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Ohio University: Woub Digital

For Students 9th - 10th
WOUB Digital provides programming information for WOUB, a public broadcasting service of Ohio University.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Sled Dog Dash Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Fish Camp Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Professional Learning Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Our Virtual Professional Learning Series is created for teachers-by teachers-to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Beading Art Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. In this game, Molly shows players how to make various beading designs using the...
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Tech in Ctrl: Ethics/copyright: What's Mine Isn't (Necessarily) Yours

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Sharing, reusing, or copying content is so easy that rarely do we pause to think about its original source. This lesson will give students the tools to navigate this often-complicated world of digital media and mass information by...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Follow the Digital Trail: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars learn that the information they put online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." This trail can be big or small, helpful or hurtful, depending on how they manage it. Free membership required.
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Open Ed

Open Ed: Assessment: Digital Transmission and Storage of Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This four-question assessment over digital transmission and storage of information has a resources accompanying each question. The resources include 5 videos and a diagram. Students study the resources and then take the assessment.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mass Media and Censorship

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a small collection of primary source documents discussing propaganda and media control in the Soviet Union. Most documents are from the 1970s and 80s, and they are varied in both type and source. In general, the documents discuss...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: 100 Ways to Use Digital Cameras

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents 100 different ways to use a digital camera in the classroom.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Synthesize Information in Charts and Graphs (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Synthesize information that you find in charts and graphs.
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Read Works

Read Works: Digitized Signals Are the Future of the Black Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the black boxes on airplanes being replaced with more reliable digital signals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Information Fluency

Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Evaluation Wizard

For Students 9th - 10th
Internet content is not reviewed like published written material - so how do you know if the information you found on the Internet is reliable? Use this Evaluation Wizard to guide you through a thorough assessment of any Internet...
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Assessing the Credibility of Online Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the St. Cloud State University provides information on online sources. This article explains how to assess the value of online sources based on authorship, publisher, date of publication, depth of material, and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Collection

For Teachers K - 1st
Informational text and Alaska Native culture form the basis of the groundbreaking MOLLY OF DENALI series and its educational resources. The MOLLY OF DENALI collection offers videos, digital games, lessons, teaching tips, and activities...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Trillion Dollar Footprint: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn that they have a digital footprint, which can be searched, shared, and seen by a large, invisible audience. They then learn that they can take some control over their digital footprint based on what they post online. They...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.8: Recall Information From Experiences or Gather Information

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 75 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources, take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Sites I Like: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore and evaluate an informational website for children. They discover that people's opinions about the quality and usefulness of a site will vary. As a class, students view a website and identify features that they...
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Pbs Learning Media: Teachers' Domain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Veggiezilla! Game

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This digital game extends students' use of informational text and their knowledge of Alaska. In this game, Molly and Trini have planted various vegetables to eat and enter to win prizes at the Alaska State Fair. Through a variety of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Collection

For Students K - 1st Standards
Informational text and Alaska Native culture form the basis of the groundbreaking MOLLY OF DENALI series and its educational resources. The MOLLY OF DENALI collection offers videos, digital games, lessons, teaching tips, and activities...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Tricky Pics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your awareness of truth and illusion in visual images by viewing these six tricky photos. This resource demonstrates that you can't always believe what you see. To help you learn how to discriminate between real and fake, the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Many Numbers Can You Remember?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Most people don't even remember phone numbers anymore, and instead program them into their phones. There is a limit to the number of numbers, or digits, that most people can remember. Try this experiment to test your digit span, the...