Smart Media

Smart Learners critically examine information online

• Evaluate currency, accuracy, reliability and purpose of online content

• Know how to verify online information

• Analyse the construction of digital media

• Consider how we construct our own media

What is Media?

Learning how to be Smart about your Media use is about understanding about how videos and images are created. Things like how to tell the difference between real and fake media and what to watch out for. Media can include videos, images, podcasts, television and even hard copy documents like newspapers and billboards.

Attributing Images

Not all images you find on the internet are free to use. In fact most images are protected by what's called Copyright. That means you must have approval to use the image from the person who created it.

There are different copyright licences associated with images and it's good to become familiar with them, you can even apply a licence to your own artwork. Some artists allow you to use their images so long as you don't make money from their artwork. Others are happy for you to use their image so long as you reference their name. Images in the public domain are free to use. You can access them by using the Explore Tool in your Google Docs.