This comprehensive Workshop in a Box provides the resources needed to deliver a ‘Be Media Smart workshop’ where participants can learn about engaging with digital media content. Please click on the links below to access the content which is separated into: About guidelines, Slides description, Resources for facilitators, Handout on building strategies to analyse media
Soláthraíonn an cheardlann i mbosca na hacmhainní a theastaíonn uathu chun ceardlann litearthachta sna meáin a sholáthar do mhúinteoirí, leabharlannaithe, ceannairí pobail agus éascaitheoirí foghlama eile. Is é aidhm na ceardlainne na cleachtais is fearr maidir le dul i ngleic le hábhar meán digiteach a phlé leis na rannpháirtithe, agus feasacht a ardú faoin bhfadhb
The TeaMLit online course helps primary and secondary school teachers in all settings become media literate and bring media literacy into the classrooms. The course focuses on 3 levels (for me as a teacher, for me and my colleagues, for the whole school) and consists of 5 modules. Please click on the link below to
This lesson plan is designed to educate primary and secondary school students on the core concepts behind creative writing through film and TV. Each lesson plan is designed to guide participants through the industry process of creating a treatment (a plan) for a creative project, while applying creative writing skills using existing stories they already
Understanding how the political system works is part of the digital citizenship. EDUbox helps young people understand the political process by showing them how ideas translate into policy and how their vote influences outcomes. Useful for CSPE or Politics and Society class. Please click on the link below to access the content: https://www.mediawijs.be/en/edubox-politics
The Conspiracy Test is a gamified interactive platform to help increase healthy scepticism for conspiracy theories. Users can select a theory they think might be true, set a baseline of scepticism, and challenge themselves through a series of self-directed steps to increase their critical thinking score. This is a collaboration between the School of Thought
Lateral reading is a powerful and effective technique used by factcheckers to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of information online. The Civic Online Reasoning project from the Stanford University offers a sequence of lessons that teachers can use to model lateral reading and guide students through a series of structured activities to develop and improve
SMILES is a media literacy project containing lesson plans and videos to help young people combat fake information. Collaborating partners from the Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium developed and tested innovative fake news interventions in secondary schools, led by teachers and librarians, to evaluate their effectiveness in tackling disinformation. Please click on the link below to