by Ross Crockett | Media Fluency
To show movies or not to show movies? Our guess is that Shakespeare would probably approve of teaching English with film. In Hamlet, the titular character repeatedly procrastinated about whether he should avenge the death of his father by murdering the new king of... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Teaching Media Fluency skills is crucial to the educational environment as technology continues to reshape how students think and react to digital media and the messages they receive. This is an important aspect of teaching that cannot be ignored. All students should... 
by Ross Crockett | Media Fluency
Be honest—do you still remember the car crash videos that you watched in your Driver’s Education class in high school? If you don’t, you might at least recall that the videos had an effect on you or at least some of your classmates. Your teacher showed you those... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our flipped learning beginner’s guide. Can you feel excitement about flipping your classroom? If you’ve never done it before it can be challenging to know where to even begin. That’s why we’ve... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
There’s no denying the influence of digital media in our daily lives. That means teaching Media Fluency is an integral part of classroom practice. Media Fluency is one of the Essential Fluencies and it’s important to understand what it’s all about.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
If your students want to find free images for whatever awesome projects they’re working on, there are plenty of choices. That said, we’ve taken at least some of the guesswork out of that search with this post. Today we’re sharing 15 of the open... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Detecting fake news is hard, and it’s about to get a whole lot harder. In today’s digital world, fake news is reported about as frequently as legitimate news is. As online information continues to expand at astonishing rates, the challenge becomes clear.... 
by Ross Crockett | Media Fluency
The modern classroom presents enough challenges for today’s teachers. Because students have changed, the profession has changed along with them. Even so, the best classroom management strategies are the ones you’ll always take with you, no matter the... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
“You mean THOSE are educational video games!?” Video games are a surprising phenomenon in our digital world. Today it’s easy to marvel at the stupendously complex technical and emotional investment involved in their engineering. An industry that was... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Media literacy has become a more important consideration in our children’s futures than ever. It behooves educators to be familiar with media’s role in our changing world. Media is here to stay as a main component of how society shares information across a...