This site has a series of pre-made free lesson plans that are ready to teach right away. MATH, ELA, SCIENCE, SEL, CAREER, ART, DIGITAL LITERACY, TECH, STEM

They have clips of popular movies and TV shows built right in - and you are allowed to use them bc the site is made by AT
&T and Warner Bros.

"The Achievery helps connect students to a new world of digital learning through stories that spark curiosity and content that entertains as well as teaches."

Don't miss checking this one out! You can use the filters to find exactly what you need.

Copy and paste this url into a browser to watch a short 1 min intro video - https://youtu.be/w-y0u82ps3o

You will have to sign up to access the lessons but it's totally worth it.

We know that the everyday lives of our students are inundated with media. This often-overwhelming menu of media-rich entrées gets served up at a rate that seems to value overconsumption more than proper and meaningful digestion. As educators, we may be left wondering, how do we beef up (or tofu up , if you prefer) our students’ appetites for media-literacy so that they can skillfully navigate our ever-changing, media-saturated landscape?

In this lesson, students consider the different factors that make online sources reliable or unreliable. They then learn quick steps they can take to gauge an online source’s reliability and practice these steps by playing an interactive online game. Finally, students create a media product to teach other students how to do one of the tactics they’ve learned.

"It can be tough to tell what’s true and what’s “fake news” just by looking at a headline. But it’s easy to do a quick check and get the real facts when something doesn’t look right online."

Help students fight information pollution.

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*Modules
*Videos
*Activities
*Case Studies

English
Students face an overwhelming online information environment that is increasingly polluted with false and misleading information, spin, and dubious expertise.

CTRL-F: Find the Facts is a contemporary digital media literacy program from CIVIX that helps students learn to evaluate online sources and claims to determine what to trust, using evidence-based ‘lateral reading’ strategies.

Learning is anchored by short expert-led videos and interactive practice examples drawn from a range of platforms, supported by lesson plans, slide decks, and worksheets. The resources are free with registration, designed for grades 7 to 12, and available in English and French. For more information, visit ctrl-f.ca.

FRENCH
Les étudiants font face à un environnement d'information en ligne accablant, de plus en plus pollué par de fausses informations, des informations trompeuses, des manipulations et une expertise douteuse.

CTRL-F : Trouver les Faits est un programme contemporain de littératie des médias numériques proposé par CIVIX qui aide les étudiants à apprendre à évaluer les sources en ligne et les affirmations pour déterminer en quoi avoir confiance, en utilisant des stratégies de "lecture latérale" basées sur des preuves.

L'apprentissage est ancré par de courtes vidéos animées par des experts et des exemples interactifs tirés de diverses plateformes, soutenus par des plans de cours, des présentations et des fiches d'exercices. Les ressources sont gratuites sur inscription, conçues pour les élèves de la 7e à la 12e année, et disponibles en anglais et en français. Pour plus d'informations, visitez ctrl-f.ca.

Media literacy is so important in today's society. This is CANADIAN program from CIVIX.
It provides opportunities for:
*Resources (including full lessons and pre/post assessments)
*Example Bank
*Workshops

You will need to sign up for a free account to access this excellent program.

"False and misleading information is rampant online, and people lack the skills and motivation to determine what to trust. To build the next generation of informed citizens, we need to adopt new ways to teach digital media literacy and source evaluation."

« La littératie médiatique est cruciale dans la société contemporaine. CTRL-F s'agit d'un programme CANADIEN de CIVIX. Il fournit :

-Des ressources (y compris des leçons complètes et des évaluations)
-Une banque d'exemples
-Des ateliers

Vous devriez vous inscrire (compte gratuit) pour accéder à ce programme excellent.

«Les informations fausses et trompeuses se multiplient sur le Web et les internautes ne disposent pas forcément des connaissances et des aptitudes nécessaires pour savoir à quoi ils peuvent se fier. Pour former la prochaine génération de citoyens informés, nous devons adopter de nouvelles méthodes d’enseignement en matière de littératie des médias numériques et d’évaluation des sources.»»

This site has an amazing variety of tools that students can use to share their learning.
Let your students have voice and choice!
Some of the best choices on this site include

FAKEBOOK - kids can make a mock facebook page ONLINE for a historical figure, or a character in a novel. Etc.

