Mini Lesson: InCtrl: Living in a Digital World - Student Video
Resource link: Living in a Digital World IB Skills: Communication Skills - Exchanging thoughts, messages and information effectively through interaction: Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences LP: Communicator, Principled, and Thinker Task: Map out how students spend their 458 minutes online with a review of RescueTime data Assessment: Students map out their day online and compare the results |
Mini Lesson: Digital Drama - The Powerful Subtweet
Resource link: Common Sense Media - Digital Drama (note: the video may have to be abridged for use in the class as the audience is parents. The messages, however, are fantastic and relevant. IB Skills: Communication - Exchanging thoughts, messages and information effectively through interaction: Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences LP: Communicator, principled, caring, and thinker Task: Listen to the examples, discuss possible responses Assessment: Identify examples of direct and indirect comments (the subtweet). Determine a suitable response for various instances of digital dramas |
Mini Lesson: Digital Distraction - Multitasking and Time Management
Resource link: Common Sense Media - Digital Distraction - Multitasking and Time Management (this lesson will have to be modified for use with students - it is from a parents’ perspective) IB Skills: Communication - Exchanging thoughts, messages and information effectively through interaction: Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences LP: Communicator, thinker Task: Observe one’s own behaviour perhaps by using RescueTime data Assessment: Make an agreement to experiment with managing digital technology (the three strategies near the end of the video 11 minute mark) |
Mini Lesson: Feelings on Display
Resource link: Common Sense Media - Feelings on Display IB Skills: Communication - Exchanging thoughts, messages and information effectively through interaction: Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences LP: Thinker, principled, and communicator Task: Discuss the questions and make a similar ‘international schools’ edition Assessment: Students will be able to ...
Before starting this lesson, you may want to take an informal survey of the kind of social media that your students use. For students who do not have social network profiles, you can ask similar questions about students’ headshots or “senior pages” in the school yearbook. Or, alternatively, have them imagine what it would be like to upload personal photos to an online profile. |