Dear LM_NETer's;
I am in desperate need of your expert advice. I just received my MLIS in
May and was hired at a middle school this past Tuesday, June 24th. Part of
my duties will be to teach a daily 45 min class on media production /
broadcasting and media literacy (and produce a 15 min daily school news
show). (It is a semester long class and will have approx 10 students,
mostly advanced English class 8th graders. )
The only curriculum I have is some state ELA and IL guidelines. There is no
textbook or any other materials, and I have zero experience (in my previous
life I taught science).
My questions:
1. Does anyone have a curriculum for a broadcasting and media lit class?
2. Can you recommend any books for the students or myself for teaching the
class, or any reference texts for me? (I have listed some books below that
I am considering, but if you have any experience with them I would
appreciate feedback.)
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My research so far:
- I have searched the archives for LM_NET as well as books on the sites for
Linworth and Libraries Unlimited.
- Frank Baker recommends the text "Teaching TV Production in a Digital
World" by Robert Kenney, available from Libraries Unlimited. Teacher
edition $38; student workbook $18.
- a possible reference book for me - "Video production for school library
media specialists : communication and production techniques / by Terry
McConnell & Harry W. Sprouse.-- Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Pub, c2000."
- "Television Production: A Classroom Approach" and "Television Production
for Elementary and Middle Schools" both by Kyker and and Curchy.
- "Video Production for School Library Media Specialists: Communication and
Production Techniques"
- Frank Baker's links on TV & Video Production at
http://www.med.sc.edu:1081/tvp.htm
Some other links that look promising:
- Teacher Resource: Teaching Media Production in the Middle School by
Stephanie Drotos at
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/1902/index.html
- SCHOOLTV.com at http://www.schooltv.com/
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Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Debra Dowell Arvay, MLIS
Media Specialist
Pine Ridge Middle School, SC
g.arvay@att.net
darvay@lex2.k12.sc.us
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