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.
Teaching Students the Cyber Safety Basics
Teachers can share these tips and resources with students in lessons about cyber safety and how to protect their privacy and data online.259Incorporating Images in the Classroom
By treating media like text, teachers can create a fast, relevant, and affordable lesson that stimulates lively discussion.What 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.11.9kA 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.5.1kUsing 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.2.2kTeaching 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.7.8kPreparing 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.4.6kAn 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.4.2kCommon 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.9.1kHelping Students Hone Their Critical Thinking Skills
Used consistently, these strategies can help middle and high school teachers guide students to improve much-needed skills.1kSetting Up a Student Media Program in Your School
High school students can benefit from learning how to create different media in a responsible way.183Teaching Students to Evaluate Websites
A few pointers on how to guide middle and high school students to determine whether a website offers accurate information.1.7kHow 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.4.5kQuality Media Literacy Requires More Than Toothless Laws, Educators Say
New laws from California to New Jersey are shining a spotlight on media literacy, but educators say teaching the skills in classrooms requires a targeted, intentional approach.258What 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.1.4k