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Picmonkey.com

This website is a platform to create digital posters.   I used this resource for students to present their chosen “classroom rule” for our computers class.  This activity included photo shopping, decorative overlays and unique filters.   It was an exciting way for students to not only show their creativity and proficiency with Photoshop programs, but also to effectively present their rule in a way the audience could clearly understand.

Scratch.com

Scratch is an interactive coding website for students/youth.  They learn computational thinking, through creating their own animated stories, video games....really, anything they wanted (animation-wise!).  For a project, they could present their findings on a topic through a Scratch animation.  For my class, we simply focused on the skills of coding, in particular the important piece of sequencing.  It also drives home the idea that if we do not follow or provide instructions in the correct order, the results will never be accurate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrln8nyVBLU

This is a video I always started my computer course with, as it specifically pertained to internet safety.  This short clip is fast paced and the tone of the narrator is pretty entertaining.  Although this would only be an intro into media smarts, it is a great conversation starter and has students (typically) questioning their activity online.

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Help Students Find Creditable Resources

http://mdhero.blogspot.ca/2014/01/help-students-find-credible-sources.html
California educator , Melissa Hero, writes about helping students find creditable resources for research assignments. She shares a list of "hoax" sites that can be used to teach students how to identify reliable websites and how to recognize "shady ones."

CML: Center for Media Literacy website
http://www.medialit.org/educator-resources
This site is an education resource that advocates for media literacy in education.  The site provides links to a wide range of resources.  It provides lesson samples and ideas as well as resources that can be purchased.  Some examples of topics addressed include:
Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media/Middle School Unit - Highly acclaimed evidence-based curriculum
Five Key Questions that Can Change the World includes 25 basic lesson plans
Smoke Detectors! Deconstructing Tobacco Use in Media
Breakfast Epiphanies:  Project-based Learning Through Media Literacy and Nutrition
A Recipe for Action: Deconstructing Food Advertising

Battling Fake News in the Classroom
https://www.edutopia.org/article/battling-fake-news-classroom-mary-beth-hertz
This article provides links and resources on how to teach students to think critically about what they are reading in the media.  Sites like Snopes.com and Politifact.com  can be used by students to decipher between factual and fake news.

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Digital Bins

Digital text bins are similar to text sets or book bins that we store on the shelves of a classroom library.  Digital text bins are stored virtually (e.g., on a cloud, server, flash drive), not on the shelves.  Digital bins can include a variety of sources and formats and may be collected by the teacher or found online. The following articles outline some ways that digital bins can be used to enhance students skills in using technology and in analyzing sources, information, and presentation techniques. :https://litlearnact.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/copyof124-nonfictiondigitalbins-1.pdf

https://twowritingteachers.org/2012/10/04/digital-text-bins/

Additional articles on Digital Bins

https://litlearnact.wordpress.com/sample-digital-bin/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B404rJALRaGwcmJLUXlOYTA1LUU/view

Social Smarts

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has created a graphic novel, Social Smarts: Privacy, the Internet and You, to help young Canadians to better understand and navigate privacy issues in the online world.

The 12-page graphic novel– is designed to appeal to tweens and younger teens.

Developed with feedback from young people, it tells the story of a brother and sister who learn (sometimes the hard way) about the privacy risks related to social networking, mobile devices and texting, and online gaming.

To accompany the graphic novel, we have also developed a discussion guide that educators can use to generate further discussion and learning.

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/awareness-campaigns-and-events/privacy-education-for-kids/social-smarts-privacy-the-internet-and-you/

The Fourth R

The Fourth R team has developed free lesson plans on Critical Media Literacy for all elementary and secondary students and parents, and on Representations of Youth in Media for youth ages 13-16. This website has media literacy lesson plans that encourage critical thinking and analysis of how media is used for presenting ideas.

https://youthrelationships.org/free-lesson-plans

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Resource #1: BC ERAC
A great resource for any B.C. teacher/facilitator. This website offers an enormous plethora of resources on any topic -- and it's all digital! Ask your TECH team in your district about a list of programs that are accessible to you.
Website: https://k12.bcerac.ca/

Resource #2: Discovery Education Network
DEN is a great resource that encompasses a wide variety of topics. Texts, videos, and what-have-you are all easily accessible. DEN also offers SOS - Spotlight on Strategy - which will be helpful to teachers implementing new strategies within their classroom environment.

