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Advanced Media Literacy

JMU Media Resources DVD 3269-3270

Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007
2 videodiscs (72 min.) DVD + 1 teacher's guide
Accompanying teacher's guide: "The use of multimedia in the classroom"
Looks at the manipulation techniques used in such media as films, advertising, and Web sites and examines some ways to evaluate information received through these channels
Contents v. 1. Viral information -- Visual genres -- Racial stereotyping in the media -- Manipulating media -- Film fear factors
v. 2. The medium is the message -- From print to picture -- Understanding advertising -- Editorial decisions
Series Discovery school. Language arts

Media literacy

The Adventure of English, 500 A.D. to 2000 A.D.

JMU Media Resources DVD 1576-1583

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
8 videodiscs ( 52 min. each)Note DVD
Contents V. 1 Birth of a language (52 min.) -- v. 2. English goes underground (52 min.) -- v. 3. The battle for the language of the Bible (52 min.) -- v. 4. "This Earth, This Realm, This England" (52 min.) -- v. 5. English in America (52 min.) -- v. 6. Speaking proper (52 min.) -- v. 7. The language of empire (52 min.) -- v. 8. Many tongues called English, one world language (52 min.)
"What started as a minor Germanic dialect spoken by the Saxons became perhaps England's greatest export... [T]his eight-part enhanced DVD series tells the story of how English became a global language. Along the way, each episode uses location footage, rare manuscripts, linguistic experts, and fascinating etymologies to chart the growth of English, its encounters with other languages, its history, and its far-reaching influence."--Container

Conversations in Literature: An Eight-Part Professional Development Workshop for

Grade 6-12 Literature and Language Arts Teachers

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8920-8927

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2002
8 videocassettes VHS (60 min. each) + 1 workshop guide (105 p.)
A video workshop on engaging in literature for grade 6-12 literature and language arts teachers
Contents 1. Responding as readers -- 2. Envisioning -- 3. Stepping in -- 4. Moving through -- 5. Rethinking -- 6. Objectifying the text -- 7. The stances in action -- 8. Returning to the classroom

Literature -- Study and teaching -- United States

Discovering Language Arts: Advanced Listening and Speaking
JMU Media Resources DVD 3659

Silver Spring, MD : Discovery Communications, Inc., [2007]

1 DVD (46 min.)
"Communicate clearly and confidently by learning key strategies for speaking in small discussion groups or in front of larger audiences. Tactics for active liestening and asking questions round out this collection" - Container
Note Includes curriculum units, standards link, and teaching resources
Contents Listening for common ground (7:30) -- Listen up! (7:50) -- A weighty matter (5:55) -- Facts or fakes? (8:29) -- Presenting Pompeii (6:25) -- Speaking with style (8:01)

Listening
Oral communication
Oratory

The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8840-8847

Thirteen/WNET New York in collaboration with the National Council of Teachers of English            S Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2003

8 videocassettes VHS (ca. 60 min. each) + 1 guide (134 p.)
This professional development workshop for high school teachers is an exploration of the richness of multicultural literature shown through four pedagogical approaches to teaching it: reader response, inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy. Eight one-hour video programs feature classroom footage illustrating these approaches, augmented by background information on featured authors and analysis of their works by scholars, educators and the authors themselves. An accompanying print guide includes discussion questions and activities, and a web site includes resources about literature and teaching strategies
Contents Workshop 1. Reader response : Pat Mora and James Welch -- Workshop 2. Reader response : Keith Gilyard and Mourning Dove -- Workshop 3. Inquiry : Rudolfo Anaya and James Baldwin -- Workshop 4. Inquiry : Tomás Rivera and Esmeralda Santiago -- Workshop 5. Cultural studies : Ishmael Reed and Graciela Limón -- Workshop 6. Cultural studies : N. Scott Momaday and Russell Leong -- Workshop 7. Critical pedagogy : Octavia E. Butler and Ruthanne Lum McCunn -- Workshop 8. Critical pedagogy : Abiodun Oyewole and Lawson Fusao Inada
Series Professional development workshop

Multiculturalism in literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

First Sight: An Introduction to Literature

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2551

Maryland Public Television, c1992

1 videocassette (060 min.)
Part 1 is an introduction to literature which incorporates both contemporary and traditional works in its selection of literary text. Part 2 focuses on critical approaches to literature. Scholars who present ideas will appear throughout the series
Series Literary Visions

Literature -- Study and teaching

Fun Communication Exercises
JMU Media Resources DVD 3445

New York : [distributed by] Insight Media, [200?]
1 DVD-R (ca. 24 min.)
Pt. 5 of the 5 part series entitled: Learn oral communication quickly
Provides teachers and students with meaningful activities to practice oral communication skills by providing instructors with engaging exercises, ice breaker activities and fun filler exercises to use with students of all levels.

Oral communication -- Study and teaching
Public speaking
Speech anxiety

I Used to Teach English

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no. 4522

[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Pyramid, c1993  

1 videocassette (20 min.)

