The Civic Online Reasoning research-based curriculum was developed by the Stanford History Education Group. It offers lessons and assessments to help students evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world. Please click on the link below to access the content: https://cor.stanford.edu/curriculum/
Checkology is a free e-learning platform with lessons on media literacy through which learners develop the ability to identify credible information, seek out reliable sources and apply critical thinking skills to separate fact-based content from falsehoods. Predominantly for secondary, some for primary aged students. Please click on the link below to access the content:
This is a recorded webinar on the launch of ‘Transformative Media Pedagogies’, a book edited by Paul Mihailidis, Sangita Shresthova and Megan Fromm that explores the concept of individual and collective transformation as the underlying driver for media pedagogy. It offers valuable insights and practical strategies for implementing transformative media pedagogies across learning environments and
MLI Literate Citizens is a book by UNESCO which presents a comprehensive competency framework of media and information literacy and offers educators and learners structured pedagogical approaches and activities, learning objectives, assessments and recommendations. It is contains 14 modules that cover a range of topics needed to navigate today’s communications ecosystem. Please click on the
Cyber Academy is an internet safety resource for parents and teachers developed by Trend Micro that covers topics related to digital, information and media literacy. Each episode consists of a short animated video, a conversation guide to support parents / teachers, a quiz and activity sheet to reinforce learning and takes about 15 min to complete.
This is an Educational Toolkit for Social Media Literacy developed by an Erasmus+ project with institutions from Romania, Belgium, Italy and Portugal to encourage teachers to use and teach social media literacy in the classroom. 9 modules with activity plans, learning outcomes, training material, resources, learning take aways, infographics. Please click on the link below
Connected is an educational resource specifically designed for teachers of the Junior Cycle Digital Media Literacy Short Course who wish to explore Online Wellbeing; News, Information and Problems of False Information; Big Data and the Data Economy; and My Rights Online. It aims to empower young people to be effective, autonomous and safe users of technology and online
This educational resource explores key learning and issues raised in the documentary Cloud Control – Who Owns Your Data. It is designed to support teaching and learning in Digital Media Literacy, CSPE and SPHE, and may be used to provide the wellbeing programme in post-primary schools. Please click on the link below to access the resource: