Top 10

Top 10
I think the Persuasive Techniques are so important – having learned them and how they are used, I now see them everywhere. Identifying the techniques is a valuable skill for students to have.
Toxic Sludge is Good for You. This film’s exposure of how the PR industry is used in the media was really eye-opening, especially the part about the VNRs – interesting information for my Public Issues students to consider.
Consuming Kids – great film – I want to learn more about the Nag Factor. I think my students will appreciate seeing parts of this.
Basic Brain Functions – priceless! It helps so much to understand in very simple terms how our brain(s) process information and images – it really makes understanding some of the manipulative techniques used in media easier to see.
Project Censored – I have always read the Seven Days issue with these stories and wondered where they came from – now I know and can use this in my classroom.
Democracy Now! What a great and compelling film – perfect for me to use in class as we discuss the current conflicts in the Middle East and how the media reports.
How do we decide what we believe? I look forward to using this activity in my classroom. I think it will be a great activity for students.
Follow the Money activity: Who Owns My Media Faves? This activity will help students to see directly the corporate ownership of our media and thus contemplate the impacts of it on our democracy.
Untold Stories activity. I think this one is great for helping students to see media messages from alternative points of view.
Feed – I am hoping to find a way to incorporate parts of Feed into my M.E. unit that I teach. What a great book for the times that we live in.

I am still thinking about:

Ways to incorporate more meia literacy into other areas of my curriculum (Media in a Time of War to talk about pros/cons of embedded journalim, for example).
If I can find a way to use portions of Feed in my Public Issues class as part of my media education unit.How excited I am to teach the unit(s) that I developed for this class!