Describes how Marsha Pincus conducts English classes at Simon Gratz High School, a culturally diverse public school in North Philadelphia. She is able to engage and motivate students through student-centered teaching using dialogue and playwriting

            Playwriting -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            English literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

 

In Search of the Novel

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8912-8919
S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, 2000
8 videocassettes (59 min. each) + 1 guide (52 p..)
Series Professional development workshop
Audience 6th-12th grade English teachers
Presents eight professional development workshops on teaching literature through novels. Features innovative classroom activities, interviews with contemporary novelists, and ten of the most popular novels on school reading lists, including Things fall apart, Great expectations, To kill a mockingbird, and Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Contents [Tape] 1. Who owns the novel? -- [Tape] 2. What's the story? -- [Tape] 3. Are novels real? -- [Tape] 4. Where do novels come from? -- [Tape] 5. Why do I have to read this book? -- [Tape] 6. What's in it for me? -- [Tape] 7. Who am I in this story? -- [Tape] 8. Am I getting through?
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Middle school)

Language Arts

JMU Media Resources DVD 3271-3272

Silver Springs, MD : Distributed by Discovery Education, [2006]
2 DVDs (ca. 94 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Accompanying teacher's guide: "The use of multimedia in the classroom"
Audience Grades: adult, language arts teachers
Explore new ways to communicate core language arts concepts including: classroom management strategies, how to use literature circles and assess writing, applying technology to writing instruction, integrating the dramatic arts, conflict-resolution strategies, webquests, test-taking skills, and fables
Series Discovery school professional development for today's classroom

Language arts (Secondary)
Language arts
Educational videos

Learning through Literature, Grades 4-6

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1745

[New York] : Scholastic, Inc., San Diego, CA : Primavera Video Prod., c1988

1 videocassette (21 min.)

Several classrooms at San Marcos Elementary School are observed relating the variety of ways available to awaken an interest in literature and to motivate children to read on their own. Examples include activities for non-English speaking students

            Literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) 

            Books and reading 

            Reading (Elementary) 

            English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Foreign speakers 

Learning to Confer : Writing Conferences in Action

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7837
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2003
1 videocassette (30 min.) + 1 viewing guide
In her book, Writing through childhood, Shelley Harwayne set up a framework to guide teachers in responding to student writing. Now, with this video, watch Shelley conferring with several children about their writing. Based on the conference guidelines she explains in her book, the video follows Shelley as she gently inquires how a student feels about being asked to write, notices if a student takes risks as a writer, checks whether a student understands what writing is for, and ensures (once the above conditions are in place) that a student has strategies in hand for improving the work
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Making Meaning in Literature: A Video Library, Grades 6-8

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8873-8875

Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2002

3 videocassettes VHS (ca. 180 min.) + 1 guide (85 p.)
Part of the project called: Envisioning Literature
Each video contains three segments, and is approximately 60 minutes in length
Set of videos on classroom techniques for teaching literature using active involvement in the text and based on the theories of literature teaching by Judith A. Langer; segments include footage of actual classroom teachers and their students using the method
Contents [Tape] 1. Introducing the envisionment-building classroom. Building a literary community. Asking questions -- [Tape] 2. Facilitating discussion. Seminar discussion. Dramatic tableaux -- [Tape] 3. Readers as individuals. The teacher's role in a literary community. Whole-group discussions
Series Teaching practices library

Literature -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Language arts (Middle school)

Making Meaning in Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8864-8872

Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2002

9 videocassettes VHS + 1 guide (119 p.)
Note "Part of the project called, Envisioning Literature"--P. 1
Note Each video is approximately 60 min. in length
Set of videos on classroom techniques for teaching literature using active involvement in the text, based on the theories of literature teaching by Judith Langer; segments include footage of actual classroom teachers and their students using the method
Contents [Tape] 1. Introducing our literary community -- [Tape] 2. Facilitating discussion ; Seminar discussion ; Dramatic tableaux -- [Tape] 3. Going further in discussion -- [Tape] 4. Diversity in texts -- [Tape] 5. Student diversity -- [Tape] 6. Literature, art, and other disciplines -- [Tape] 7. Assessment -- [Tape] 8. Planning and professional development -- [Tape] 9. Starting in September
Series Professional development workshop

Literature -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Language arts (Middle school)

Navigating Informational Texts: Easy and Explicit Strategies, K-5

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8396-8398

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2003

3 videocassettes VHS (ca. 102 min.) + 1 viewing guide
Contents Tape 1. Learning to love informational texts (34 min.) -- Tape 2. Guiding readers and writers with informational texts (37 min.) -- Tape 3. Information circles and reciprocal teaching (31 min.)

Language arts (Elementary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

The Whole Language Movement: From Teacher to Teacher

Connect to online video (JMU users)

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004

1 videodisc DVD (30 min.)
Introduces teachers, administrators, parents and university students to the Whole Language movement concept. The program goes into the classroom to see Whole Language in action, and speaks to teachers who employ Whole Language methods, and to students who are benefitting from them.

A presentation of the University of Dayton, School of Education Originally produced in 1991

Language experience approach in education
Language arts (Elementary)
English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary)