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MNET RECOMMENDS: TEACHING KIT


Between the Lines: Understanding the Media Through Creative Projects

Tyndal Stone Media and the National Film Board of Canada. 2000. $139.95

teaching kitIn this engaging media-literacy resource, students choose from eight media projects on two CD-ROMs. As they assume the roles of producers, editors and directors, students learn about the mass media by creating their own thought-provoking projects.

Projects include:

  • designing a public service announcement

  • editing TV news

  • spinning the news

  • ethical choices - should you run the story?

  • creating a music video

  • designing a multimedia advertising campaign

  • developing a soundscape

  • visual language: its effect on perception

This teaching kit features:

  • production simulations

  • a comprehensive teachers' guide

  • pre-loaded questions to guide assessment

  • a Teacher's Work Room

  • directions for peer and self-assessment

Between the Lines can be ordered from the National Film Board Web site.



 
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