I attended a Common Sense Media workshop several years ago, and have found the organization an invaluable resource ever since. Their curriculum guides, app and other media ratings, technology contr...
https://newsela.com/ While we have heard about Newsela before, I'm going to give it another plug here. At Newsela, students can find news articles that come from many different respectable and reli...
I like the idea of mapping to support student's critical thinking. Being able to visually arrange information to connect ideas helps frame students' critical thinking process. I find creating maps ...
As students begin research, it's helpful to consider just how much the internet has to offer. Do them (and yourself) a favor by learning to research efficiently using keywords and phrases: https://...
The Digizen website is an online resource that provides information and interactive games to teach parents, teachers and students about Digital Citizenship. The resources provided promote digital c...
Students are able to explore topics for debates and speeches using the Issues Researcher! #techinpedagogy Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_Henry6H/status/965982163165466625 Tool Name: Pro...
Short Description: Google scholar is a free online search engine that looks strictly for scholarly articles depending on the keywords entered in the search box. In other words, google scholar prov...
A great website that can be used to let students see what is marked as "plagiarized" in their submitted works. This builds informational literacy, as they get used to paying attention to citations ...
Google Scholar is a great tool that can be used for scholarly peer-reviewed articles. This is the best source for REAL information.
A new and improved way to track reliable research and sources for your students in their written assignments. An originality percentage gathers at the top of the page challenging students to avoid ...
Lydia Jabbour Tool name: Google Scholar Description: an online database with access to peer-reviewed and scholarly articles and journals. This would allow students access to credible and vetted i...
The Library of Congress offers an interactive resource that helps students understand what copyright means. The resource called "Taking the Mystery Out Of Copyright" uses videos, slides, and other ...
Google Search Education promotes information and media literacy in classrooms by offering pre-made lesson plans, an archive of webinars, online courses, and the "A Google a Day Challenge." These f...
Technology tool for informational and media literacy. Users bookmark, annotate and highlight and take notes on sources. The program also created a bibliography for students.
Lauren MacDonald Tool Name: Remind https://www.remind.com Short Description: Remind is a teacher tool that allows teachers to send out reminders or alerts to students and even parents as text mess...
Refowrks.com Description Refworks is a web based bibliography tool that you can use to keep all your sources in one place as well as use it to generate a bibliography in a multitude of different st...
Creating a course-integrated blog with WordPress can help students by participating in information and media literacy and understand what they are. Educators can create prompts that encourage stude...
Lauren MacDonald Tool Name: Factitious http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/ Short Description: Factitious is an online fact-checking game for middle and high school students, or even anyone who n...
