Digital Literacy Instructional Guide

Language Functions & Features: ■ Generalized nouns to introduce a topic and/or entity ■ Opening statements to identify the type of information

■ Verbs to defne career pathways or attributes (eg. have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details, or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as in saying verbs and direct quotes ■ Technical word choices to defne and classify the entity ■ Adjectives and adverbs to answer questions about quantity, size, shape, manner ( descriptions) Performance Skill: Students will create a digital media project that demonstrates their ability to communicate using a variety of digital media appropriate to their goals. Differentiation in Action Skill Building File Format Comparison ● Format Conversion Exercises based on real-world scenarios Primary Functions and Features ● Audio Editing Practice Exercises ● Image Editing Project ● Video Production Project ● Digital Media Competition for School Marketing Materials

● Special Effects Project ● Audio Mixing Challenge ● AR and VR Simulation Experience ● Invite industry professionals from digital media production companies, studios, or agencies to be a guest speaker

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Resources/ Suggested Lesson(s) Characteristics of Digital Media

Streaming vs. Downloading Nearpod Issues in Digital Media- Digital Stations Adobe Express Stop Motion Studio CTE Pathways Graphic Design and Communication and Broadcasting and Digital Media Skills: ● Applies knowledge to describe the difference between streaming and downloading digital media. Students will do this by comparing current platforms (Netfix, Spotify, Chromebook Files, etc.) ● Create a digital image such as an infographic about me, Canva fctional movie poster, or a Pixlr landscape scene. Also create a video such as an AdobeSpark PSA, StopMotion