This wiki is just the tip of the iceberg.  There are hundreds of media organizations, conferences and thousands of websites out there to help educators find access to and incorporate media into our students' learning experiences.  Don't recreate the wheel, put your links here.

Conferences

www.alliedmediaconference.org/ - Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI - July 16-19, 2009

http://www.amlainfo.org/conferences/namle-2009 - National Association for Media Literacy Education, Detroit, MI - August 1-4, 2009

Organizations

www.amlainfo.org/ - National Association for Media Literacy Education

www.aocmedialiteracy.org/ - Alliance of Civilizations Media Clearinghouse - an amazing resource for organizations, planning ideas and policy around media literacy.

www.youthfortechnology.org/ - Organization in US/Africa dedicated to ending the digital "canyon" (or digital divide)

www.highfivetix.org/- High Five tickets to the Arts - bring your students to the media, for cheap!

www.mobileactive.org/ - Mobile Active - a community of activists innovating mobile technology for social change.

http://livepoetssocietybx.ning.com/ - The Live Poets Society - a South Bronx youth collective of media-makers and world-shapers.

http://colorofchange.org

Lesson/Classroom Resource Sites 

http://www.curriki.org - Curriki.org - A wiki site with mad lesson plans for all subject areas.

www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/ - Front Pages of the Worlds' Newspapers, Daily!

www.teachertube.com  -  videos screened to be suitable for classroom environments

www.keepvid.com - download youtube videos to your computer, so you don't have to worry about NYCDOE blocks when screening a video.

www.go2web20.net - a comprehensive list of FREE web 2.0 tools/applications (from blogging, podcasting, to video editing and conference calling) that you can employ in your classroom.

http://ics.soe.umich.edu/ - University of Michigan's Interactive Communities and Simulations Project - get your classroom involved in an online learning experience!

www.gabcast.com - vocally record from any touch tone phone and turn it into an mp3 file (great for ELL students or others who need to think through their writing)

http://www.izzit.org - Free educational DVDs

Professional Development

http://mcpopmb.ning.com/ - Making Curriculum Pop! - An online community space for educators dedicated to using media and pop culture in their classroom, sharing lesson ideas that work!

www.edtechtalk.com/ - A collaborative open webcasting community of educators interested in utilizing technology

http://www.ncte.org - The National Council of Teachers of English

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