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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Unit - Intellectual Property with Dot & i
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1, 2, Primary (K-2)
This unit lays a foundation for digital ethics by introducing students to the concepts of intellectual property and ownership of creative material.Students learn how to ethically utilize creative material online and offline. They participate in the creative process and perform quick skits involving Dot & i for each step in the process.
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Student Handout 3 - Reference Page: Dot & I Skit - Scene 1: Use Your Brain
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1, 2, Primary (K-2)
Students learn that the brain is responsible for different ways of thinking; logic and creativity. After following along with dialogue between the characters Dot & i, students participate in a collaborative discussion about inventions and the creative process.
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Student Handout 2 - Reference Page: Cite Your Sources
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1, 2, Primary (K-2)
This unit lays a foundation for digital ethics by introducing students to the concepts of intellectual property and ownership of creative material.Students learn how to ethically utilize creative material online and offline. They participate in the creative process and perform quick skits involving Dot & i for each step in the process.
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Teacher Reference Page - Glossary of Terms
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1, 2, Primary (K-2)
This unit lays a foundation for digital ethics by introducing students to the concepts of intellectual property and ownership of creative material.Students learn how to ethically utilize creative material online and offline. They participate in the creative process and perform quick skits involving Dot & i for each step in the process.
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Student Handout 18 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students develop empathy for those impacted by intellectual property theft. They examine the laws that protect creative works from being copied, distributed, performed or changed without proper permission from the rights holder. Students role play a mock trial that exemplifies the real-world consequences for copyright infringement. They also consider the privacy, security, safety and legal risks associated with Peer-to-Peer file-sharing technology. Students use what they have learned to educate others on creative ownership rights in an online culture by producing a Public Service Announcement.
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Student Handout 12 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students explore legal and ethical issues related to music piracy. They discover the economic impact of illegal downloads on the people who work in the entertainment and recording industry, and they determine the personal and legal consequences for unlawfully obtaining or distributing copyrighted music through the Internet. Upon completion of this unit, students create a Public Service Announcement that informs on the risks of piracy and legal alternatives to obtaining music online.
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Student Handout 10 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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5, Elementary (3-5)
Students review what they have learned about intellectual property. The correlating slideshow presents the definition of intellectual property, copyright laws and protections, fair use guidelines, plagiarism, source citations, and piracy. Students discuss ways to respect and protect intellectual property found online. They then create a media-based project to educate others and raise awareness of digital ethics.
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Student Handout 14 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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7, Intermediate (6-8)
Students come to understand that intellectual property has value. They examine the laws that protect creative works from being copied, distributed, performed or changed without proper permission from the rights holder. Students determine the real-world consequences for copyright infringement including piracy and plagiarism. They consider the privacy, security, safety and legal risks associated with Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing technology. Students use what they have learned to educate others to respect ownership rights in an online culture by producing a Public Service Announcement.
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Student Handout 3 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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5, 6, Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8)
Students come to understand that spyware is type of malicious program that tracks computer user activities and collects personal information. They learn how computers become infected with spyware, identify signs that a computer is infected, and discover ways to keep their computer and personal information secure.
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Student Handout 15 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students come to understand that Homeland Security threats impact school safety. They review their school's emergency action plan and weigh in on its strength and weaknesses. They then recommend improvements to the plan, incorporating references to digital communication channels in both detecting and responding to threats. As an empowerment project, students produce a public service announcement (PSA).
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Student Handout 3 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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8, Intermediate (6-8)
Students review the security risks associated with downloading items online. Students identify types of spyware, and describe how spyware can compromise personal information. They use technology to produce multimedia presentations that educates others about spyware.
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Student Handout 12 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Intermediate (6-8), Secondary (9-12)
Prepare students to make a positive influence on the world through iDrive. iDrive is the Youth Outreach and Empowerment program of i-SAFE. Student-driven projects promote digital citizenship by empowering students to purposefully engage online and to deeply contribute to their communities.
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Student Handout 13 - Empowerment: Personal Release Form
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9, 10, 11, 12, Secondary (9-12)
Students come to understand that human trafficking affects students in their age group. Students discover that human trafficking does not only occur abroad; cases occur in urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods of the United States. They examine the role the Internet plays in the recruitment, grooming, and commercial exploitation of trafficking victims. Students research, define, and investigate the issue of human trafficking in their region, and prepare to take action through a student-driven empowerment project. A student workbook and teacher guide is included.
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Student Handout 9 - Reference Page: Everybody's Doing It (Beat Street Theme Song) Lyrics
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3, Elementary (3-5)
Students learn how to give credit where credit is due. They practice citing sources of information they find on the Web.
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Lesson - Be Responsible with Intellectual Property
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3, Elementary (3-5)
Students learn how to give credit where credit is due. They practice citing sources of information they find on the Web.
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Teacher Reference Page - Answer Key: Defeating Piracy
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3, Elementary (3-5)
Students understand that the digital media they come across online are forms of intellectual property. They learn that unauthorized downloads and copies of movies, videos and music and software programs found online are acts of piracy--which is against the law.
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Student Handout 3 - Reference Page: Lemonade Stand Skit
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3, Elementary (3-5)
Students understand that the digital media they come across online are forms of intellectual property. They learn that unauthorized downloads and copies of movies, videos and music and software programs found online are acts of piracy--which is against the law.
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Teacher Reference Page - Answer Key 1 & 2: Intellectual Property Match-Up & Intellectual Property Vocabulary
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3, Elementary (3-5)
Students review vocabulary terms related to intellectual property. They come to understand that laws protect ownership of intellectual property just as laws protect ownership of physical property. Students learn to respect intellectual property rights when the come acros digital content, files and software programs online.
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Teacher Reference Page - Answer Key: Think About It: Goldy Locks and the Three Bears
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3, 4, 5, 6, Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8)
Goldy Locks comes to terms with intellectual property, copyright and plagiarism. Students determine the central lesson of the story and create their own derivative work.
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Student Handout 3 - Worksheet: Think About It: Goldy Locks and the Three Bears
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3, 4, 5, 6, Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8)
Goldy Locks comes to terms with intellectual property, copyright and plagiarism. Students determine the central lesson of the story and create their own derivative work.

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