Mapping Media to the Common Core: Vol 1: a handbook for creative digital teaching and learning (Volume 1)

Mapping Media to the Common Core is an ebook series and website created by Dr. Wesley Fryer to serve as a menu, handbook, and map for teacher-leaders and learners in the twenty-first century who seek to develop digital literacies as multimedia communicators. Mapping Media to the Common Core (Volume I) explores the first six products in the framework: Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, Radio Shows, 5 Photo Stories, Visual Notetaking, and Narrated Slideshows / Screencasts. Videos in each chapter (hosted on YouTube) are directly linked for compatible eReaders and also linked via QR codes, so readers can optionally use a smartphone to view them. On this accompanying website and in the eBook, readers will find definitions, suggested workflows, suggested tools, student examples, and (soon) digital badge options related to each tool in the framework. Like a menu at a restaurant, the website and framework are designed to offer a broad view of available options teachers and students can utilize to communicate ideas and demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and skills. The Mapping Media framework is aligned to the ISTE NETS for Students as well as the Common Core State Standards. Educators focused on digital literacy and interested in students building digital portfolios will find Mapping Media a gold mine of practical ideas, whether or not a school has adopted Common Core State Standards.