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Media Education Lab: My Pop Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get ready to go behind-the-scenes of the television you watch, magazines you read, music you listen to, and websites you visit! The 'studios' let you.. Create, Comment, Control. Targeted at girls, the...
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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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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Digital Citizenship: Protecting Yourelf, Others

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Virtual learning tool by Georgia Department of Education on Digital Citizenship and how to protect yourself, others and the community in a world of digital media users. Students learn about rights, responsibilities and safety through a...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy provides resources regarding media violence, media stereotyping, online hate, and information privacy. Each article is available in English and French.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Don't Buy It Get Media Smart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
PBS provides resources to help teachers encourage media literacy. Access, evaluate, and analyze electronic and print media. Dissect pop culture and advertisements. Use the Get Media Smart Resources to uncover advertising tricks, make...
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Website
Media Smarts

Digital Media Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
MediaSmarts will answer your questions regarding media literacy and why it is important to teach media literacy. Approaches to media literacy, key media literacy concepts, and evaluations and assessments pertaining to media literacy can...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Triple Play: Baseball Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation. It includes formative and...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, students look at how non-human images can be used in a self-portrait to portray aspects of a personality.
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PPT
Other

Noodle Tools: Visual Literacy Presentation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning to "read" the images that surround us is an important 21st century skill. This series of slides, presented in .pdf format, provides lots of examples, exercises and resources.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Leaders of Our School

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students will interview administrators and faculty within the school in order to learn the importance of leadership and teamwork. Then students will create a slideshow using digital cameras and presentation software.
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Article
Edutopia

Edutopia: Media Smarts: Students Evolve From Consumers to Critics and Creator

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article from Edutopia offers an overview of both the importance of media literacy and some innovative examples of teaching media literacy.