ERIC Number: ED510009
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010-May
Pages: 144
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: ISBN-0-8077-5079-4
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DIY Media in the Classroom: New Literacies Across Content Areas (Middle Through High School). Language & Literacy Series (Practitioner's Bookshelf)
Guzzetti, Barbara; Elliot, Kate; Welsch, Diana
Teachers College Press
This book shows teachers how to bring students' Do-It-Yourself media practices into the classroom (Grades 6-12). In one accessible resource, the authors explain DIY media, identify their appealing features for content area instruction, and describe the literacy skills and strategies they promote. Chapters address: Adolescents' DIY Media as New Literacies; Blogs; Social Networking and Social Media Sites; Video Games, Machinima, and Virtual Worlds; YouTube and Video Sharing Sites; Informational Wikis and Online Resources; Fan Fiction, Fan Art and Web Comics; Zines and Indie Music; DIY Media, Assessment, Ethics, and Achievement. Providing a compelling rationale and framework for using DIY media in the classroom, this book: (1) addresses both print-based and digital DIY media (one of the first professional education books to do so); (2) Provides teaching strategies for using DIY media across the curriculum, including English/language arts, math, social studies, science, art, and music; (3) offers multiple perspectives, including a classroom teacher who reflects on her own challenges and successes with DIY media in a high school class; and (4) Links to a blog for teacher study groups and frequent updates on adolescent media practices: http://adolescentsdiy.blogspot.com. The book contains a foreword by Shannon Decker.
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Music, Video Games, Cartoons, Ethics, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Literacy, Social Networks, Internet, Video Technology, Educational Assessment, Instructional Materials, Popular Culture, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Computer Mediated Communication, Printed Materials, Multimedia Materials, Language Arts
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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