The invention of social media has provided us with a wide range of opportunities to become more informed on key issues and engage in the democratic process. However, it has also created space for individuals to try to influence public opinion around a particular political agenda through the creation of thousands of phony social media accounts, or computer-generated ‘bots.’
In this PBS NewsHour lesson, students will examine how the invention of the bot on social media websites like Twitter plays a role in influencing public opinion. Students will then invent their own bot to spread awareness about an issue they care about.
The lesson begins on page 26 of the document accessed via the resource link.
Students will:
- be able to define the term "trademark".
- categorize products as generic or brand name.
- identify popular trademarks.
- identify symbols associated with the protection of trademarks.
- utilize a trademark database.
- create a custom trademark and present it to the class.
Lesson begins on page 34 of the document accessed via the resource link.
- understand how copyright laws apply to creative works of authorship.
- create a work to be registered.
- define the terms: copyright, public domain, plagiarism.
- identify where on websites copyright notices are displayed and what information is included with the notice.
- identify what copyright does not protect.
-learn how to register a copyright notice.
The lesson begins on page 43 of the document accessed via the resource link.
- identify different types of media as intellectual property: writings, music, videos, computer games, etc.
-understand that intellectual property laws protect online and offline material.
-understand that it is stealing from real people if one copies copyright-protected material or downloads material from the internet without permission.
-understand it is against the law to download copyright-protected videos, music, etc. from the internet without permission.
- investigate famous cases of trade secret theft.
- investigate peer-to-peer networks.
A layered graphic helps students understand how a news story goes from raw information – the source – to their newsfeed or text chain; then students zero in on sources in real-life news stories.
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A nautically-themed infographic with an accompanying video helps students understand how to tailor the search process to the complexity of the question; then students put their new search strategies to work.
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As part of this activity, you will be learning how to create visual organizers and how to create and use QR codes in learning.
When you have completed this Thing you will:
Know how to set a personal learning goal and reflect on my progress [Empowered Learner]
Be able to organize and manage information [Knowledge Constructor]
Understand how to use a scientific design process to collect and analyze information [Innovative Designer]
Be able to express myself and share my ideas and work digitally [Creative Communicator]
Be able to collaborate with a group to create an original design [Creative Communicator, Innovative Designer]
Welcome to Search Strategies! If you are like most people, it is very easy to get lost and spend hours trying to find the correct answer to your question while on the Internet. Never fear, because you are going to learn the best sites for doing your research and you will never again spend hours lost in the huge spiderweb of the Internet.
When you have completed this activity you will:
know how to search for and evaluate information [Knowledge Constructor]
know the best tools for doing research [Knowledge Constructor]
know how to search safely [Knowledge Constructor]
be able to properly cite resources [Knowledge Constructor]
This lesson covers how to use media such as images, video, or music created by others on a website. In addition, students will respect the rights of the creator of that media by reviewing content permissions. After first studying Creative Commons licensing, the class learns how to add images to web pages, and how to give proper attribution when doing so.
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This lesson extends the drawing skills to include width and height and introduces the concept of random number generation. The class learns to draw with versions of the ellipse() and rect() that include width and height parameters and to use the background() block to fill the screen with color. At the end of the progression, the class is introduced to the randomNumber() block and uses the new blocks to draw a randomized rainbow snake.
