Media+Literacy

**Students**

 * Media, News, and Information Literacy for Students:
 * [|Politifact] - Independent web-site fact-checks political statements (grades 9-12)
 * [|ThinkCERCA] - teach critical thinking through argumentative writing (grades 4-12)
 * [|Genius] - Collaborative tool lets kids annoatate songs, literature, news (grades 7-12)
 * [|My Pop Studio]Girls have fun creating media - creative play experience
 * [|Lego Advertising Remixer] - make your own stereotype-smashing Lego mashups
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Buying Smart - Seeing through the sales pitch
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Advertising Tricks - Discover the Secret of Selling
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Your Entertainment - Go Behind the Scenes of TV, Music and Magazines
 * [|Ad Decoder] - Decipher the messages behind the ads you see everyday.
 * [|NetSmartzKids] - provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline
 * [|That's Not Cool] - Where do you draw your digital line?
 * [|I Keep Safe] - games and much more
 * [|Copyright] - interactive site reviewing and explaining copyright laws
 * [|BrainPOP] - Digital Literacy videos
 * [|Website Evaluation Wizard] - this site helps you judge the validity of a website
 * [|Digital Passport] - web-based games & videos for grades 3-5 with modules on critical skills related to digital safety, respect, and community from Common Sense Media
 * [|Protecting Reputations Online] - Nice 'in plain English' video by Common Craft
 * [|Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright]- 4 short videos
 * [|Presidential Politics]

Digital Citizenship
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Internet Safety

 * [|Surf Swell Island] Learn about Internet safety and manners by playing this fun game
 * [|Wired Kids]Internet Safety Information for Kids
 * [|Wired Safety]Internet safety info for kids, tweens, and teens
 * [|NetSmartz Teen]For teens, keeping you safe on the Internet
 * [|NetSmartz Kids]Kids Internet safety games and activities
 * [|That's Not Cool] - Where do you draw your digital line?
 * [|I Keep Safe] - games and much more

[|BrainPOP Online Sources] - short video about being able to evaluate a web site [|Critical Evaluation of a Web Site] - how to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability for **all grade levels** by Kathy Schrock [|All About Explorers] - Bogus site to use with students to critically analyze validity of information presented. Teach students to use triangulation to confirm validity of information. [|Website Evaluation] - Informative video by Common Craft
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Teachers
[|5 Essential Media Literacy Questions for Kids] - Lots of great videos and resources for educators to use with their students regarding media & digital literacy

[|National Association for Media Literacy Education] - NAMLE (formerly AMLA - Alliance for a Media Literate America)

[|Digital & Media Literacy] - fundamentals

[|PBS Teachers]- Digital media content and tools and opportunities to be media creators as well as media consumers

[|Common Sense Media] - many grade level activities and tips on ways to talk to your students

[|Digital Passport] - teachers get robust reports to demonstrate student learning in areas of critical skills related to digital safety, respect, and community from CommonSenseMedia

[|Media Education Lab] - 18-unit media literacy curriculum created by Renee Hobbs consists of cross-curricular pdf's and videos to use right now!

[|Branding Game] - branding is explored to promote an awareness of how visual identification of a good or service can occur with just a letter

K12 Digital Citizenship - Many, many resources for all aspects of media literacy

[|CyberSmart] - lesson plans for manners and cybercitizenship

[|You Are Here] - Lesson plans intended for students in grades 5th-8th created by the (Federal Trade Commission) FTC

[|Get Net Wise] - Helping Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences

[|Pauline Center for Media Studies]

**[|Project Look Smart]** - all grade levels and instructional areas
[|Adtext: an interdisciplinary curriculum]

[|I Keep Safe] - Teaching tools for keeping kids safe online
[|Newseum] - See daily newspaper front pages on this cool interactive site!

**[|Fact CheckED]** - 'Seeing Through the Spin' Lesson Plans
==== [|The Jesuit Communication ProjectUnderstanding Media] - Resources to help teachers teach media literacy ====

[|80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy] - great collections of media literacy video for students, teachers and parents ==== [|The Code for Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education] **-** Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances: in K–12 education, in higher education, in nonprofit organizations that offer programs for children and youth, and in adult education. See guidelines for further clarifications. ====

[|Cartoons in the Classroom] - 163 lesson plans for using cartoons in the classroom

[|Media Literacy] - University of Wisconsin - provides activities and questions to be used with students and by families

[|Media Ownership Chart] - These charts illustrate the size and complexity of the most well-known media conglomerate corporations.

[|Creating "Common Craft" style videos to teach history (science, math, etc.) concepts]