Use My Hero Resources: Curate Stories, Art and Films Celebrating Heroes

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Laura Nietzer
My Hero's free online library includes thousands of inspiring stories, art and films about heroes from around the globe made by students and professionals. Curate a webpage organizer of multimedia content connected to curriculum to enhance student learning whether you're teaching in person or remotely.

Audience:	Library media specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices required
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Mac, PC, Chromebook Tablet: Windows, Android, iOS
Topic:	Storytelling/multimedia
Grade level:	PK-12
Subject area:	Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Citizen Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency. Designer Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning. Facilitator Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.
Disclosure:	The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this session is to give educators both a tour of MY HERO multimedia resources and have participants curate their own resources to use with students during both in-class instruction and virtually from the MY HERO website which they can base on the curriculum they teach.

Participants will learn how to access MY HERO lesson plans and multimedia resources to use with students. They will create a curated showcase webpage with multimedia content from the MY HERO library during in-class instruction or virtually.

Outline

-Introduce myself and MY HERO as participants complete a quick poll about teaching responsibilities. (3 minutes)
-Give a brief tour of the resources available to educators on the MY HERO website: (5 minutes)
-Show how to register for a free teacher account on the MY HERO website and have participants individually register using their own devices. (3 minutes)
-Group participants who teach the same subjects or have the same responsibilities based on their poll responses. (5 minutes)
-Participants will collaborate with the others in their group as they discover free resources on the MY HERO website that can be used to enrich their students' learning. (20 minutes with Laura moving around to each group)
- Show how to create a showcase organizer of resources and have participants start their own organizer and import content from the MY HERO website to enrich learning. (4 minutes)
-Participants import media they discovered to their own showcase organizer webpage. (10 minutes)
-Question and Answer period as participants finish importing media to their showcase, which can be continued after this session. (10 minutes)

Supporting research

MY HERO annually participates in the Global Education Conference, as well as the iEARN Global Conference and Youth Summit. MY HERO is featured on the Institute for Democratic Education in America's website. We have presented over the years at several ISTE conferences in the Global Gallery. Our book, My Hero: Extraordinary People on the Heroes Who Inspire Them was published by Simon and Schuster in 2005 and includes essays from Mohamed Ali, Senator John Glen, Nobel prize winner Wangari Maathai and more. Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum: The Common Core State by Susan M. Drake includes MY HERO as a resource. There are over 1000 educational websites that link to MY HERO as a resource. Our library of over 3000 short films enriches learning in classrooms around the globe. Winners from our international film festival include Sal Khan, Esther Wojicki, and more. We have been building Media Arts Resources that help teachers and students make short hero films. MY HERO has grown with support from teachers, students, and parents around the globe and earned a 5 Star Learning Rating from Common Sense Education in 2020.

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Presenters

Laura Nietzer, The MY HERO Project