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Overview: This resource bank was developed by committees created through CRS 22-2-145 (media literacy) and CRS 22-2-127.8 (Social media impacts on mental health education literacy). Committees identified resources for K-12 educators, parents/families/trusted adults, community members, and youth to support teaching media literacy, the impacts of social media and the healthy use of social media. Resources include professional development opportunities, instructional strategies, research based scholarly articles, and promising program materials. Topics include: Information literacy, digital citizenship, impacts of social media on mental and physical health, internet safety, cybersecurity, and cyberbullying,

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ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 11 Resources to Boost Student Media Literacy

Reading carefully and thinking critically have always been the basic tenets of media literacy, but those skills become more vital in the age of social media, citizen journalists, circular reporting and, yes, fake news. Those skills are the hallmarks of the Knowledge Constructor standard, which is part of the student section of the ISTE Standards. This resource offers tips, videos, curricula and lesson plans to help educators guide students in navigating the media landscape.