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College Level: Hydrofracking, Media and Credibility
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
This 9 minute annotated video demonstrates constructivist media decoding using the lesson "Exploring the Impact of Hydrofracking on Aquifers," where college students analyze pro and anti-fracking diagrams.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Document Selection
Question Design
Social Studies
Science And Environment
College
Credibility, Information and Science
Designed for secondary science and environmental studies teachers, this 2 hour to full day workshop will explore the role of the internet and other media on our students understanding of information.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Science And Environment
High School
Where Media Literacy Meets Sustainability Education
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
The webinar offers educators and teachers-in-training pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials to support constructivist media decoding to help students engage in critical thinking about the complex environmental, economic and social systems that underly sustainability.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Science And Environment
High School
RX For an Infodemic: Media Decoding, COVID-19, and Online Teaching
After describing the historical, political and social causes of our viral age of “fake news,” this article explore how constructivist media decoding provides a methodology for addressing the polarization of truth, with examples of how this work can be done in the classroom through face-to-face and virtual learning.
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Social Studies
English Language Arts
Middle School
High School
College
Checking the Facts: Media Literacy and Democracy
By integrating the process of critical questioning of media messages into the everyday classroom curriculum, we can help produce a citizenry with the skills needed to negotiate future threats to truth.
High School English: Examining Credibility and Bias in Web Sites
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr.
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr. Students analyze the white supremacist website martinlutherking.org and reflect on critical thinking and the internet.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Violence And Conflict Resolution
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Do No Harm
Document Selection
Social Studies
English Language Arts
High School
College
Key Questions To Ask When Producing Media Messages
Graphic display of media production questions related to audience & authorship, messages & meanings, and representations & reality.
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Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Question Design
Lesson Conception
Key Questions to Ask When Analyzing Media Messages
Graphic display of questions related to audience & authorship, messages & meanings and representations & reality.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Question Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
Critical Thinking & the News
Democracy requires an educated and literate citizenship. This 2-hour workshop provides guidelines and strategies for training our students to consistently assess the credibility, accuracy, and bias of various news sources.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Social Studies
Secondary Social Studies Integration with Curriculum Kits
This training will provide content and materials that enable teachers to reach both high achieving and traditionally disengaged students through use of Project Look Sharp curriculum materials that teach core social studies content and skills. The workshop will cover classroom decoding methods using key concepts and questions for media analysis, teaching 21st century critical thinking skills (e.g. identifying sourcing, credibility, and bias), and issues of copyright, accessing media documents, and assessment.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Fair Use Copyright Law
Document Selection
Question Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
Social Studies