Walter McKenzie's Innovative Teaching

ABOUT FACE
High-School level site dealing with media treatment of women; lots of room for student interaction and the Light at the End of the Tunnel section is positive activism at its best

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION LITERACY STANDARDS
Set of nine standards for teaching information literacy as part of the curriculum

CENTER FOR MEDIA LITERACY
Includes the Media&Values archive and 22 pages on how to teach media literacy in the classroom

CONSUMER JUNGLE
Targets seconday studnets as media savvy consumers through games, quizzes, and projects; plans and handouts for teachers, too

CONSUMER REPORTS FOR KIDS
Product tests, media literacy and fun activities to promote children as critical thinkers when considering media advertisements

DON'T BUY IT
Subtitled 'get media smart,' this PBS site helps elementary students look at advertising critically with interesting topics like What Makes an Advertisement… An Advertisement? and Using Statistics to Sell Cat Food

DOUG JOHNSON
Nationally recognized speaker and writer on information literacy and the role of technology in education.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN MEDIA LITERACY
Original materials and relevant links on teaching media literacy to children; from the Community Learning Network

FROM NOW ON
Jamie McKenzie's online newsletter on information literacy and instructional technology

INFORMATION LITERACY LINKS
Florida International University presents this extensive list of resources on information literacy

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA LITERACY
David Considine presents this rationale for the need for media literacy in education

MEDIA AWARENESS NETWORK
Practical support for media education in the home, school and community by supplying food for thought on how media impacts our lives

MEDIA LITERACY
Index of resources and lesson plans for teaching media literacy to students

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION
Promotes media literacy in education that is focused on critical inquiry, learning, and skill-building

NEWSEUM
A virtual museum covering the past, present and future of journalism in all its forms; interactive and engaging

NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION ARCHIVES
Learner's Online's service to provide materials for teachers integrating newspapers into their curriculum

NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION
All kinds of ways to integrate the paper into instruction including topical units, weekly lesson plans, daily news discussion questions

NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION WORLD
Sites for educators, parents and students; events and Carmen Quest

NEWSVOYAGER
"A comprehensive gateway to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers on the Web", with links to papers, features, classifieds and noteworthy award winners

NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK
News summaries, news quizzes, lesson plans, Newspaper in Education resources, much more from the people who promise 'all the news that's fit to print'

NOVEMBER LEARNING
Alan November's portal on information literacy, critical thinking and visionary uses of technology

PBS TEACHER SOURCE - MEDIA LITERACY
Resources, research and activities to help promote media literacy in the classroom

TEXAS INFORMATION LITERACY TUTORIAL
Online tutorial on information literacy from the University of Texas

UNDERSTANDING THE HYPE
In this Education World piece Catherine Gourley shares her thoughts about media literacy and its role in education

THE WEB IS NOT AN ENCYCOLPEDIA
The University of Maryland's Office of Information Technology offers this tutorial on how to critically assess information online