Media literacy activities

This media add is on the snickers bar. Did it grab your attention? Would it make you buy it? Digital available.

Kids will enjoy this activity since they love being on social media. Choose and ad from the tv, a magazine, poster and others. Complete the chart shown as you analyze the ad. Google slide available.

For grades 3-8!

Media literacy is all about teaching elementary students how to critically analyze and understand the media they come across. Media comes in the forms of TV, social media, podcasts, music, radio, or movies. In this day and age it is very important that we start with our youngest students. Teaching media literacy in the elementary classroom doesn't have to be hard. This blog post provides classroom teachers with tips, ideas and resources for teaching this important 21st century skill.

Select a media message from tv commercial, newspaper, radio or website. Answer the questions to see if you are media smart. Google apps available.

Innovative design crosses over all aspects of education. The American Society for Innovation Design in Education, or ASIDE, seeks to infuse curriculum with new approaches to teaching and thinking. Integrating the design of information into the daily conversation is an essential part of the teacher's toolkit and the purpose of the ASIDE blog. The underpinning of innovation and educational design is based on looking at the information available and communicating meaning for a world of…

Hello Everyone!! I hope all the moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I had a fantastic day!! Absolutely spoiled by my own and was able to spoil my sweet mom!!! So Blessed!! I want to share a couple of things we've been working on in class, and something that we will hit this week. In math we have finally arrived at our Telling Time unit. We talk about clocks and time all throughout the year, but formally introduce it late in the year. I wasn't sure why we waited so long to work on…

It is really hard to find resources to teach media literacy to K-2 students! If you have a subscription to Brainpop, they do have an excel...

It is really hard to find resources to teach media literacy to K-2 students! If you have a subscription to Brainpop, they do have an excel...

Hello Everyone!! I hope all the moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I had a fantastic day!! Absolutely spoiled by my own and was able to spoil my sweet mom!!! So Blessed!! I want to share a couple of things we've been working on in class, and something that we will hit this week. In math we have finally arrived at our Telling Time unit. We talk about clocks and time all throughout the year, but formally introduce it late in the year. I wasn't sure why we waited so long to work on…