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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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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: We the Digital Citizens

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders explore the amazing possibilities that come with using technology. They'll also learn from the Digital Citizens, who take a pledge to be safe, responsible, and respectful...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

For Students K - 1st
Media Smarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson, young students will learn about online advertisements targeted to children. Students will play on online game; they will create an advertisement for a...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Digital Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Virtual learning resource on rights and responsibilities as consumers and producers of digital media and the internet. Click through the pages for more information. Includes handouts, audio, downlodable resources, assessment and activities.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Finding My Media Balance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Helping kids learn what makes different media choices healthy or not is a good start. But how do we help them actually make responsible choices in the real world? Help your students create a personalized media plan. Students will reflect...
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University of California

Knight Digital Media Center: I Movie

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to edit with IMovie in this tutorial from graduate students at Cal State Berkeley.
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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.
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University of California

Knight Digital Media Center: Final Cut Pro

For Students 9th - 10th
The video editing program, FinalCut Pro, is featured in this online tutorial. Learn all of the basics in this advanced editing program.
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University of California

Knight Digital Media Center: Video Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning the different types of shots in video is taught in this online tutorial.
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Unit Plan
University of California

Knight Digital Media Center: Adobe Premiere

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you will learn the operation of the editing program Adobe Premiere.
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Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Can You Spot the Ad?

For Students K - 1st
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for learners. In this lesson, young students will learn how to differentiate "branded" and brands" in content. Learners will also learn learn strategies and goals of advertisers.
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Interactive
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Digital Passport: Mix N Mash

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students remix media content to create a new creative piece. Along the way, they give proper credit to the artists whose images and sound clips they use. They learn about copyright, credit, and plagiarism and apply their knowledge to...
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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 plan, students will learn to watch and listen to a television with a critical lense
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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

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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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life Lesson

For Students 7th - 9th
In this instructional activity, students learn about ways to manage their privacy and reputation online by exploring their digital presence and to make good choices about sharing other people's content online. Students explore how they...
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Unit Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Media Balance Is Important

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics,...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Social Media

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how social media impacts our use of technology.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Digital Trails

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Does what you do online always stay online? Students learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small,...
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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...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: That's Private!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. By helping a Digital Citizen sign up for a new app, 2nd graders learn about the kinds of information they should keep to themselves when...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
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Other

Media History Digital Library: Technical Journals Collection (1916 1965)

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original journals that focus on the technology behind motion pictures, covering cinematography, photography, projection engineering, etc.