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Screen Stigma: Looking at mental illness in popular media

Students begin by viewing a slideshow that explores common stereotypes of mental illness and mental illness treatment in media. They read a prepared analysis of the portrayal of mental illness in a

Digital Health, Diversity in Media, Persons with Disabilities, Stereotyping

Screen Stigma: Looking at mental illness in the news

In this lesson, students learn about the ways in which news coverage of an event or issue can be biased, focusing on the aspects of the medium and industry that can lead to bias. They read an article

Digital Health, Diversity in Media, Journalism & News, Persons with Disabilities, Stereotyping

Screen time and well-being - Fact Sheet

“Digital technology can have both positive and negative effects on child well-being, depending on the activity and how much time is spent.”[1] Very high levels of screen time are connected to poor

Digital Health, Internet & Mobile

Screen-Free Week

Screen-Free Week is an annual event that traditionally takes place in May. Each year people from around the world make a conscious decision to turn off screens of all kinds for the week.

Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Resources, Television, Video Games

Secure Comics

In this lesson, students read an interactive online comic that teaches them key concepts and skills relating to three cybersecurity topics: malware, passwords and privacy from geotracking devices.

Comics, Cyber Security, Digital Citizenship, Intellectual Property

Selling Tobacco

In this lesson, students investigate how tobacco companies frame their products in different ways for different audiences.

Marketing & Consumerism, Tobacco Marketing

Sex in Advertising - Lesson

To introduce students to the use and prevalence of sexuality in advertising.

Gender Representation, Marketing & Consumerism, Stereotyping

Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media - Lesson

Students will discuss the concept of human rights and then learn how these ideas led to the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Digital Citizenship, Human Rights, Privacy

Shields Up for Cyber Safety

In this lesson, students learn the concept of the Dual-Shield Defense for cybersecurity: The Outer Shield (Technical Perimeter Defenses): Automatic, structural blocks that prevent risks from ever

Cyber Security, Privacy

So Many Choices!

This lesson introduces the students to the first steps in finding information on the Internet.

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile

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