Keywords:

Achievement Gap

Constructivist

Media Literacy

Visual Literacy

Media Diet

Education and Media

School Violence and Media



Web Resources:



Title: Media Awareness Network

URL: style="mso-spacerun: yes"> http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

This is a website that can be used as a resource for teachers
and parents about media and information literacy and uyoung people. This
website is Canadian Based.

Title: Closing the Achievement Gap

URL: http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/infoline/may97/article5.html

This link connects to a specific article about the
achievement gap in education. This articles outlines some of the important
components of the important issue. The article outlines the importance of
external stakeholders for a child’s development and success in school. The
article is important to the subject of this ‘blog’ for what it doesn’t mention,
the influence of ‘Media’ on the success and achievement of children.



Title: Information Technology and Student Achievement

URL: http://www.norman.mathew.com/t4l.htm

A veteran teacher from Canada writes about the influence
of information on student achievement. He asks questions about
the benefits and costs of increasing the use of information technology
and the effectiveness of information technology in the classroom.

Welcome to this forum where research and discussions about the relationship between Media and Education meets.