
What is Comprehensive Media Education? What is Media Literacy?: by Diedra Downs
An Overview Inquiring Minds Want to Know: What is Media Literacy?: by Deborah Leveranz and Kathleen Tyner
Working Group on Media: Recommendations from the Working Group on Media at the National Consultation on Safeguarding our Youth: Violence Prevention for Our Nations's Children
The Mind Age: by Diedra Downs
Rethinking the Message. Students Practice Responsibilty in Filmmaking.: by Michael Brooks
What's Next For New Mexico.: by Bob McCannon
Downs Media Education Center: On The National Front: by Diedra Downs
T.V. Talks About Media Literacy: by Ray Depa
Video in the Classroom: A Tool for Reform Part 1: by Kathleen Tyner
Video in the Classroom: A Tool for Reform Part 2: by Kathleen Tyner

Last update: February 11, 1996. For questions or comments send email to feedback@laplaza.taos.nm.us