C-Forum Oct 20: The Gale Goodies
(View Complete Item Description)UEN trainer Jami Gardner guides C-Forum members through using Gale resources found in Utah's Online Library.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
UEN trainer Jami Gardner guides C-Forum members through using Gale resources found in Utah's Online Library.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
UEN trainer Shannon Ririe Lyon guides C-Forum members through utilizing tools in Utah's Online Library on an iPad.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
UEN trainer Katie Blunt guides C-Forum members through eMedia and discusses ways to utilize eMedia more in the future.
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A fun way to get students to start thinking about who they currently are as a reader and what their reading goals for the new school year should be. Thumbnail Image Credit: "Reading" by be creator is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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This lesson plan is designed to teach Reading: Literature Standard 3Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.Students will complete this standard by creating using their ipads and the iMovie application by creating a character trailer. At the end of the week, the class will watch each other's videos.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Media Object, Reading
This lesson is a shared research project for K-2 using Gale in Context on Utah's Online Library culminating in the creation of a class video using Adobe Spark. Students will organize their research on a topic/detail graphic organizer. Students will need to be able to read their own writing to provide narration attached to a copyright-friendly photo that is properly cited.
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Students will create digital stories (starring themselves!) using Adobe Spark
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This lesson is designed to further student understanding of what it looks like to be a good Digital Citizen in their community. Students will use the medium of filmmaking to share their understanding of digital citizenship and to either portray a fictional scenario involving a digital citizenship principle or a documentary-style clip sharing information about digital citizenship.Event Photographer and Videographer Icon courtesy of canva for education wichaiwi from WiStudio
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A lesson from Kelsey Hokanson.
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Students will explore how to have a positive digital identity. They will demonstrate their learning by creating a digital portfolio that reflects their personal interests, achievements, and goals
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Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan
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This resource is a google slide created to help students begin research for an animal report. This will help them use the explora piece to Utah's Online Library
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These lessons are intended as an introduction to Genius Hour for younger students in the elementary grades. It focuses on students' interests and/or hobbies they wish to explore, developing research questions appropriate for their topic, and an introduction to teaching research using digital databases and other resources.
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Students in K-5 enjoy this lesson during their "Library Time" every year during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading
If you come to Earth, there are a few things you need to know. . .
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Guiding students to choose an appropriate library book. The “I PICK” book method.Allowing students to choose their own books in the school library setting is a very important library best practice. The I PICK the right book method represents a list of steps the students can practice to learn and relearn this skill. This lesson can be used as a first of the year library lesson and retaught throughout the year as a reinforcement for this library skill.
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Fake news is more than a social media menaceÑitÕs threatening critical thinking skills needed to develop information literacy. Combined with the impulse to share exciting, shocking and alarming stories, fake news is shapingÑand distortingÑperceptions, especially in younger demographics. In this video, viewers learn what drives fake news, how to spot it and how to de-bunk it. TheyÕll see how to distinguish between bias and accuracy, and opinion from fact. Vignettes that mimic online feeds and searches show how to detect completely false stories, slanted information, pure propaganda and misused data. @2018
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C-Forum Oct 2021 - Robert Austin and Naomi Watkins teach C-Forum information literacy concepts and best practices.
This is a 5 day unit about validating sources on the internet and social media. It is taught so that students understand and respect the obligations of using social media wisely before sharing and the importance of giving credit to creators through citing sources. It is a blended unit with a final project to be done in Apple's Keynote where students will show what they have learned in a slide show to other students in the class. They will be able to practice what they learn in class and become better at research, validating sources, and spotting fake news. Image citation - “Say Thanks to Pxhere - Free Images & Free Stock Photos - Pxhere.” Pxhere.com, https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1361501.
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Fake news is prevalent because it seems so real. But passing it along via social media is more than sharing. It lends credibility to untrustworthy sources. By explaining click baits, bias and information bubbles, this video helps viewers discern whatÕs real and whatÕs not. Startling examples of altered photos reveal the skills employed by fake newsmongers. Cross-referencing to determine objective news sources and sites is explained along with reverse image search and expert confirmation. This video will assist viewers in getting past the hype of fake news to discover the real story. @2018
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