In Media Literacy, students explore the differences between journalism, social media, opinion, advertising, and AI-generated content while developing the critical reading and thinking skills needed to become informed digital citizens.
Students will learn how to evaluate sources, identify misinformation and bias, recognize AI-generated content, and conduct ethical research without plagiarizing. Through hands-on projects, they'll become content creators by writing opinion pieces, producing news articles, and creating their own podcasts while practicing responsible communication and storytelling.
This class helps students develop the tools to question, analyze, create, and communicate with confidence.
Podcast research activity
KWL: Podcasts
Read: "Intro to Podcasts"
Listen to "Middle School"
Quick-Practice: Two Truths and AI
VIEW: What is news? Listen to an example podcast and brainstorm ideas
Welcome to Media Literacy!
Today, we joined Google Classroom and Checkology and took the Preassessment.
If you missed class, please do this on your own.
The join code for Google Classroom is: olyc24hd for 8th grade, and r3ctvppu for 7th grade.
The link to join Checkology can be found there. Use your GOOGLE account information to register for Checkology, and complete the first task that pops up on your dashboard.