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Review: Horror And The Horror Film (2012), William Costanzo

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Review: Diy Media: Creating, Sharing And Learning With New Technologies (2010), Tom Hallaq

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Connecting Assessment And Instruction To Help Students Become More Critical Producers Of Multimedia, Jonathan William Ostenson

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Classroom teachers have been encouraged to incorporate more multimedia production in the classroom as a means of helping students develop critical media literacy skills. However, they have not always been well trained in how to evaluate the work students create; many teachers struggle to know which criteria to use in assessing student work. This article outlines criteria from the fields of visual and film art that can inform both assessment and instruction. These criteria include color, angles, lighting, sequencing, and transitions. Approaches to teaching these criteria are also discussed.

The Markings Of A New Pencil: Introducing Programming-As-Writing In The Middle School Classroom, Quinn Burke

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Using the setting of a writing workshop to facilitate a deliberate process to learn computer programming, this exploratory study investigates where there is a natural overlap between programming and writing through the storytelling motif, and to what extent existing language arts coursework and pedagogy can be leveraged to introduce this new form of digital composition to middle-school children. Whereas previous studies linking children’s programming with storytelling did so within the informal afterschool clubs, this study focuses on integrating computer science into the classroom, aligning curricula to core-content English language arts instruction.

New Media Literacy Education (Nmle): A Developmental Approach, Diana Graber, Kelly Mendoza

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Finnish Media Literacy Education Policies And Best Practices In Early Childhood Education And Care Since 2004, Leena Rantala

Journal of Media Literacy Education

The purpose of the article is to describe Finnish media literacy policies and good media education practices in early childhood education and care. This article will focus on describing two central action lines related to the Children and Media Program, initiated by the Division for Cultural Policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2004. These action lines include the reform of the legislation for the protection of minors and the distribution of audiovisual programs in Finland, and the development of the Media Muffin project, including implementation, evaluation and publication of resource materials. In exploring these two initiatives, this …

Making Sense Of Tv For Children: The Case Of Portugal, Sara Pereira, Manuel Pinto

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Empowering children for a critical and judicious use and consumption of media is a main objective of media literacy. This paper aims to examine the range of television programs available for children in Portugal through a comparative analysis of the programming for children broadcast by the four Portuguese terrestrial channels (RTP1, RTP2, SIC and TVI) over the course of a year. A content analysis of 4,491 programs reveals that about one third have an explicit educational goal and that preschool children are the primary target audience for children’s television. There are clear differences among Portuguese public and private channels in …

The Practice Of Media Education: International Research On Six European Countries, Alberto Parola, Maria Ranieri

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This paper presents and discusses the results of OnAir, a European project on Media Education funded by the European Commission. This two-year project aimed at collecting, documenting, and developing media education practices across Europe, especially in Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of documentation in improving teachers’ practical knowledge and highlights the challenging aspects at stake in this process. The analysis of collected data reveals that documentation of media education practices is often poor both in terms of information about instructional practices and in teacher reflection on their actions. Stronger collaboration …

The Global Youth Media Council: Young People Speaking And Learning About Media Reform, Michael Dezuanni, Prue Miles

Journal of Media Literacy Education

The 5th World Summit on Media for Children and Youth held in Karlstad, Sweden in June 2010 provided a unique media literacy experience for approximately thirty young people from diverse backgrounds through participation in the Global Youth Media Council. This article focuses on the Summit’s aim to give young people a ‘voice’ through intercultural dialogue about media reform. The accounts of four young Australians are discussed in order to consider how successful the Summit was in achieving this goal. The article concludes by making recommendations for future international media literacy conferences involving young people. It also advocates for the expansion …

Old Media, New Media: The Graphic Novel As Bildungsroman, Gretchen Schwarz, Christina Crenshaw

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Review: Storykit (2009), Erin Reilly

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Making Visible The Invisible: The Role Of Editing In Media Analysis And Language Arts, John Golden

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

The Graphic Novel As Advanced Literacy Tool, David Seelow

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Connecting The Old To The New: What Technology-Crazed Adolescents Tell Us About Teaching Content Area Literacy, Lane W. Clarke, Kevin D. Besnoy

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This article describes a study where Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) were integrated into two eighth grade social studies classrooms to create a bridge that connected traditional textbook teaching with new technology. This article will explore the motivation for this type of integration, give specific details about the study, and share what we learned from students about how using the technology gave them control over their reading, connected to their lives, and gave a new spin on the old in terms of content area literacy strategies. Finally, this article will conclude with future directions for educational implications for research and practice.

