Resources for Educators
Local Election Toolkit
presented by: KQED
Letters to the Next President 2.0 asked students to share their views on an issue that mattered to them during the 2016 election. But students don’t...
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National Action Civics Collaborative: Action Civics Toolbox
The National Action Civics Collaborative (NACC) is an expanding network of practitioners and researchers whose mission is to implement Action Civics i...
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Campaign for Afterschool Toolkit
presented by: Afterschool Alliance
Election season presents an important opportunity to put afterschool on the radar of policy makers and the public in a visible and meaningful way. Dur...
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It’s Elementary! Writing letters to the next president in the primary grades
presented by: National Writing Project
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. When I was the counselor at a small, elementary school in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Phila...
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- Curriculum, Tools/Toolkit
The News Literacy Project’s checkology™ E-Learning Platform
The News Literacy Project launched its new and exciting checkology™ e-learning platform on May 2, 2016. Simply register to get access to the platf...
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NWP College-Ready Writers Program
presented by: National Writing Project
The central goal of the College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP) is to help students become skilled at writing arguments from nonfiction sources. The pr...
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Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder: Resources for Letters to the Next President 2.0
The Lesson Builder allows any educator to create a lesson around Pulitzer Center journalism and is a simple, shareable way to bring the world to your ...
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Voices of the Future
presented by: National Speech & Debate Association
Voices of the Future, a program developed by the National Speech & Debate Association, is designed to encourage student involvement in democratic ...
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iCivics Drafting Board
Drafting Board, and online tool from iCivics, walks students through the process of writing an argumentative essay, showing them how to understand an ...
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24 Tools for Digital Art and Music Creation | Mix It Up
Librarians Stacy Dillon and Amy Laughlin recommend free or inexpensive apps and websites that support young people in creating, remixing, and experi...
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Youth Radio DIY Toolkit: How To Make An Infographic
presented by: Youth Radio
This step-by-step tutorial guides learners through the process of identifying a body of data to visualize and then creating an infographic that will b...
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Break-a-thon in a Box
presented by: Lamp
The LAMP’s acclaimed Break-a-thon events are perfect introductions for youth about how, why, and for whom media are made—and now you can host ...
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The Student Bill of Rights
presented by: Student Voice
The Student Bill of Rights is a project of Student Voice, a for-students-by-students nonprofit organization spearheading a social movement to integrat...
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- Activity, Tools/Toolkit
Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Digital Literacy Resource Platform
The Digital Literacy Resource Platform, developed by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, is an evolving collection of t...
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Hypothes.is Annotation Tool: Welcome Educators!
presented by: Hypothes.is
A collection of resources to support teaching web literacy as well as reading, writing, and participating on the Internet through the annotation of on...
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Lamplit: A Guide to Understanding News and Making Good Choices
presented by: Lamp
This LAMPLit is a guide to the news: what news is; where it can be found; how it is produced in different media (print, TV, the Internet, etc.), how i...
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MAPP: Digital Media Toolkit
For those wanting to strengthen their media making skills, these short tutorials from the Media Arts + Practice Division at the University of Southern...
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KQED Education: Digital Tools
presented by: KQED
This series of short video tutorials from KQED about using digital media making tools covers everything from Soundcloud to Vine to Pixlr
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PBS LearningMedia: Election Central 2016
At Election Central 2016, teachers will find tools, resources and creative solutions to educate students on the various facets of the political proces...
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KQED Education: Media Making Toolkit
presented by: KQED
In this toolkit from KQED, you’ll find a collection of instructions, videos, worksheets and rubrics for implementing media-making projects with stud...
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BAVC: Youth Media Distribution Toolkit
presented by: BAVC
This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...
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iCivics
iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources. Founded and led b...
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- Curriculum, Tools/Toolkit
MediaBreaker Video Editor
presented by: Lamp
MediaBreaker is a video editor which enables you to remix – or break – a variety of media, such as commercials, news clips, music videos and more....
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Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU (iOS)
Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU is an engaging futuristic adventure game for iOS tablets. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the gam...
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Mozilla: Tools to Teach and Learn the Web
presented by: Mozilla Foundation
These tools from Mozilla are free and open source, and can be used in a variety of ways to teach learners how to read, write, and participate on the W...
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- Tools/Toolkit
Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship Scope & Sequence
Use Common Sense Media’s Scope & Sequence tool to find age-appropriate lessons that address digital literacy and citizenship topics for your cla...
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