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Note: At the bottom of this page you'll find a link for the Student Web Resource list for this simulation. Click on this link to print out pre-screened Web Resources for your students. Alternately, if students are working online, you can post the list on your server and they can go directly to the websites by clicking on the links in the PDF.
Kid Blog
Blogs have become an important means of communication for journalists, and they are becoming increasingly popular with the public. Most major newspapers and magazines have blogs. Through Kid Blog, you can set your class up with a blog and discussion forum that is totally secure and that you control.
www.kidblog.org
High School Journalism
This site provides a rich archive of lessons submitted by journalism teachers nationwide. Lessons focus on media, design, editorial writing, interviewing, journalism ethics, reporting, and much more.
www.highschooljournalism.org
Center for the Digital Future
Associated with the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School, the website of the Center for the Digital Future presents results of research into all aspects of digital media and how it affects the way we live and receive information.
www.digitalcenter.org
FactCheckEd
Another offshoot of the Annenberg Center, FactCheckEd.org helps students be smart “journalism consumers” by questioning Internet sources and digging for facts online. Helping students to “see through the spin,” the organization provides teachers with reliable sources of statistics, as well as lesson plans and teacher guides on such topics as “Building a Better Argument” and “The Language of Deception.”
www.factchecked.org
The PBS Online NewsHour Extra
Teachers can find many content-area, news-and-media-related lessons on this site. Downloadable lessons are available on the topics of podcasting, censorship, anonymous sources, the media’s use of polling data, and covering the campaign trail, among others. Additional teacher resources include curriculum-aligned video content.
www.pbs.org/newshour
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