First Steps to Become a MY HERO Ambassador

Complete each of these activities to become familiar with MY HERO online multimedia resources, lesson plans, and digital storytelling tools you and your students will be using and earn your first Micro-Credential on the way to becoming a MY HERO Education Ambassador. 

Email Education Outreach Director Laura Nietzer ([email protected]) to let her know you would like to become a MY HERO Education Ambassador. She will guide you along the way. If you have already used MY HERO resources with your students or had students submit projects to MY HERO, please let Laura know in your email and she will adapt this program based on your prior participation. 

Register as a Teacher on the MY HERO Website: https://myhero.com/register

When you register as a teacher, please write MY HERO Ambassador Program in the comment box under How did you find out about MY HERO?

Review of Teachers Room Resources: https://myhero.com/TeachersRoom

• Review Lesson Plans and Multimedia Resources organized by theme and grade level.
• Which lesson plans and resources connect to your curriculum?
• Choose 3-5 resources that you can use with your students. Bookmark them.
• Review the Media Arts Education Resources: https://myhero.com/mediaartseducation
• Review the Lesson Plan Center: https://myhero.com/TeachersRoom/LessonPlans
• Give Feedback to MY HERO about the Teachers Room and Resources

Create an Organizer Using Resources Chosen Above and Bookmarked

• Review Video Tutorial on Creating an Organizer
• Create an organizer of the resources you chose in Step Two to use with students to enrich student learning.

Create a Guestbook Post: https://myhero.com/Guestbook

A guestbook post contains a few sentences about a hero and can include an image.

Create a Forum Post

• Read "How Should We Chose Our Heroes?"
• Create a forum post reflecting on the essay How Should We Choose a Hero?

Learn to Use the Create Program to Submit a Project

Review tutorial about how to use the create program to submit stories, art, short films, and audio: https://myhero.com/use-my-hero-create-program

Use the Create Program: https://myhero.com/create

• Submit a story, art, short film or audio to MY HERO answering the following question: Who inspired you to become an educator?
• A Showcase Organizer will be created by MY HERO of participants' projects published on the site and will be shared with the group.

Create a Class Code for Students to Use When They Register

• Review tutorial on how to create a class code: https://myhero.com/create-a-class-code-tutorial
• Create a class code for students from your profile page.