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101 Ways to Ditch that Textbook by Matt Miller

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FlipGrid Resource Center

https://sites.google.com/ecsd.net/emtechflipgrid/home

Flipgrid is a platform that gives all learners the opportunity to share their voice as they respond to, explain or demonstrate their learning through brief video responses to a variety of “Topics.” These responses are organized by topic, in “Grids” created by the Teacher, for easy viewing and access not only by the Teacher but by other students, as well! What is truly #magical about Flipgrid is that it amplifies ALL learners’ voices - even those who are hesitant or struggle to speak in class, possibly because of language barriers (English Language Learners), speech delays, anxiety, or reluctancy for whatever personal reason. Warning, #FlipgridFever is highly contagious especially once you see just how engaged and empowered students are by their ability to share their VOICE!

More on Flipgrid

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Lessons to Teach Digital Literacy

Here are a few lessons to help students learn to critically analyze media:

Select an international news story and have students scour international news sources to locate alternative versions of the same story. Ask them to compare and contrast, and explain how the story was reported and what might have been omitted.

Have students bring in a favorite ad from a magazine or download one from the web. Using analysis worksheets from The Media Literacy Clearinghouse, have students create a Prezi or PowerPoint explaining the persuasive and production techniques.
Assign students to read a lengthy news story and ask them to create a tweet of the salient points in the article.
Have students create an instruction manual for a piece of hardware or software, incorporating images.