Webinar (web seminar) for 21st Century Literacy

Here's another professional development opportunity from NCTE -- it's interactive and the presentation can be seen on the smartboard in Room 413 this Tuesday:

"Reading the Media: Helping Students (and Teachers) Become Media Literate by Teaching 21st Century Skills"

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. EST

Presenter: Frank Baker

In today’s media-rich society, most of our students are media-savvy—they can multitask, text, IM, and Facebook with ease and confidence. What many of these students—and a great many teachers—lack are the sophisticated media literacy skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century.

Media literate—not just Media savvy. Join us as Frank Baker, former school administrator and contributor to NCTE’s Lesson Plans for Creating Media-Rich Classrooms, works through what it means to be media literate, and how teachers can help students (and themselves) build 21st century skills.

In this seminar you’ll learn:
1. A more complete definition of media literacy
2. The five core concepts to teach media literacy
3. Critical thinking questions for the classroom
4. Classroom applications for instruction including how to evaluate: political campaigns, marketing messages, scriptwriting, and more.
5. Resource recommendations

Frank W. Baker was a school administrator in Orlando, Florida for 11 years and a public television education specialist for 6 years. He specializes in professional development workshops on 21st century literacy skills, specifically media literacy. His workshops are hands-on and highly interactive. His goal is to help teachers make the connection between media literacy and state teaching standards. His nationally recognized web page, The Media Literacy Clearinghouse, and his workshops, have both received rave reviews.