Just a roundup of some recent articles relevant to media literacy:

1)The Federation of American Scientists have jumped on the bandwagon of educational institutions looking to leverage the pedagogical power of video games for education.

2)On the other end of the spectrum, one study indicates that happiness in education is overrated. More specifically, countries where students who enjoy math and are confident don't actually do as well in it. These conclusions are based on student self-evaluations vs. tests results in the various nations. But high-confidence students do better than their immediate peers, so I'm not sure that the official interpretation is so cut and dry.

3)As if in direct response: an article about a school teaching dance to elementary school students on the theory that it will make them more confident and, hence, better at everything.

4)From Cory Doctorow, friend of NML, BoingBoing passed along this video showing all of the pre- and post-shoot manipulation that happens to create those images of supermodel perfection on billboards everywhere. It's an engaging media literacy lesson in a minute and fourteen seconds.