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Cigarette smoking was promoted in the past as a sign of maturity and sophistication for a century. Celebrities smoked. Movie stars played smoking heroes. Smoking made fans feel like their heroes. [...]

This infographic provides convincing evidence why media literacy is the single most important skill to understand and succeed in our current mediated environments. As you explore it, ask [...]

Here is a simple yet effective way to identify and break down gender stereotypes. It can be modified to work in any classroom. Sarah Bayne uses a relatable medium such as a T-shirt to [...]

This excursion doesn’t take any permission forms or money to run. It’s a field trip to your school’s parking lot! This lesson can be led early in the school year, and can be [...]

Li’l Nas X’s Old Town Road holds the record for most weeks on the Billboard chart. Children know the song, can sing it and dance to it. It has morphed into music videos, gathering [...]

This graphic presents questions that mobilize the items on the Media Literacy Triangle. Do NOT engage all the questions at any one time. Select one or two at most from each side in any given [...]

The Social Media Triangle was designed for the OTF/OADE Social Media and Teacher Learning Conference, February, 2012. It is an amalgam of the Media Literacy Triangle and Critical Literacy [...]

  What is new about fake news? As with all news in the 21st Century, it is more frequent, easier to encounter but harder to verify. Where once professional editors filtered news for accuracy [...]

These Audience-related questions are designed to help you assess the news story from different audiences’ points of view. Do not use them all, but choose as many as will help you assess [...]

These Production-related questions are designed to help you assess the producers and distributors of the news story. Do not use them all, but choose as many as will help you assess your chosen [...]