Integrating Secondary Reading Standards And Media Literacy Education: Introducing The Lie-Search Presentation, William Sewell

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Lights, Camera, Action: Using Film And Graphic Novels To Explore Themes Of Power And Social Control In The High School English Classroom, Dolores A. D'Angelo Ph.D.

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Differentiating Between “The” Media And “Our” Media, Beau Beaudoin

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Today’s students are both consumers and producers in a participatory media culture of Facebook, YouTube and other online formats that bear both similarities and differences to traditional films, television and other professionally produced programming. This article describes the challenges of translating media education principles that were successfully utilized with broadcast media examples, to students’ personal images uploaded to and created for UGC sites. Findings from a three year study that successfully employed professional media samples are compared with anecdotal descriptions from a participatory media assignment created to update the Culture, Race & Media, course through a website-based curriculum http://www.cultureraceandmedia.com. Readers …

The Epistemological Equation: Integrating Media Analysis Into The Core Curriculum, Chris Sperry

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Chris Sperry gave this keynote address at the National Association for Media Literacy Education conference in Detroit on August 4, 2009. Chris is the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development for Project Look Sharp, a media literacy initiative at Ithaca College founded in 1995. He has taught secondary social studies and media studies at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca, New York since 1979. He is the co-author of numerous curriculum kits that integrate media decoding and critical thinking into the curriculum. These include Media Construction of: War, Presidential Campaigns, the Middle East, Soviet History, Africa, Economics, and Global …

Review: Independent Film Channel’S Media Project (2008), Megan Fromm

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Review: Code Of Best Practices In Fair Use For Media Literacy Education (2008), Chris Boulton

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Obtaining, Processing, And Constructing English: Blogging In The Esl Classroom, Glori H. Smith

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

The Past, Present, And Future Of Media Literacy Education, Renee Hobbs, Amy Jensen

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Media literacy education in the United States is actively focused on the instructional methods and pedagogy of media literacy, integrating theoretical and critical frameworks rising from constructivist learning theory, media studies and cultural studies scholarship. This work has arisen from a legacy of media and technology use in education throughout the 20th century and the emergence of cross-disciplinary work at the intersections of scholarly work in media studies and education. Reflecting the emergence of a common ground for the field, the Core Principles of Media Literacy Education in the United States was created by a team of scholars and practitioners …

Cellular And Organismal Toxicity Of The Anti-Cancer Small Molecule, Tolfenamic Acid: A Pre-Clinical Evaluation, Umesh T. Sankpal, Chris M. Lee, Sarah F. Connelly, Omer Kayaleh, Don Eslin, Robert Sutphin, Steven Goodison, Lina Adwan, Nasser H. Zawia, Lenard M. Lichtenberger, Riyaz Basha

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background/Aims: The small molecule, Tolfenamic acid (TA) has shown anti-cancer activity in pre-clinical models and is currently in Phase I clinical trials at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando. Since specificity and toxicity are major concerns for investigational agents, we tested the effect of TA on specific targets, and assessed the cellular and organismal toxicity representing pre-clinical studies in cancer. Methods: Panc1, L3.6pl, and MiaPaCa-2 (pancreatic cancer), hTERT-HPNE(normal), and differentiated/un-differentiated SH-SY5Y (neuroblastoma) cells were treated with increasing concentrations of TA. Cell viability and effect on specific molecular targets, Sp1 and survivin were determined. Athymic nude mice were treated with vehicle or …

Structuring Targeted Surveillance For Monitoring Disease Emergence By Mapping Observational Data Onto Ecological Process, Luca Gerardo-Giorda, Gavino Puggioni, Robert J. Rudd, Lance A. Waller, Leslie A. Real

