Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Looking at Food Advertising Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. For this lesson, young students will learn about the importance of spokescharacters for companies. Then students will create own jingles and spokescharacters for foods...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Media and Communication Occupations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about media and communication occupations.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing - and not just about themselves but each other? Help learners think critically about their digital footprints on...
Article
Other

Queens University: Social Media Accessibility

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the problems related to social media accessibility for individuals with special needs and offers suggestions on how to work around some of them to make the content more accessible. The information is also...
Website
University of California

Knight Digital Media Center: Photoshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn Photoshop editing in this tutorial designed by graduate students from Cal State Berkeley.
Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts:teaching Tv: Critically Evaluating Tv Lesson

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson, students will learn to watch and listen to a television with a critical lense
Article
Other

Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses the importance of teaching students how to write for an online audience using traditional writing skills but transitioning these to digital media. The author talks about ways to incorporate social media and...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: The Power of Digital Footprints

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Our digital footprints can impact our future. What others find about us online shapes how they see us or feel about us. Help your middle schoolers learn about their digital footprint and the steps they can take to shape what others find...
Website
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.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Social media gives us a chance to choose how we present ourselves to the world. We can snap and share a pic in the moment or carefully stage photos and select only the ones we think are best. When students reflect on these choices, they...
Article
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.
Website
Other

Nat. Library of Nz: Digital Content Finding, Evaluating, Using and Creating It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is directed at teachers and teacher-librarians. It provides helpful information and links to resources for developing digital literacy skills in a school. Many of the suggestions can be passed on to students to help them find,...
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Being a Good Digital Citizen

For Students 3rd - 5th
No matter where you go online, being a good digital citizen can make your experience smoother and safer. Thankfully, you can become a better digital citizen by following the simple steps outlined in this tutorial. [2:39]
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms

For Students K - 1st
WGBH in collaboration with NASA presents digital media resources you can use to teach topics in K-12 Earth and Space Science. These free resources are organized into four grade bands. Each resource emphasizes engaging students in...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Connecting With Digital Audiences

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Code-switching is the action of changing your language, behavior, or appearance based on who you're with or where you are. In this lesson, students will apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Keeping Games Fun and Friendly

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Social interaction is part of what makes online gaming so popular and engaging for kids. But online communication can come with some risks. This lesson helps students understand how to keep their gaming experiences fun, healthy, and...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: We Are Civil Communicators

For Teachers 11th - 12th
When we talk about our personal beliefs and politics, passions can run high -- especially when we're online. These intense moments can often lead to tit-for-tat insults, or worse. But, if addressed calmly and coolly, they can be an...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Device Free Moments

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders learn when it's appropriate to use technology and when it's not, and practice making family rules for device-free time at home. Includes lesson plan, slideshow, student...
Primary
Other

Media History Digital Library: Fan Magazine Collection (1911 1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original fan magazines that focused on movies and movie stars covering periods from 1911 to 1960.
Primary
Other

Media History Digital Library: Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original magazines that document the evolution of the American broadcasting industry from 1896 to 1964, covering radio, television, and motion pictures.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rock On! Recording Digital Data With Magnets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a straightforward project that shows you how data can be digitized and stored on magnetic recording media. You'll learn how alpha-numeric characters are digitized, and you'll use bar magnets to represent the individual data...
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Strategies to Build Engaging Digital Lessons for High School Students

For Students 9th - 10th
In this blog, a teacher offers strategies for building engaging digital lessons as a result of the Covid Pandemic. My first task is to figure out how to make my lessons clear. I am working without the benefit of being able to circle the...
Website
Other

Ohio University: Woub Digital

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

Other popular searches