Category Archives: Media Literacy
Friday, May 24, 2013 Show-Me a Movie Grows
Cooperating School Districts’ Show-Me a Movie Contest is now open to students in Missouri and its border states: Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa!
The entry form and reflection form will be posted online soon, but guidelines, deadlines, rules, and frequently asked questions are now online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Show Me a Movie
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Web 2.0 for the Common Core
Learn from Julie Smith (who describes EdTech Evangelization as her new passion) how to use Web 2.0 applications to help your students create curriculum-based podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines and videos. See how this type of creation on the part of students can help them meet Common Core State Standards. In addition, one graduate credit is available through Lindenwood University by taking this workshop. Requirements for graduate credit: attend class; develop a lesson plan that incorporates the technology learned; and write a reflection explaining how technology enhances your lesson plan.
Web 2.0 for the Common Core takes place Monday, June 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cooperating School Districts. The cost is $145 for a CSD member and $185 for a non-member. For additional information, contact Joan Forrest. Register online.
Tags: cartoons, Cooperating School Districts, illustrated timelines, infographics, online posters, podcasts, screencasts, videos, Web 2.0
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 April 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them? They date from March and April of 2013:
1) Guest Blog Post on the Upcoming 19th Annual CHARACTERplus National Character Education Conference
2) Midwest Spotlight Educators needed for METC 2014
3) This Summer, Attend a Tech Boot Camp!
4) GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
5) UbD & CCSS Summer Institute
Tags: CHARACTERplus, Common Core State Standards, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Midwest Spotlight Educator, Understanding by Design®
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The Pedagogy and Production of Media Literacy
Julie Smith during Media Literacy Week 2012
The Education Community Engagement Committee of GMLP is hosting the Gateway Media Literacy Partners Mini Conference: Pedagogy and Production at Cooperating School Districts on June 7 from 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis educators Don Goble (Ladue School District) and Julie Smith (SIUE and Webster University) will keynote this event, followed by two different session times (9:30-10:20 and 10:30-11:20) with various resources, programs, and ideas shared from area experts in the field media literacy and K-12 education, like:
• Bill Bass, Parkway School District
• Linda Dougherty, Northwest School District
• Mitch Eden, Kirkwood School District
In addition, a media panel will also participate in the discussion from 11:30-12:10. Those participants include:
• Jasmine Huda, KMOV
• Alvin Reid, Nine Network, 101 ESPN
GMLP strives to empower citizens to think critically about media messages. Anyone who wants to learn more about media literacy, and network with local media literacy educators and professionals is invited to participate the Mini Conference.
Preregistration is requested by May 24; seating is limited to 60 attendees. Cost for event is $10 (cash) at the door, which covers breakfast and printed materials. For questions regarding the Pedagogy and Production Mini Conference on Media Literacy, contact GMLP ECE co-chairs Rebecca Morrison or Mary Pat Gallagher. Cooperating School Districts is an institutional member of GMLP.
Tags: 101 ESPN, Alvin Reid, Bill Bass, Don Goble, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, GMLP, Jasmine Huda, Jill Hampton, Julie Smith, Kirkwood School District, KMOV, KPLR, KTVI, Ladue School District, Linda Dougherty, Mitch Eden, Nine Network, Northwest School District, Parkway School District, Pedagogy, production, SIUE, Webster University
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Monday, April 22, 2013 Visual Literacy & the Common Core Standards
How can learning to “read” the visual images we see in news reports and advertisements result in critical thought and media literacy for our students, and how does this type of literacy relate to the Common Core State Standards? In this one day workshop on June 20, we will examine how technology has changed the creation of visual images in news and ads and what that effect has been on our students. Learn how to help students decipher the messages implicit in visual images while developing lessons that align to 
Common Core. Cost: $145 CSD member; $185 non-member | one graduate credit available through Lindenwood University | lunch is not included. Register online.
Tags: Common Core State Standards, Cooperating School Districts, media literacy, visual literacy
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- Posted under Common Core, Learning Division programs, Links, Literacy, Media Literacy, Tech PD, Web 2.0
Monday, April 1, 2013 March 2013 Top Reads
It’s no April Fool’s! Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them?
#1 GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
#2 Book Study: Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner
#3 CSD offers New Technology Workshops this Summer
#4 Meeting Common Core Standards Using Google Tools
#5 19th Annual National Character Education Conference is June 17-19 in Missouri
Tags: Character Education Conference, CHARACTERplus, Common Core State Standards, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Google tools, media literacy, tele
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
Gateway Media Literacy Partner’s Education Community Engagement Committee is hosting a special event for K-12 educators, Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy and Production, at Cooperating School Districts on Friday, June 7 from 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. This mini conference is open to library media specialists, teachers, technology integration specialists- anyone who wants to exchange ideas and learn more about media literacy.
Register by May 24, seating is limited to 60 attendees. St. Louis educators Don Goble and Julie Smith will keynote this event, followed by two different session times with various resources, programs, and ideas shared from area experts in the field media literacy.
Cost for event is $10 (cash only) at the door, which covers breakfast and printed materials. For questions regarding the Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy and Production, contact GMLP ECE co-chairs Mary Pat Gallagher or Rebecca Morrison.
CSD is an institutional member of GMLP.
Tags: Don Goble, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, GMLP, Julie Smith, media literacy, summer PD
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 CSD offers New Technology Workshops this Summer
Registration opens soon for exciting summer instructional technology professional development opportunities!
New sessions offered by the Learning Team and ed tech professionals from around the region include:
• Are You Ready to Moogle? Combing the Power of Moodle & Google
• Free Microsoft Tools for the Classroom (prerequisite: PC computer with Windows 7 operating system. These apps will NOT work on a Mac).
• Visual Literacy & the Common Core Standards
• How to Use Cell Phones as TOOLS in the Classroom
• DIY Infographics for Easy Data Reporting
• plus much more!
Check back for dates, prices, and even more workshop selections!
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Moodle, summer PD, Google, visual literacy, Common Core State Standards, Microsoft Tools, infographics
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Friday, February 1, 2013 January 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them?
(1) Announcing the Winning 2012 Show-Me Movies
(2) 2011 Show-Me a Movie Winners…
(3) Celebrate Innovative Educators and the Creative Genius of Students with Discovery Education
(4) Assistive Technology in the Classroom: Putting the Tools in the Student’s Hands
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 a Movie on Show-Me a Movie
We’re excited not only to post the winning movies in the 2012 Show-Me a Movie Contest, but also to share a video about the contest, produced by Ladue High School.
Hear program manager Rebecca Morrison talk about the contest, and the importance of instructional technology and media literacy in the classroom. The contest is in it’s eighth year. Thanks again to Ladue View for taking on this project!
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue View, media literacy, SchoolTube, Show Me a Movie
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