Research - Media Literacy

Information and media literacy is used with ease in a variety of modes to consult, coach and collaborate with stakeholders.

KEY

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Locate, organize, analyse, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media (including digital, social media and online networks)

Get students to create Infographics to present data in a visually appealing way 🔗

Media Skills: Crash Course Media Literacy #11 📽

Video Explores What Fake News Is and Isn’t (Newseum) 📽🔗

From the Front Page to the History Books (Newseum) 🔗🤔

Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 📽

Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 📽

Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 📽

The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 📽

Demonstrate awareness of media interpretations of events and ideas (including digital social media)

Political Persuasion: It’s All About Image 🤔🔗

"How light or dark is Barack Obama's skin? Depends on your political stance…" This great article shows how different media sources portray people's race differently and why 🤔🔗

How beauty ideals change around the world 🔗

Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 📽

Reporters Notebook - facts and feelings 📜🤔

Make informed choices about personal viewing experiences

A great article for older students "How The MPAA Really Works And How to Get The Rating You Want" 🔗🤔

idebate - This house believes reality television does more harm than good 🤔

Legit-o-meter Poster 🔗📜

Video Explores What Fake News Is and Isn’t (Newseum) 🔗📽

Cooking Up Clickbait - Activity (Newseum) 🤔🔗

Understand the impact of media representations and modes of presentation

TED ED Lesson - How to choose your news 🤔🔗📽

YouTube - How to Identify Fact vs. Opinion in Writing & Research (Imagine Easy Solutions) 🔗📽🤔

Weed Out Propaganda - Poster and Activity (Newseum) 🔗🤔

Evidence: Do the facts hold up - activity which has students check accuracy in a news article (Newseum) 🔗🤔

Video Explores What Fake News Is and Isn’t (Newseum) 🤔🔗📽

Political Persuasion: It’s All About Image 🔗🤔

How the Medium Shapes the Message (Activity) 🔗🤔

What Would You Do? Media Ethics Scenarios (Activity) 🔗🤔

Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 📽

Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources

Thinking Routines - Circle of View Points: exploring perspectives 🔗🤔📜

Question Ladder - I want to collect input from others by getting to the heart of what motivates people 📜

Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 📽

Reporters Notebook - facts and feelings 📜🤔🔗

Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats

Have students self select the presentation tool they would like to use to present their information and reflect on the choices they have made 🤔🔗

How the Medium Shapes the Message (Activity) 🤔🔗 📜

How to Podcast 🔗🤔

Creating Killer Facts and Graphics 🤔🔗📜

Planning Research for Influencing 🤔🔗

Compare, contrast and draw connections among (multi)media resources

From the Front Page to the History Books (Newseum) 🤔🔗

Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 📽

Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 📽

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