Media+Literacy

**Students**

 * [|My Pop Studio]Girls have fun creating media - creative play experience
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Buying Smart - Seeing through the sales pitch
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Advertising Tricks - Discover the Secret of Selling
 * [|Don't Buy It!]Your Entertainment - Go Behind the Scenes of TV, Music and Magazines
 * [|Ad Decoder] - Decipher the messages behind the ads you see everyday.
 * [|Understanding Media] - resources to help you understand your world
 * [|That's Not Cool] - Where do you draw your digital line?
 * [|I Keep Safe] - games and much more
 * [|WebWiseKids for Teens] - Do you know how to play it safe and protect yourself from online dangers?
 * [|Copyright] - interactive site reviewing and explaining copyright laws
 * [|Digital Literacy] - What Do You Do on the Internet? Find out how to be smart on the Internet by taking these quizzes.
 * [|BrainPOP] - Digital Literacy videos
 * [|Website Evaluation Wizard] - this site helps you judge the validity of a website

[|BrainPOP Online Sources] - short video about being able to evaluate a web site [|Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources] - how to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability for **all grade levels** [|Critical Evaluation of a Web Site] - Middle School by Kathy Schrock [|How to Evaluate Information] - a checklist
 * Critical Evaluation of a Web site:**

[|National Association for Media Literacy Education] - NAMLE (formerly AMLA - Alliance for a Media Literate America)

[|Common Sense Media] - many grade level activities and tips on ways to talk to your students

[|CyberSmart] - lesson plans for manners and cybercitizenship

[|You Are Here] - Lesson plans intended for students in grades 5th-8th created by the (Federal Trade Commission) FTC

[|Get Net Wise] - Helping Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences

[|Pauline Center for Media Studies]

**[|Project Look Smart]** - all grade levels and instructional areas
[|Adtext: an interdisciplinary curriculum]

[|I Keep Safe] - Teaching tools for keeping kids safe online
[|Newseum] - See daily newspaper front pages on this cool interactive site!

[|Understanding Media] - Resources to help teachers teach media literacy
[|80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy] - great collections of media literacy video for students, teachers and parents

==== [|The Code for Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education] **-** Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances: in K–12 education, in higher education, in nonprofit organizations that offer programs for children and youth, and in adult education. See guidelines for further clarifications. ====

[|Cartoons in the Classroom] - 163 lesson plans for using cartoons in the classroom

[|Media Literacy] - University of Wisconsin - provides activities and questions to be used with students and by families

[|Media Ownership Chart] - These charts illustrate the size and complexity of the most well-known media conglomerate corporations.