Media Literacy
Find and share resources to help students learn to analyze, evaluate, and communicate in a world with countless media sources and constant access to powerful computers.
Getting Fast Thinkers to Slow Down
Talking students through how the brain works—its shortcuts and tendency to draw incorrect conclusions based on limited information—can help them study and learn better.941Using Infographics to Build Media Literacy and Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Teaching infographic literacy involves asking students to flex their critical thinking skills—and their creative muscles.1k8 Tips to Help Students Evaluate Websites
When students learn the tools for assessing a website’s authenticity, they gain valuable critical thinking and media literacy skills.A Teacher’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
There are rules when it comes to using copyrighted material in the classroom—and easy ways to make sure you’re always in the clear.4.2kWhat Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship
Ideas on how to guide students to the knowledge and experience they need to act responsibly online.11.4kWhat Fact-Checkers Know About Media Literacy—and Students Should, Too
Professional fact-checkers use a strategy that’s at odds with how we usually teach information literacy. Here’s how to pass it on to your students.1.2kTeaching Students to Evaluate Websites
A few pointers on how to guide middle and high school students to determine whether a website offers accurate information.1.5kPreparing Social Studies Students to Think Critically in the Modern World
Vetting primary resources isn’t easy—but doing it well is crucial for fostering engagement and deeper learning in a rapidly changing world.4.5kTeaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information
Use these strategies to help middle and high school students identify relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability in the content they read.7.2kAn Engaging Word Game Helps Students Grasp Implicit Bias
A simple fill-in-the-blank exercise helped students understand the power of words and the way they might convey unspoken beliefs.4.1k5 Reasons to Actually Encourage Students to Use Wikipedia
Despite its drawbacks, the online encyclopedia has value, particularly for those just getting started with research.1.3kCommon Core in Action: 10 Visual Literacy Strategies
Visual literacy explicitly teaches a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.8.2kHow to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students
A lesson plan for helping students as young as kindergarten begin to understand how to be safe online.4.7kHelping Students Find the Truth in Social Media
Middle and high school students love interacting with social media, but how can they know if what they’re seeing and sharing is accurate?714Teaching Students How to Use Wikipedia Wisely
Understanding how the online encyclopedia functions helps students learn how to conduct research and distinguish fact from fiction.2.7k
