A mock 2005-era newspaper article discussing the rise of User-Generated Content and the transition to Web 2.0, serving as a primary source for student analysis.
A slide deck guiding students through the analysis of the first YouTube video, including the warm-up poll, video viewing, discussion points, and activity instructions.
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A slide deck accompanying the 'Birth of YouTube' lesson, featuring the first YouTube video, discussion prompts, and the 'Alien Archive' activity.
A teacher's guide containing the lesson plan, pacing, answer key for calculations, and discussion prompts.
A slide deck for students exploring the first YouTube video and the concept of a digital footprint, including embedded video, interactive prompts, and the THINK acronym for digital citizenship.
A slide deck facilitating a lesson on the evolution of digital media, featuring an embedded video of the first-ever YouTube upload and guided discussion prompts contrasting 2005 vs. modern content creation.
A primary source analysis worksheet for the 'Me at the zoo' video, framed as a 'Digital Archaeology' mission where students analyze visual data, tech limitations, and cultural impact.
A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide for the 'Digital Archaeology' lesson, including a 60-minute timeline, discussion prompts, and differentiation strategies.
A comprehensive lesson plan for teachers, outlining the steps for the 'Digital Artifacts' lesson, including warm-up, viewing, main activity, and reflection.
A grading rubric for the 'Digital Archaeology' lesson, evaluating students on visual evidence analysis, linguistic context, historical significance, and comparative arguments.
A reflection journal sheet for students to plan and write about their hypothetical first upload to an alien archive.
A slide deck introducing the lesson 'The Medium is the Message: Platform Evolution', featuring the video 'Me at the zoo', analysis of early internet constraints, and discussion prompts.
A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide for the 'Pixel Pioneers' lesson, featuring pacing, discussion anchors, and key vocabulary based on the evolution of YouTube.
A set of 6 printable discussion cards with questions and follow-up prompts for the Socratic Seminar, covering themes of authenticity, technology, history, and society.
Set of 4 discussion cards focusing on Quality vs Content, User-Generated Content, Digital Permanence, and Future Archives.
A visual presentation deck with the 'Me at the zoo' video embed, activity instructions, and discussion prompts.
Visual presentation slides for the 'Digital Echoes' workshop, featuring the 'Me at the zoo' video embed, discussion prompts, and audit guidelines.
A comprehensive teacher's guide for the Digital Time Capsule lesson, including objectives, step-by-step procedure, discussion prompts, context notes about Jawed Karim, and answer keys.
A slide deck accompanying the 'First Footprint' lesson. Includes the embedded video 'Me at the zoo', discussion prompts, context about 2005 internet culture, and Socratic seminar questions.
A structured worksheet for students to record their observations of the 'Me at the zoo' video, treating it as an archaeological find from 2005.
A printable T-Chart worksheet for students to compare the first YouTube video to modern digital media standards across five key categories.