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 2 - Worksheet: Interview Questions for Digital Citizens
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7, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that, as digital citizens, they participate in a community of real people in online places. They determine whether the places in physical and online communities are appropriate for 7th graders. They then discuss ways to effectively prevent and handle encounters with inappropriate people and places. Students interview their peers regarding their online experiences. They identify issues and challenges related to digital citizenship. They conduct a poll, analyze statistics and draw conclusions.
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Student Handout 1 - Reference Page: Cyber Citizens
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7, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that, as digital citizens, they participate in a community of real people in online places. They determine whether the places in physical and online communities are appropriate for 7th graders. They then discuss ways to effectively prevent and handle encounters with inappropriate people and places. Students interview their peers regarding their online experiences. They identify issues and challenges related to digital citizenship. They conduct a poll, analyze statistics and draw conclusions.
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Student Handout 4S - Página de Actividades—Herramientas para Evaluar Sitios de la Red (SPA)
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that a digital citizen knows how to evaluate websites for credibility, safety, and appropriateness. They learn how to identify the domain suffix (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, etc.) as a clue to the purpose of a website. They examine a series of websites and use set of criteria to determine whether the website is a reliable, safe and appropriate for children and teens. Students create posters to inform others how to evaluate websites for reliability of information found online.
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Student Handout 3S - Página de Actividades—Recomendaciones para Búsquedas en Internet (SPA)
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that a digital citizen knows how to evaluate websites for credibility, safety, and appropriateness. They learn how to identify the domain suffix (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, etc.) as a clue to the purpose of a website. They examine a series of websites and use set of criteria to determine whether the website is a reliable, safe and appropriate for children and teens. Students create posters to inform others how to evaluate websites for reliability of information found online.
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Student Handout 2S - Página de Actividades—Construye tu Conocimiento Cibernético (SPA)
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that a digital citizen knows how to evaluate websites for credibility, safety, and appropriateness. They learn how to identify the domain suffix (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, etc.) as a clue to the purpose of a website. They examine a series of websites and use set of criteria to determine whether the website is a reliable, safe and appropriate for children and teens. Students create posters to inform others how to evaluate websites for reliability of information found online.
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Student Handout 3 - Reference Page: Decoding the URL
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that a digital citizen knows how to evaluate websites for credibility, safety, and appropriateness. They learn how to identify the domain suffix (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, etc.) as a clue to the purpose of a website. They examine a series of websites and use set of criteria to determine whether the website is a reliable, safe and appropriate for children and teens. Students create posters to inform others how to evaluate websites for reliability of information found online.
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Student Handout 2 - Reference Page: Build Your Cyber Savvy
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students understand that a digital citizen knows how to evaluate websites for credibility, safety, and appropriateness. They learn how to identify the domain suffix (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, etc.) as a clue to the purpose of a website. They examine a series of websites and use set of criteria to determine whether the website is a reliable, safe and appropriate for children and teens. Students create posters to inform others how to evaluate websites for reliability of information found online.
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Student Handout 4 - Reference Page: Military Origins of the Net
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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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Teacher Reference Page 5 - Changing the Concept of Computers
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Lesson Plan - Changing the Concept of Computers
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Teacher Reference Page 3 - Batch Processing and Timesharing
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Lesson Plan - Timesharing: Mainframes Support Multiple Users
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Teacher Reference Page 2 - Answer Key: Video Questions: "1963 Timesharing: The Solution to Computer Bottlenecks"
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Teacher Reference Page 1 - Big Iron Computers
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Student Handout 3 - Worksheet: Video Questions: "1963 Timesharing: The Solution to Computer Bottlenecks"
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Student Handout 2 - Worksheet: Internet Research
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Student Handout 1 - Worksheet: Quality Q & A
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Lesson Plan - Mainframe Computers: Then and Now
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore the concept of the mainframe computer. They determine the critical role that the 1960s mainframe computer plays in Internet history by comparing mainframes of the past with modern mainframe computers.
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Unit - Welcome to World 2.0 Series: Origins of the Net
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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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Lesson Plan - The IMP in a Subnet
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students discover that enabling different computers to communicate with one another posed a significant challenge to the ARPANET builders. They learn that collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity are essential to solving problems--event in the early days of the Internet. They explore the layered model of the Internet and learn how the layers of the Internet have evolved.

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