Sue Lockwood Summers
...a teacher, writer, and speaker based in Littleton, Colorado who has
dedicated 20 years to researching and creating effective ways to teach
critical thinking skills about media to children and adults. A
former member of the National Faculty for Turner Learning, a board
member of the media literacy advocacy organization, PRIIME TIIME
TODAY, and recently an advisory board member for the Public
Broadcasting Station serving the Denver area, Sue has been an elementary
library media specialist in Jefferson County, Colorado for over 20
years.
Sue Lockwood Summers, an instrumental force in the media literacy movement in American classrooms has contributed with top-selling resource books for teachers. Her Changing the World Through Media Education has made a significant impact in the media classroom and her first book, Media Alert!, is a great tool for teachers, parents, church leaders, and others in how the media relate to values and ideals.
Summers was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from State University College at Potsdam, New York and a Master of Arts in Media from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado.
Questions? Contact her at:
Sue@MediaAlert.org
Sue is available to speak at school
inservices for K-12 teachers.
www.postnewseducation.com
Sue has started work on an election media literacy guide that will be available in early 2012 – an important election year. This will be marketed through civic organizations and churches.
Watch for it!
Sue was
selected as the winner of Cable's 2006 Leaders in Learning Media
Literacy Award. As the winner, she traveled to Washington, DC, to
spread the word about
PRIIME
TIIME TODAY
(www.primett.org)
with all expenses paid by COMCAST, our local cable company.
Learn more about this prestigious award and the Cable in the Classroom
gala at:
www.ciconline.org
Read the June 13, 2006, Cable in the Classroom press release:
Hear
Sue's interview on .mp3 file (9Mb)
Her book, GET THEM THINKING!, is receiving great reviews and is being used by many schools to help improve state assessment scores.
Sue writes "CSAP HELP" curriculum for teachers for the Denver Post Educational Services.
Contact her for specifics about fees
and availability.
Sue@MediaAlert.org
What Is Media Literacy?
Media literacy refers to the critical thinking skills and knowledge that are needed to question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate those messages that are disseminated by the print and electronic media including newspapers, magazines, telecommunication, radio, movies and television among others.
The 3 R's...
"Sue Lockwood Summers has created the '3 Rs' for the 21st century, Review, Reflect, React... a foundation for learning in the media age."
Joe Zesbaugh, President
Pacific Mountain Network
Sue's latest book,
GET THEM THINKING! Use Media Literacy to Prepare Students for State Assessments,
has
been published by Linworth Publishing! This new book is aimed at K-12
teachers and media specialists and is filled with strategies to
integrate media literacy into all curriculum areas. This approach will
stimulate critical thinking and improve test scores.
Available
directly from the author:
Sue@MediaAlert.org