Information, Media and Technology Skills

Across all of your integration of media and technology, model the practice of a SAMR framework. Push students to utilize the technology available to them to discover and present information in ways that would otherwise be unattainable. Do this by using the technology available to you to create learning experiences and scaffold tasks and assessments for students that, without the technology, would not be possible.

Information Literacy

Model for students and provide them opportunities to access and evaluate information critically.

In addition to teaching students to access and evaluate information, they must also know how to use and manage the information. Support students in this practice by constructing projects and tasks that scaffold the access, evaluation, and application of information across multiple steps.

Media Literacy

Create opportunities for students to be able to analyze media in your content area. Scaffold into this analysis practice in developing understanding of how and why media messages are constructed, how individuals interpret these messages and change their behavior, as well as any applicable legal or ethical issues surrounding the access and use of media.

Design units that include opportunities for students to create media products. Students should be able to apply a SAMR framework (not necessarily to the letter) to understanding and utilizing the most appropriate creation tools and creation strategies.

Give students practice applying technology effectively. They should be presented with different technology tools and contexts, and supported in the process of utilizing these tools to research, organize, evaluate, communicate, and more.