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How to Use This Book
What is Digital Media Literacy?
Copyright and Fair Dealing for Media Education
Lesson: Playing With Privacy
Lesson: Verifying Information Online
Lesson: Online Marketing: Protecting Your Privacy
Lesson: That's Not Cool - Healthy and Respectful Relationships Online
Lesson: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
Lesson: Interacting with AI
Lesson: Avatars and Body Image
Personal Information Avatar
Data Defenders
Powering Up Privacy
Paying With Privacy
Game Elements
Analyzing Data Defenders
Creating a Privacy Game
Observation Checklist
Game Concept Assessment Rubric
Game Prototype Assessment Rubric
Reality Check
Four Verification Steps
Correcting Misinformation
Fact-Checking Video
What is a Digital Story?
Story Table
Digital Story Maker
MediaSmarts
Assessment Rubric for Fact-Checking Video Assignment
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Unhealthy Relationships
Knowing Ourselves
Correcting the Picture
Introduction to Online Meanness and Cruelty
Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: What Can You Do?
Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Complications
Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Moral Dilemmas
Developing Dilemmas
Assessment Rubric for Developing Dilemmas
What Would People Think About You if They Knew...
How Targeted Advertising Works
Finding Cinderella
The Target is You!
Grading Privacy Policies
Privacy Audit
Protecting Your Privacy
Assessment Rubric for Privacy PSA
Real vs. Digital Friends
How Do Chatbots Work?
Red-Teaming Chatbots
Building a Bot
Assessment Rubric: Build-a-Bot Activity
Extension Activities
Reflection
Assessment Rubric: Reflection
What are Avatars?
Making Avatars
Avatars and Gender
Avatar Prototype
Paper Prototypes Rubric
Digital Storytelling Instant Expert Video
Media are Constructions
Media Have Commercial Implications
Media Have Social and Political Implications
Audiences Negotiate Meaning
Each Medium Has a Unique Aesthetic Form
Digital Media are Networked
Digital Media are Shareable and Persistent
Digital Media Have Unexpected Audiences
Interactions Through Digital Media Can Have a Real Impact
Digital Media Experiences are Shaped by the Tools We Use
Edit Ethically
Teaching Steps
Telling Your Story
Floors Walls Ceilings
Assessing Media Work
Game Design Instant Expert Video
Critical Thinking: Three Questions to Ask Yourself
Medium, Technology, Genre
Myths About Creativity
Glossary
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