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Author: Frank Baker
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9781138216020
ISBN 10: 113821602
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 06 December 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Students will learn to think critically about photos, advertisements, and other media and consider the intended purposes and messages. ... The `Close Reading the Media' featured lesson plans contain connections to key standards and step-by-step activities classroom teachers can use immediately...With this practical instructional guide, teachers will have all the tools and ideas they need to help today's students successfully navigate their media-filled world. --Midwest Book Review, September 2018 What student would not want to explore and deconstruct media messages from the latest TV season, Super Bowl ads, popular film, toy commercials, award shows, popular songs, news photographs, and MAD magazine cover parodies? Frank Baker makes essential media literacy concepts accessible, presents ideas to inspire creativity and offers practical strategies to hook young learners in critical thought. Interdisciplinary and jam-packed with resources, important question checklists and engaging, relevant, standards-aligned ideas for active learning, Close Reading the Media is a timely go-to volume for classroom teachers as well as teacher librarians. --Joyce Valenza, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers University, SC&I Fans of the amazing Frank Baker will be thrilled with this collection of Frank's greatest hits ! The lessons that Frank provides are so valuable and so needed by today's teachers who are trying to help their students navigate our current roller-coaster media world. This book is arriving just in time-thank you, Frank! --William Kist, PhD, Professor, Kent State University A longtime proponent of media literacy, Baker combines timely lessons and pop culture resources. The material is divided by month, drawing students' attention to relevant topics. ... Verdict: An outstanding resource for librarians and teachers intending to teach media literacy. --from School Library Journal Review, May 2019
What student would not want to explore and deconstruct media messages from the latest TV season, Super Bowl ads, popular film, toy commercials, award shows, popular songs, news photographs, and MAD magazine cover parodies? Frank Baker makes essential media literacy concepts accessible, presents ideas to inspire creativity and offers practical strategies to hook young learners in critical thought. Interdisciplinary and jam-packed with resources, important question checklists and engaging, relevant, standards-aligned ideas for active learning, Close Reading the Media is a timely go-to volume for classroom teachers as well as teacher librarians. --Joyce Valenza, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers University, SC&I Fans of the amazing Frank Baker will be thrilled with this collection of Frank's greatest hits ! The lessons that Frank provides are so valuable and so needed by today's teachers who are trying to help their students navigate our current roller-coaster media world. This book is arriving just in time-thank you, Frank! --William Kist, PhD, Professor, Kent State University
Author Information
Frank W. Baker is a renowned media literacy expert who holds workshops for teachers across the country. He is an educational consultant to the Writing Improvement Network and the News Literacy Project, as well as a blogger for MiddleWeb at https://www.middleweb.com/category/close-reading-the-media. He is also the author of Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom (ISTE, 2016) and co-author of Mastering Media Literacy with Heidi Hayes Jacobs (Solution Tree, 2013). Visit his website, frankwbaker.com
