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Media Literacy at Scarsdale Public Schools
Elementary students are learning the difference between Fact vs. Fiction and how to check for reliable information and are becoming aware of “media monsters” on the internet, learning how to avoid becoming one themselves while consuming media.
Students at the Middle School, in the CHOICE program are piloting a
unit on media literacy in the library program to learn more about their digital footprint, purposes of message, and the intended and unintended messages of media through analyzing content with algorithms in media messages.
High school students discuss how to recognize differing opinions and perspectives, and to identify bias in the resources they use to study topics like immigration.