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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Challenging Hate Online

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Looking at the different ways organizations disseminate their messages using digital media leads to developing a digital anti-hate media campaign. Although some of the resources reflect the Canadian developer, the links provide...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Presentation (Electronic) Resources

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the relationship and impact of information technology and digital media in the business arena. They create an interactive digital presentation which includes web links, links (buttons) to jump to different slides,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WWW, Part 3: The Future

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore a variety of Internet sites provided to provide tools to speed up their net experiences. The lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.
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Other

Jakes Online: Digital Storytelling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
David Jakes has compiled a very useful list of articles, tools and examples to help you learn about digital storytelling and use it with your classes.
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South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia

For Students 9th - 10th
Artopia is utopia for artists and artist wannabes alike. Each gallery allows students to complete interactive activities, watch videos, read about artists, and practice being an art critic. The gallery areas are music, theater painting,...
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Other

Earth Cam: Webcam Network

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Database of interesting places and views from around the globe. Live streaming video from 1,500 cities in all 50 states and 46 countries worldwide.
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PBS

Kqed: Quest: Education: Media Making Toolkit [For the Science Classroom]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...
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PBS

Kqed: Quest: Education: Media Making Toolkit [For the Science Classroom]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...
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Education Development Center

Digital Media Arts: Introduction to Visual Arts and Digital Media

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital media curriculum for teaching high school students how to communicate through media. Students learn the fundamentals of art and design and the technical skills to prepare them for careers in the arts, media, and entertainment...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tie It Up With Transition Words to Write a Story!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the activity, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...
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Other

University of Virginia: Welcome to Digital Storyteller

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Helping classrooms to utilize more technology, the University of Virginia has developed this website to provide a source for building digital storytellers.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: The Art of Timing and Spacing

For Students 9th - 10th
Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the smallest adjustments from frame to frame can make all the difference. [6:42]
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Other

Wiki

For Students 9th - 10th
Doing a project that involves the whole class or more than one class can get cumbersome when trying to keep track of all of the data collected or ideas shared. By using Wiki educators, cooperative learning groups, and anyone else can...
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Other

Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative

For Students 9th - 10th
One 21st Century way of helping students stay in touch with the real world is to utilize technology. There are several online leadership projects for classrooms to use.
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Other

Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers

For Students 5th - 8th
IJIMS is a project designed to introduce students from underrepresented populations to digital, web-based journalism opportunities. Participants create an online magazine to learn computational thinking via digital media, interactive...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Seasaws

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using photographs of natural and man-made objects, students assemble the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition.
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Other

Studio Vo Digitaal Lesmateriaal

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Digital media for classrooms to enhance learning in addition to or eliminating text and workbooks.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History

For Students 9th - 10th
Clay Shirky shows how social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, thus changing the nature of politics. [15:49]
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Other

Becta Schools: Curriculum Practicalities of Using Ict in Art and Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article gives some practical advice and considerations for art teachers who want to explore using technology in their classroom.