Students sit in the circles of “Rings of Responsibility,” in order to explore the responsibilities they have to themselves, friends and family, and larger communities, both offline and online.
Digital Citizenship - Being Part of a Community (Middle /Senior)
The student has...
not been been a responsible and respectful online citizen.
Students explore product sites, identifying elements designed to draw attention and make them want to buy the product. Students then use what they have learned to draw a home page for a product site of their own invention.
Digitally Altered Photos and Images (Middle / Senior)
The student...
is not aware that photos in magazines etc can be digitally altered.
Students discuss how photo alteration can be both creative and deceptive. They watch a short video that shows the evolution of a makeup-free model into a digitally enhanced billboard ad. They analyse the messages on two magazine covers featuring digitally altered photographs.
A great video to show how photos can be altered digitally.
Stereotypes (Middle / Senior)
The student...
does not understand that companies target stereotypes when marketing.
Students watch and discuss a video of a little girl questioning why companies market boys’ and girls’ toys differently. Then they compare and contrast gender stereotypes.
Living a digital Life...
Lesson
Triggers
Links
Learning Overview
Comm
Digital Media (Middle / Senior)
The student...
does not understand the place of digital media in today's society.
Being a responsible digital citizen...
Online
(Middle)
Common Sense Media
order to explore the responsibilities they have to
themselves, friends and family, and larger communities, both offline and online.
Being Part of a Community
(Middle / Senior)
Common Sense Media
pledge and motto.
pledge, like a class
treaty, for being digital citizens.
(Middle / Senior)
Common Sense Media
solve digital dilemmas in a responsible way.
programme or pen/paper
to create an online
superhero and comic strip.
Media and Marketing...
(Middle)
Common Sense Media
to draw attention and make them want to buy the product.
Students then use what they have learned to draw a home page for a product site of their own invention.
Photos and Images
(Middle / Senior)
Common Sense Media
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Video
creative and deceptive. They watch a short video that
shows the evolution of a makeup-free model into a digitally
enhanced billboard ad. They analyse the messages on two
magazine covers featuring digitally altered photographs.
to show
how photos can
be altered digitally.
(Middle / Senior)
Common Sense Media
Video - Riley on Marketing
questioning why companies market boys’ and girls’
toys differently. Then they compare and contrast
gender stereotypes.
Living a digital Life...
(Middle / Senior)
Common Sense Media
Video on Digital Life
social nature of digital media. They then make
similes about their digital lives.
digital media
(Middle / Senior)
forms of digital media and create a My Media Bar Graph.