What is media literacy?
"Media literacy refers to composing, comprehending, interpreting,
analyzing, and appreciating the language and texts of...both print
and nonprint. The use of media presupposes an expanded definition
of 'text'...print media texts include books, magazines, and newspapers.
Nonprint media include photography, recordings, radio, film, television,
videotape, video games, computers, the performing arts, and
virtual reality...constantly interact...(and) all (are) to be experienced,
appreciated, and analyzed and created by students.
Great Poems to Teach
Compiled by the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, this list contains 341 poems submitted by teachers who participated in a workshop organized by TWC. Selected for participation by C. K. Williams, teachers applying to the workshop were asked to supply a list of poems which they had successfully taught in high school English and Language Arts classrooms.
"Elizabeth Birr Moje, professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, and Sunil Iyengar, director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts discuss the new literacy issues presented by computers and the internet."