You can become a DEN STAR (DEN ambassador by attending free workshops -- ask your district if DEN is being offered). Also, follow Dean Shareski on Twitter to get more information on DEN.
Website: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Resource #3: Learn 360
Learn 360 offers over 150.000 media resources for students and teachers. Similar to Discovery Education Network, it offers a multitude of videos, texts, as well as teaching strategies for teachers to use in classrooms. Certain school districts may have a license already in place, please check with your administrator or IT team.
Website: http://marketing.learn360.com/

Resource #4: Passport to the Internet (Grades 4-8)
As Vera already mentioned in her post, MediaSmarts (Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy), offers a program for students (and parents) about internet safety. Students will go through various scenarios to gain knowledge about digital literacy including "online safety, authenticating online information, recognizing online marketing ploys, protecting their privacy, managing online relationships and dealing with cyberbullying."
Website: http://mediasmarts.ca/game/passport-internet-student-tutorial-internet-literacy-grades-4-8

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Resource 1:  The Media Literacy Roadmap. http://thecinematheque.ca/education/media-literacy-roadmap/

It’s a one-time project designed for Vancouver School Board educators and their students.

The workshops and resource materials include challenging media literacy topics, such as civic engagement, social responsibility, consumerism and cyberbullying, etc.

The schools can access the workshop resources to undertake their own media literacy activities after the workshop.

Resource 2:  The Integrated Media Literacy Project http://thecinematheque.ca/education/imlp/

It’s a one-time project designed to provide free, high-quality, in-class professional development to Lower Mainland educators.

The focus of the project was to develop students’ media literacy skills and to integrate media tools into various subject, i.e., Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Math.

It provides teachers the tools, lesson plans, materials to deliver media education, and engage students in collaborative and challenging activities.

Resource 3. The Fourth R:  https://youthrelationships.org/free-lesson-plans

The Fourth R team has developed free lesson plans on Critical Media Literacy for students from k-12, and on Representations of Youth in Media for students age 13-16.

Critical media literacy involves the active analysis and critique of media content, and all lessons were developed by teachers for teachers. They are easy to use, and are designed to enhance the critical media literacy skills of students. A parent brochure is also included, which helps parents understand the risks and benefits of using media.

Representations of Youth in Media includes three lessons that is about 75 minutes in length each. In those lessons, students explore how media is constructed, how media promotes unrealistic images about youth and how these images permeate their digital lives. Students also have opportunity to explore healthy and unhealthy digital relationships and boundaries and limits of media and technology.

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I've never used these, but they look interesting.... The first two are from the same website, so I am counting them as one
1. http://mediasmarts.ca/parents  Media Smarts tips for parents including tips for managing your child’s screen time, parenting in the digital generation

http://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources lessons on digital citizenship, online ethics for teachers. Nice website because teachers can take information from parent and teacher resources.

2. http://www.connectsafely.org/ ConnectSafely tips on phone use for children, guide to media literacy, Fake news, cyberbullying,  Lots of tips for parents and educators on technology in general. As indicated in the website name this is for students, parents and educators to learn to "connect safely".

3. Media Literacy  Empowering Individuals in a hypermedia age: Lesson plans to teach the following topics below.

https://hofstramass112.wordpress.com/content/lesson-plan-templates/

Topics for lesson plans:

Celebrity Role Models

Elvis and Censorship.doc

Family Guy and Censorship

TV Violence

TV Violence 2

Disney World through Media Eyes

Media Politics – Tea Party

Media & Presidential Campaigns

Lesson Plan – Analyzing Language

lesson-plan-graphic-images

Lesson Plan – Educating Others

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ThinkB4U: pretty self-explanatory. Think before you click, open, send, buy, etc.

News Literacy Project: sorting fact from fiction

Common Sense Education: creating a culture that supports the safe and responsible use of technology

I couldn't figure out the formatting I required, so if you are curious, here's a link to a Google DOC with more information and links. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10FNaQd8EtgWYEes6PuVmqunsyaYKIj8skICEsuw_LNI

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Share three resources you have used or that can be used in the Intermediate classroom. Your resources can be book titles, links, websites, or anything you consider effective for the delivery of media education. Along with your suggestions, include a brief summary of what the resource is, what it contains, and how it can be effectively used in the teaching of media literacy.