Whether it's television, film, print, or the Internet, our world is saturated with visual images. That flow has become so persistent, so insistent, we can no longer dismiss its impact on our students' perceptions. We need to make media literacy a vital component of language arts education and equip our students to analyze and respond critically to media texts. Seeing & Believing was written to assist you with that process.
Developed as a tool to help you integrate various forms of media, Seeing & Believing offers a practical approach to basic theory in media literacy and the analysis of both still and moving images. They include film, episodic television, and print advertising. You'll discover all kinds of strategies to help you in your analyses as well as other texts to enhance and refine your understanding of the discipline. There are also activities that clearly illustrate how these strategies are applied to particular works of literature, writing strategies, small-group work, media production, and critical-thinking skills. Best of all, Krueger and Christel provide lots of resources to help you get started, including study guides and ready-to-teach activities, lists of useful books and videos, and a listing of professional organizations and journals that focus on the development of media education in the U.S. and around the world.
About the Author:
Mary Christel has taught for twenty-two years at Stevenson High School in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. A board member of the National Telemedia Council, she has served on NCTE's media commission and is a recipient of a NATAS media literacy award.
Ellen Krueger has extensive classroom experience and currently teaches media, American literature, and writing in New Jersey. In 1996, she was featured in a PBS documentary, Media Literacy: The New Basic?, and in 1999, on WNJN public access television in Smart Media.
