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Media Literacy

Strategies and resources for teaching about online media literacy.

Google AI Overview and Teaching Critical Thinking

Google AI Overview and Teaching Critical Thinking

This school year, I decided to teach a unit on online search skills to my grade six class. Using a set of lessons from CTRL-F, we learned about the difference between search engines and social media, how to use search terms to effectively find content online and how algorithms work.

Killer Underwear Invasion!

Killer Underwear Invasion!

Killer Underwear Invasion: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories, by Elise Gravel, offers engaging lessons on media literacy for elementary school students and beyond. Using Elise Gravel's signature illustrations and humour, the book explains fake news, the consequences of disinformation, why people believe fake news

Using Pop Culture to Teach About Misinformation

Using Pop Culture to Teach About Misinformation

Students need to learn new skills to help them navigate the social media landscape they inhabit. One skill I spend time teaching my grade seven students is how to identify examples of misinformation and disinformation online. As outlined below, there are many types of misinformation and disinformation. While teaching about

Accountable: Supporting students in an online world

Accountable: Supporting students in an online world

Debating whether or not to ban cell phone sidesteps a much more important discussion focused on how schools, communities and government can act to help young people engage respectfully and purposefully in their digital spaces.

Analyzing News Media

Analyzing News Media

Learning how to critically analyze the media we see is an essential skill for students to learn and practice. In my grade seven class, we start our study of media literacy by learning how to analyze news media, by evaluating supporting evidence, identifying bias, and investigating how topics are portrayed

Media Literacy Resources

Media Literacy Featured

Media Literacy Resources

Why teach about medial literacy and critical thinking in schools? At the beginning of the pandemic, I noticed a rise in misinformation and disinformation online surrounding masking, vaccinations and COVID. This spurred me to spend more time teaching my students the skills for assessing the accuracy of online information. Below