Media & Information Literacy

Students gain the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and use various media-based communication formats. Students interpret messages transmitted through Information and Communications Technology (ICT) including Internet publications, infographics, charts, images, videos, audio recordings and multimedia presentations. They learn to effectively locate, evaluate and use information for research and writing. They determine whether an online source is valid and reliable. They distinguish between fact and opinion; bias and objectivity.  Students exercise communication etiquette as a 21st century skill.

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Student Handout 3S - Hoja de Trabajo para la Preparación del Debate
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 2S - Página de Referencia: Información del Debate y Reglas
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 1S - Página de Referencia: Juegos de Apuestas en Línea
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 3 - Worksheet: Debate Preparation Worksheet
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 2 - Reference Page: Debate Information and Rules
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 1 - Reference Page: Online Gambling
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate current laws regarding online gambling and determine the risks and consequences of Internet casinos. They collaborate in groups to construct a persuasive argument, either in favor or opposed to laws addressing online gambling, and participate in a debate. A debate workbook is included.
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Student Handout 3 - Parent Presentation: Make Parents Aware of Identity Theft issues
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate Internet-related laws in the United States and compare digital access and online freedoms in other countries in a short research project. They develop questions for investigation, gather information from multiple credible sources, and use proper citations for the quotes and paraphrased information incorporated into their multimedia presentations and written work.
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Student Handout 2 - Worksheet: Examining the Culture of the Online Community
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate Internet-related laws in the United States and compare digital access and online freedoms in other countries in a short research project. They develop questions for investigation, gather information from multiple credible sources, and use proper citations for the quotes and paraphrased information incorporated into their multimedia presentations and written work.
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Student Handout 1 - Reference Page: Examining a Borderless Community Among Countries
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate Internet-related laws in the United States and compare digital access and online freedoms in other countries in a short research project. They develop questions for investigation, gather information from multiple credible sources, and use proper citations for the quotes and paraphrased information incorporated into their multimedia presentations and written work.
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Lesson Plan - Online Freedoms and the Culture of the Internet Community
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students investigate Internet-related laws in the United States and compare digital access and online freedoms in other countries in a short research project. They develop questions for investigation, gather information from multiple credible sources, and use proper citations for the quotes and paraphrased information incorporated into their multimedia presentations and written work.
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Teacher Reference Page - The Question Chart
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students examine online issues and their social responsibility as digital citizens. As emerging leaders, they prepare to educate others on a selected 21st century issue.
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Student Handout - Reference Page: Issues and You as an Emerging Leader
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students examine online issues and their social responsibility as digital citizens. As emerging leaders, they prepare to educate others on a selected 21st century issue.
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Lesson Plan - Emerging Leaders: Cyber Citizens
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students examine online issues and their social responsibility as digital citizens. As emerging leaders, they prepare to educate others on a selected 21st century issue.
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Unit - Welcome to World 2.0 Series: Infrastructure of the Information Age
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students discover that many pioneers contributed to the invention of the Internet over time. They understand that the collaborative culture from which the Internet emerged characterizes the open architecture of the Internet that we use today. Students examine the infrastructure of the Internet. They acquire and use technical terminology in collaborative discussion and in writing.
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Lesson Plan - Military Origins of the Net: Packet Switching
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students discover that the Internet originates in computer science and relates to military developments. They come to understand the how computers and networks evolved from serving government and commercial purposes to systems aiding billions of people. They examine the technological innovations of the Big Iron Era of the 1950s and 1960s and identify the challenges that led to the development of more user-friendly machines and networks. Students develop inquiry questions, conduct research, organize information and present their findings on a period of time in Internet history.
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Student Handout 1 - Reference Page: The Cyber Community
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6, Intermediate (6-8)
Students explore the concepts of community and citizenship. They understand that a community is comprised of people and places, and they relate online communities to the physical communities in which they live. Students use their critical thinking skills to identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate places for 5th graders to visit online and offline. They conclude that digital citizens make responsible choices regarding the places that they visit online. Students use what they have gained from collaborative discussions to create an online community map.
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Student Handout 2 - Activity Page: Venn Diagram Activity
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6, Intermediate (6-8)
Students explore the concepts of community and citizenship. They understand that a community is comprised of people and places, and they relate online communities to the physical communities in which they live. Students use their critical thinking skills to identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate places for 5th graders to visit online and offline. They conclude that digital citizens make responsible choices regarding the places that they visit online. Students use what they have gained from collaborative discussions to create an online community map.
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Student Handout 3 - Empowerment: Create an Awareness Campaign!
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6, Intermediate (6-8)
Students explore the concepts of community and citizenship. They understand that a community is comprised of people and places, and they relate online communities to the physical communities in which they live. Students use their critical thinking skills to identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate places for 5th graders to visit online and offline. They conclude that digital citizens make responsible choices regarding the places that they visit online. Students use what they have gained from collaborative discussions to create an online community map.
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Slideshow - Community & Citizenship
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6, Intermediate (6-8)
Students explore the concepts of community and citizenship. They understand that a community is comprised of people and places, and they relate online communities to the physical communities in which they live. Students use their critical thinking skills to identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate places for 5th graders to visit online and offline. They conclude that digital citizens make responsible choices regarding the places that they visit online. Students use what they have gained from collaborative discussions to create an online community map.
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Student Handout 2S - Empowerment (SPA): Dibuja una Mapa de una Comunidad
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6, Intermediate (6-8)
Students explore the concepts of community and citizenship. They understand that a community is comprised of people and places, and they relate online communities to the physical communities in which they live. Students use their critical thinking skills to identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate places for 5th graders to visit online and offline. They conclude that digital citizens make responsible choices regarding the places that they visit online. Students use what they have gained from collaborative discussions to create an online community map.

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