Media Literacy

Curriculum Common Sense Media Overhauls Popular Digital Citizenship Curriculum
From fake news to digital self-harm, a host of new online challenges has prompted the nonprofit group to update its widely used K-12 digital citizenship resources.
Benjamin Herold, June 25, 2018
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6 min read
Social Studies Opinion We Need Civic Online Reasoning in Our Schools
It's hard to imagine what could be more important than developing the critical thinking skills that facilitate our students' ability to discern truth from fake news. Media literacy may be in the standards, somewhere, but it's not on the test, so it gets short shrift in the classroom.
Nancy Flanagan, March 20, 2018
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3 min read
Privacy & Security K-12 Media Literacy No Panacea for Fake News, Report Argues
With disinformation rampant on social media platforms, media literacy efforts need to focus on structural forces, not just students' personal responsibility for vetting information, Data & Society researchers contend.
Benjamin Herold, February 21, 2018
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4 min read
Professional Development Video Training Teachers to Help Students Spot Fake News
Amid growing concerns that students have difficulty discerning between misleading and reliable news and information, some media literacy groups are ramping up training for teachers and providing strategies and resources for media literacy lessons.
June 20, 2017
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Curriculum Video How Media Literacy Can Help Students Discern Fake News
How can teachers help students tell fact from media fiction? Educators and media literacy advocates in Washington state are working together with legislators to address the problem. This video originally aired on PBS NewsHour on June 6, 2017.
June 7, 2017
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Teaching Profession Opinion Misguided Things People Say About Public Schools
The unexamined national goal now seems to be a productive, compliant workforce, at the lowest cost, not an educated citizenry. Instead of building on our public education infrastructure, we talk about "failing schools," and bogus international testing data.
Nancy Flanagan, April 9, 2017
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3 min read
Fake News Isn't New; Studying American history can teach students how to recognize misleading political rhetoric, writes teacher Chris Doyle.
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Social Studies Opinion Fake News Isn't New
Studying American history can teach students how to recognize misleading political rhetoric, writes teacher Chris Doyle.
Christopher L. Doyle, March 15, 2017
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4 min read
Curriculum Opinion The Year of the Lie: Fake Ed-News
The actual truth about public schools? Well, as always, it's complicated. And we are not fond of complicated, in America. We'd rather grab onto a catchy meme--Dump Devos!--than explicate the pros and cons of a national curriculum, explore the long-term consequences of privately-managed, publicly-funded schools, or carefully deconstruct overly casual (not causal) use of student achievement data.
Nancy Flanagan, December 21, 2016
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5 min read
"Fake news" sites, such as the three shown above, are becoming increasingly prevalent, fueling concerns that schools need to make the teaching of media literacy a top priority.
"Fake news" sites, such as the three shown above, are becoming increasingly prevalent, fueling concerns that schools need to make the teaching of media literacy a top priority.
Education Week
IT Infrastructure & Management 'Fake News,' Bogus Tweets Raise Stakes for Media Literacy
Educators find themselves behind the eight ball, expected to help students negotiate everything from internet hoaxes to partisan policy advocacy disguised as unbiased news.
Benjamin Herold, December 8, 2016
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7 min read
Teaching Opinion How Do German Schools Teach About Political History and Human Dignity?
I asked, as a teacher, what German schoolchildren were taught about Germany's role in World War II. We do not avoid our history, he said. So what do you do in America?
Nancy Flanagan, November 17, 2016
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6 min read
A 3rd grade student reads online at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio. The school integrates tablets, laptops, and print books into reading time.
A 3rd grade student reads online at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio. The school integrates tablets, laptops, and print books into reading time.
Maddie McGarvey for Education Week
Reading & Literacy Editor's Note: Learning to Read in a Digital Age
Is the digital revolution transforming literacy instruction in the nation’s schools? Should it? In a new report, Education Week takes a look.
The Editors, November 9, 2016
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"I don't know if the way I teach reading has changed, but the possibilities are bigger for kids, so just embedding all that into the classroom has changed," says Franki Sibberson, a 3rd grade teacher at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio.
"I don't know if the way I teach reading has changed, but the possibilities are bigger for kids, so just embedding all that into the classroom has changed," says Franki Sibberson, a 3rd grade teacher at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio.
Maddie McGarvey for Education Week
Reading & Literacy Common Core Gives Nod to Digital Skills
The Common Core State Standards allow for technology use in the classroom, but they don't make a big push for teaching digital literacy, some literacy experts say.
Liana Loewus, November 9, 2016
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9 min read
School librarian Michelle Luhtala co-teaches a lesson on news analysis to 11th and 12th grade students at New Canaan High School in Connecticut. She and fellow librarian Jacqueline Whiting frequently partner with classroom teachers at the school to teach media-literacy skills.
School librarian Michelle Luhtala co-teaches a lesson on news analysis to 11th and 12th grade students at New Canaan High School in Connecticut. She and fellow librarian Jacqueline Whiting frequently partner with classroom teachers at the school to teach media-literacy skills.
Christopher Capozziello for Education Week
Reading & Literacy As Information Landscape Changes, School Librarians Take on New Roles
School librarians increasingly find themselves teaching students how to navigate and consume information online—and helping teachers embed those skills into the curriculum.
Madeline Will, November 9, 2016
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9 min read
Ava reads at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio. The school integrates iPads, laptops, and books into reading time.
Ava reads at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio. The school integrates iPads, laptops, and books into reading time.
Maddie McGarvey for Education Week
Reading & Literacy Explainer What Is Digital Literacy?
For educators, digital literacy means much more than learning to read online. Here's a guide to understanding it.
Liana Loewus, November 8, 2016
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5 min read
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