Students will use design thinking, creativity, problem-solving, and procedural skills to create …
Students will use design thinking, creativity, problem-solving, and procedural skills to create a music mix track. This activity—which uses a tablet or smartphone and a free app—helps students develop a STEM mindset. It is important to allow students to work through the process as independently as possible with the facilitator acting only as a guide.
Estimated time required: 1 class period.
Technology required for this lesson: Audio Editing Software, Smartphone, Tablet.
What is the role of digital media in our lives? We often …
What is the role of digital media in our lives? We often use our phones or other devices without even thinking about it. But paying closer attention to how -- and how much -- we use digital media can help us find better balance in our lives. Challenge students to truly consider how digital media adds to -- or takes away from -- their overall quality of life. Approximately 45 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explore the role that digital media plays in their lives. Use the Digital Habits Checkup to reflect on the positive and negative impacts of digital media. Create a personal challenge to improve their digital well-being.
What makes a healthy media choice? We all make choices every day …
What makes a healthy media choice? We all make choices every day about the media we consume and create. But do kids understand what makes a media choice healthy or not? Hint: It's about more than just screen time. Use the activities in this lesson to give kids a framework for making informed media choices. Approximately 45 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Learn the "What? When? How Much?" framework for describing their media choices. Use this framework and their emotional responses to evaluate how healthy different types of media choices are. Begin to develop their own definition of a healthy media balance.
What is your strategy for finding media balance? Most of us use …
What is your strategy for finding media balance? Most of us use a lot of digital media in our daily lives -- even when we don't realize it! Having a balance between online and offline time is important, but healthy media balance might look different for everyone. Help students create a personalized plan for healthy media use. Approximately 55 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Make an inventory of their media choices and how those choices make them feel. Brainstorm personal strategies for balancing media use. Create personal guidelines for promoting healthy media balance.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and …
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and developed by the National Center for O*NET Development, the My Next Move: O*NET Interest Profiler helps students discover their interests and how they relate to the world of work using a color-coded survey that includes smiley-face symbols to accompany the numbers to denote level of interest.
O*NET in-it This page includes information from My Next Move by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
How does social media affect our relationships? For most middle schoolers, being …
How does social media affect our relationships? For most middle schoolers, being on social media can mean connecting with friends, sharing pictures, and keeping up-to-date. But it can also mean big-time distractions, social pressures, and more. Help students navigate the different feelings they may already be experiencing on social media. Approximately 45 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify the role of social media in their lives. Reflect on the positive and negative effects social media use has on their relationships. Recognize "red flag feelings" when using social media and use the Feelings & Options thinking routine to consider ways to handle them.
An ant specialist? Yes! Meet naturalist E.O. Wilson who specialized in the …
An ant specialist? Yes! Meet naturalist E.O. Wilson who specialized in the study of ants and who presented some controversial ideas. Learn more by watching the included video, and by visiting the main site.
Nettie and Webster make their way through Ad Alley and find out …
Nettie and Webster make their way through Ad Alley and find out that staying focused on a single task while online can be tricky... and getting distracted has consequences.
This three-week unit plan for grades 3–6, produced by the News Literacy …
This three-week unit plan for grades 3–6, produced by the News Literacy Project and TIME for Kids, builds foundational news literacy skills. It includes core lessons, rich discussion prompts, collaborative group activities and challenging independent work.
This session was shared at the OETC20 conference. The focus is on …
This session was shared at the OETC20 conference. The focus is on identifying the components of a high quality assessment, then finding digital assessment resources that provide opportunities for high quality assessments.
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