Information Literacy Access and Evaluate Information Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)Evaluate information critically and competentlyUse and Manage InformationUse information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at handManage the flow of information from a wide variety of sourcesApply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information Additional resources: 1. ALA | Information Literacy AASL provides leadership for the development of dynamic, student-centered school library media programs. 2. 21st Century Literacies Curriculum The 21st Century Literacies Curriculum presents the process and essential skills for embedding information literacy strategies across all areas of the curriculum.
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7 resources for much-needed information literacy skills Fake information is everywhere online. After all, everyone has a Facebook friend who elicits eye rolls when he or she shares a sensational news article that is fake or from a heavily-biased site promoting an agenda. But can today’s students tell the difference between what is legitimate and what is false? As today’s students grow up in a digital world, they must learn information literacy skills if they are to effectively evaluate information sources and become truly informed. Why is it critical? A BuzzFeed analysis found that in the last three months of the U.S. presidential campaign, the most-viewed fake election news stories on Facebook elicited more reader engagement than legitimate top stories from sources such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, and NBC News. Facebook was heavily criticized for what many deemed an inadequate attempt to remove fake news stories and false information from the site. (Next page: 7 information literacy resources; a Stanford U. study)
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Google Applied Digital Skills Review for Teachers The Google Applied Digital Skills curriculum is great for teachers updating an old-school computer skills class. With an emphasis on creativity, collaboration, and personal interests, this ISTE-aligned curriculum really focuses on modern technology skills. In recent years, digital citizenship and coding skills have gotten a lot of airplay, and for good reason, but often at the expense of some other critical tech skills. Google Applied Digital Skills strives to address college- and career-ready skills, plus life skills like planning a vacation, hosting an event, and making a budget. The pace may be a little fast for some learners, though students can repeat modules, or teachers can develop extension activities.
HallDavidson.net Teaching Global Digital Citizenship? Use These 10 Essential Questions Teaching Global Digital Citizenship is all about asking the right questions. Today kids are building the foundations of a digital culture. They are contributors, creators, communicators, and designers. They author, produce and provide digital information all the time. We can ask them challenging questions and get insightful answers! A Global Digital Citizen practices leadership, ethics, global awareness, and personal responsibility. Here are 10 essential questions for teaching Global Digital Citizenship. Search and Share Ethically How can students source and use content for multimedia projects safely and ethically? There are many ways to find open-source content. Students—and all of us, in fact—need to be careful about checking the background of what is on Google. It’s a good practice to cite sources and link to original works. Be Social Media Savvy What can students do to keep themselves safe in their social media environments? Follow Your Footprint It includes two kinds of information:
Classroom 2.0 This is Why Media Literacy Matters in a Transforming World Media literacy has become a more important consideration in our children’s futures than ever. It behooves educators to be familiar with media’s role in our changing world. Media is here to stay as a main component of how society shares information across a vast population quickly. While some teachers fear it, others are realizing the potential to reach more students through things that our digital natives are familiar with. When importance is given to finding and harnessing ways that students learn best, the modern teacher benefits as much as students. Twitter, Facebook, and various news sites keep us up to date in real time. Media literacy helps us take vast amounts of data and compile them into immediately understood presentations. With these points to keep in mind, let’s examine how Media Fluency can make sense of the waterfall of images, videos, and text in the digital world. Listen—Listening is about measuring the effectiveness of messages being communicated by media. Listen
Home Can You Tell Fake News From Real? Study Finds Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability Stanford researchers assessed students from middle school to college and found they struggled to distinguish ads from articles, neutral sources from biased ones and fake accounts from real ones. Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Getty Images Stanford researchers assessed students from middle school to college and found they struggled to distinguish ads from articles, neutral sources from biased ones and fake accounts from real ones. If the children are the future, the future might be very ill-informed. That's one implication of a new study from Stanford researchers that evaluated students' ability to assess information sources and described the results as "dismaying," "bleak" and "[a] threat to democracy." As content creators and social media platforms grapple with the fake news crisis, the study highlights the other side of the equation: What it looks like when readers are duped. "The photograph had no attribution.