ISSUE #19 • OCTOBER 2018
MEDIA LITERACY
Media Literacy is more important now than ever before. In this issue, we’re sharing our tips, tricks and thoughts for preparing students who are media and arts literate.
LATEST ARTICLES
How to Get Administrative Buy-In for Arts Integration
I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is for teachers and students to have administrative buy-in for arts integration. Essentially, low administrative buy-in can squash efforts to integrate the arts in classrooms. [...]
RESOURCES TO PRINT
Communication Tips for the Busy Teacher
Dyan Branstetter | June 2019 Communication Tips for the Busy Teacher I remember my first few years of teaching vividly. I felt confident with my students and I loved working [...]
The Value of Effective Communication
Dolph Petris | June 2019 The Value of Effective Communication Imagine where we would be if there were no means to communicate. Exactly!… we’d be nowhere! Our ability to participate [...]
CLASSROOM IDEAS
Navigating the Tangled Web of Media Literacy
Where does one even begin with Media Literacy and Arts/STEAM integration?! In the not-too-distant past, media and its availability referenced a finite collection of tools and resources. At the risk of adding to the number [...]
Cultivating Criticism in Media Arts
Jaime Patterson | October 2018 Cultivating Criticism in Media Arts Teachers are busy. They are juggling mandated curriculums and testing. They're dealing with student illiteracy [...]
Internet Scavenger Hunt: Halloween Edition
Lauren Hodson | October 2018 Internet Scavenger Hunt: Halloween Edition Internet Scavenger Hunts build computer competency and research skills. Additionally, they’re fun! You can use [...]
Media Arts and Math… Amazing!
Amy Traggianese | October 2018 Media Arts and Math...Amazing! Visual art combined with technology equals amazing Media Arts! In 2014, the National Core [...]
Science, Art and Meaningful Integration
Deirdre Moore | October 2018 Science, Art and Meaningful Integration Everyone agrees that science and art are essential, yes? They're essential to who we are [...]
How To Help Your Students Become Media Literate
Dyan Branstetter | October 2018 How to Help Your Students Become Media Literate Media literacy is more important than ever. So important, that there is [...]
Broadcasting Your Classroom
Michelle Simmons | October 2018 Broadcasting Your Classroom Rise and Shine Eagles! This is the wake up my students every morning from our news studio. [...]
Too Much Art? The Misconceptions of STEAM
"There's just too much art in these STEAM lessons". This was the statement shared with me during a meeting with a STEAM coordinator. He was from a school district looking at our Arts Integration [...]
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