This is a learning object created for students in an English course at Otis College of Art and Design.

Identify what sources are good to use for your papers. Learn the difference between scholarly, academic, professional, popular, and substantive news publications and the benefits and uses for each. To effectively research for college-level papers, students must learn how to evaluate articles in journals and.... more

Financial Literacy Tips from CPAs

The Institute for Multimedia Literacy (IML) is an Organized Research Unit within the School of Cinematic Arts that develops educational programs and conducts research on the changing nature of literacy in a networked culture. The IML's educational programs address students, teachers, and faculty across the educational.... more

mediamanual.at host annually a competition - the media literacy award® (mla) - for the best and most innovative educational media projects in European schools. The following can be entered for the mla: Video, Radio & Podcasts, Print media & Comics, Multi-media & New-media. Entries in these categories can.... more

Dahlak Brathwaite (as seen on Def Poetry Jam) asks if you've ever heard of THE MAN! More at www.ill-literacy.com.

K. Rampura village in District Tumkur of Karnataka is experiencing change - brought about by the linking of a total literacy campaign with health care and environment awareness. Villagers have planted saplings and stopped grazing livestock on their hillock. Which has now been named Akshara Van or literacy forest.

http://www.firstlightvideo.com/Mass_Media.html#F1136DVD Most students have little experience creating media and assume creating media is an easy process. For newspapers, you collect some information, write a story, type it out and lay it out. With a computer, how hard can that be? Part of the intrigue of media.... more

San Francisco Slam Champion Adriel Luis breaks down self-hatred in first-person perspective. More at www.ill-literacy.com.

http://www.firstlightvideo.com/Mass_Media.html#F1134DVD This program focuses on those who work as media professionals whether they are public relations specialists, journalists, photojournalists, advertising executives, newspaper editors or camera operators. In the media it's not just about what we say but what we.... more