PAC MAN & ARCADE GAMES -transform your quiz into a trivia Pac Man game. The kids have to answer questions to play and if they die they must answer more questions to continue. The kids can make their own trivia games as well. This could be a great final product and you could play it on the smartboard as a class to evaluate it.

FAKE NEWS Headlines - this would be great for an important event in a novel, or current events, or historical info!

QR CODE TREASURE HUNT – no Internet needed. Kids can create these; or you could!

BURGER ESSAY PLANNER -students can plan and organized essays with the provided structure!

Other Options include: timers, turn your text into a Star Wars theme, 3D gallery, fake Twitter, random name picker, etc!

Toolkits are available for:

*Lifelong Learning: A Social & Emotional Learning Toolkit for Educators

*Beyond Fake News: A News & Media Literacy Toolkit for Educators

*Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

*Common Sense on E-rate and CIPA: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts

*Girls, Boys, and Media: A Gender and Digital Life Toolkit

These lessons provide suitable activities for each of the five competencies, assisting students across all grade levels to thrive in the digital landscape.

Lessons are divided up into:
Elementary
Middle School
High School

Each features lessons on: Balance, Informed, Inclusive, Engaged & Alert at the appropriate age level.

You will need to provide your info to download the lessons.

How do we teach students to identify fake news?
In a world where it is increasingly dangerous to simply trust what we read and see.

There is a fact sheet available for download as well.

In a “post-truth” era where people are increasingly influenced by their emotions and beliefs over factual information, fact and fiction can be difficult to distinguish, and fake news can spread rapidly through mainstream media sources and social networks. Moreover, fake news is often meant to do harm, by tricking us into believing a lie or unfairly discrediting a person or political movement.

Given this malicious intent, students must learn to approach news and information with a critical eye in order to identify intentionally misleading sources (although recent studies confirm that this is an uphill battle for both adults and young people). Teachers therefore play a crucial role in ensuring that their students develop the skills to decipher the many streams of information available to them.

"From misinformation to the 24-hour news cycle (on TV and now on social media), students must learn to navigate a noisy, biased, and challenging world. But with the right support, they can learn to be critical and not cynical -- to speak up, not sit back. This collection of news and media lessons, videos, printables, and more is a great place to start. Everything's been carefully vetted by Common Sense editors (and fellow teachers) to help you find that "just right" resource for your classroom.

Check out our current favorites below. Read on for full collections. "

In this lesson, students start by considering the wide range of science and health information they are likely to encounter in news or through social media. They read an article on a scientific topic to help them understand the particular challenges of verifying science and health information and then use an educational computer game to practice skills in critically reading health and science stories. Finally, students compile a list of reliable sources they can turn to for verifying health and science stories.

In this lesson, students consider the meanings of the term “fake news” and learn facts about the news industry that will help them recognize legitimate sources of news. They use an educational computer game to learn how to track a news story to its original source before evaluating its reliability, then practice the same skills “in the wild” with actual news stories.

In this lesson, students consider the ways in which our own biases can prevent us from being objective. They then learn ways to recognize and account for our biases and practice these by playing an interactive online game. Finally, students learn about how public service campaigns can change social norms and create their own PSA to promote ethical sharing of online information.

« AVANT D'UTILISER UNE SOURCE POUR UN DE TES TRAVAUX, PENSE À EN ÉVALUER LA PERTINENCE ET LA QUALITÉ! »

D'excellents outils pour la critique des sources. La page propose une variété de ressources:

-Critères pour l'évaluation de la pertinence et la qualité de l'information
-Un aide-mémoire pour l'évaluation des critères de qualité
-Des questions à se poser pour évaluer l'information
-Un guide pour savoir reconnaître les éléments d'une référence bibliographique
-Vidéo: « Si c'est écrit, c'est vrai? »
-Des outils pour repérer les fausses nouvelles
-Vidéo: « Vous avez dit Fake news? »
-Infographique: « Fake News »
-Infographique: « Les 10 Commandements des réseaux sociaux » (avant de partager une nouvelle/actualité)
-Articles provenant des sites d'évaluation Les décodeurs (Monde.fr) et Détecteur de rumeurs (l'Agence Science-Presse)

*Image: Bibliothèques du réseau de l'Université du Québec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwgv8kq6rA