School season is here or nearly here (depending on location)! Whether starting a new school year, or being a lifelong learner, here are some media and digital projects for the academic year!
For the inquiring journalist:
- Create a newsletter
- Make a zine
- Create a newspaper inspired by your favorite novel
- Keep a journal
For the curious historian:
- Research a historical item, figure, or event connected to technology and/or media.
- Research family history
- Create a timeline of media history facts
- Scrapbook the school year
For the inquisitive adventurer:
- Learn more about AI
- Learn a new tech skill
- Research about cyber security
- Try to complete tasks without technology
- Use a different technology for a task (calling instead of texting, etc.)
For the innovative artist:
- Research how to recognize images made with AI
- Learn a new graphic design software
- Organize and backup images in two different places
- Learn more about web design
- Capture a memory through video
For the wanderlust traveler:
- Create a digital scrapbook
- Create a digital collage of landscape photos
- Research the effects of social media on tourism
- Use an AI tool (like ChatGPT or Google Gemini) to create a dream vacation of your favorite place (verify sources)
These are some ideas to help expand media and digital literacy. Hope these projects encourage further exploration throughout the school year!
Northwest Alliance for Media Literacy 