Computer Science and Statistics Faculty Publications

An efficient surveillance system is a crucial factor in identifying, monitoring and tackling outbreaks of infectious diseases. Scarcity of data and limited amounts of economic resources require a targeted effort from public health authorities. In this paper, we propose a mathematical method to identify areas where surveillance is critical and low reporting rates might leave epidemics undetected. Our approach combines the use of reference-based susceptible-exposed-infectious models and observed reporting data;We propose two different specifications, for constant and time-varying surveillance, respectively. Our case study is centred around the spread of the raccoon rabies epidemic in the state of New York, using …

The Role Of Flow Sensing By The Lateral Line System In Prey Detection In Two African Cichlid Fishes, Margot Anita Bergstrom Schwalbe

Open Access Dissertations

The mechanosensory lateral line system is found in all fishes and mediates critical behaviors, including prey detection. Widened canals, one of the four patterns of cranial lateral line canals found among teleosts, tend to be found in benthic fishes and/or fishes that live in hydrodynamically quiet or light-limited environments, such as the deep sea. Little is known about the functional significance of widened canals because most fishes with this morphology are inaccessible for laboratory study. A representative of one genus of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes, Aulonocara, has widened canals and provides an opportunity to investigate the role of widened …

Large Scale Full-Length Cdna Sequencing Reveals A Unique Genomic Landscape In A Lepidopteran Model Insect, Bombyx Mori, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Ryo Futahashi, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Shun-Ichi Sasanuma, Junko Narukawa, Masahiro Ajimura, Nobukazu Namiki, Michihiko Shimomura, Hideki Sezutsu, Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi, Masataka G. Suzuki, Takaaki Daimon, Tetsuro Shinoda, Kiyoko Taniai, Kiyoshi Asaoka, Ryusuke Niwa, Shinpei Kawaoka, Susumu Katsuma, Toshiki Tamura, Hiroaki Noda, Masahiro Kasahara, Sumio Sugano, Yutaka Suzuki, Haruhiko Fujiwara, Kallare P. Arunkumar, Archana Tomar, Javaregowda Nagaraju, Marian R. Goldsmith, Qili Feng, Qingyou Xia, Kimiko Yamamoto, Toru Shimada, Kazuei Mita

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The establishment of a complete genomic sequence of silkworm, the model species of Lepidoptera, laid a foundation for its functional genomics. A more complete annotation of the genome will benefit functional and comparative studies and accelerate extensive industrial applications for this insect. To realize these goals, we embarked upon a large-scale full-length cDNA collection from 21 full-length cDNA libraries derived from 14 tissues of the domesticated silkworm and performed full sequencing by primer walking for 11,104 full-length cDNAs. The large average intron size was 1904 bp, resulting from a high accumulation of transposons. Using gene models predicted by GLEAN and …

Journal Usage Report For Fiscal Year 2013, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Journal usage for the University Libraries are listed alphabetically by authority title. The report includes the usage statistics taken from each vendor and incorporated in Serials Solutions 360 Counter.

The report is broken down monthly for fiscal year 2013 and shows each journal's usage per month and the cost per use for the year, if available.

Sleuthing Through The Rock Cycle: An Online Guided Inquiry Tool For Middle And High School Geoscience Education, Laura Schifman, Dawn Cardace, Karen Kortz, Karen Saul, Amber Gilfert, Anne I. Veeger, Daniel P. Murray

Geosciences Faculty Publications

The rock cycle is a key component of geoscience education at all levels. In this paper, we report on a new guided inquiry curricular module, Sleuthing Through the Rock Cycle, which has a blended online/offline constructivist design with comprehensive teaching notes and has been successful in pilot use in Rhode Island middle and high school classrooms over the past 3 y. The module consists of two overarching activities: (1) SherRock Holmes and the Case of the Mystery Rock Samples, and (2) Cracking the Case of the Changing Rocks. The module encourages hands-on activities, peer collaboration, and real-time teacher review …

Serials Solutions Subject Search Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of Serials Solutions subject searches at the University of Rhode Island Libraries by month for 2012-2013. Shows how many times the A-Z full text electronic journal list (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/) was browsed by specific subjects.

Serials Solutions Click-Through Statistics By Provider And Database 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of database and journal-level clicks, by provider and database, of Serials Solutions tools at the University of Rhode Island Libraries by month for 2012-2013. Clicks may have originated from the A-Z full text electronic journal list (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/), from OpenURL links ("360 Link"), or the 856 fields of Serials Solutions-generated MARC records ("360 MARC Updates").