Media Literacy
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.
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.
Federal
Opinion
Amusing Ourselves Into Oblivion
When the election is over, schools will still be expected to exemplify neutral public spaces, accepting all students and honoring all family beliefs. Media and money, helped by attractive electronic technologies, have reshaped our values, and we will not be able to acknowledge that, as public institutions.
Curriculum
Opinion
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth
Students would be wise to learn the strategies fact-checkers use to evaluate online information, write Sam Wineburg and Sarah McGrew.
Ed-Tech Policy
K-12 Digital Citizenship Initiative Targets States
A coalition of groups focused on children & media has launched a campaign to encourage lawmakers to promote digital citizenship in schools.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Sharing Stories to Enrich School Culture
The stories revealed intimate struggles and triumphs related to race, ethnicity and sexual identity, complex immigration journeys, past learning and employment obstacles, and other life-altering challenges and achievements, with accompanying slices of wisdom gleaned along the way.
Curriculum
Video
What Do You Predict for the Future of School Libraries?
Librarian Sereena Hamm of Washington Latin Public Charter School in the nation’s capital discusses what she predicts for libraries in the future. She is the school’s first full-time librarian. Even as school libraries explore new digital media, she said, they are still exploring the “essential human questions we’ve always explored.” This video is part of a set of interviews for School Library Month on Education Week’s BookMarks blog. Education Week Video
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Even 'Digital Natives' Need Digital Training
Schools need resources and support to teach students about appropriate digital-media use, Media Literacy Now's Erin McNeill says.
Curriculum
'Flipped' PD Initiative Boosts Teachers' Tech Skills
A Minnesota district's ed-tech professional-development strategy emphasizes how-to videos and support from technology-integration specialists.
Standards & Accountability
Teachers Report Mixed Impact of Digital Media
Educators say the Internet and digital tools are helping improve students' research habits, but hurting their attention spans, according to two surveys.
Reading & Literacy
In Some U.S. Schools, Librarians Are No Longer Saying, 'Shh!'
A Georgia school librarian adjusts her role by enhancing lessons and projects for students with the use of digital technology.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
Why Core Standards Must Embrace Media Literacy
In our new-media-saturated world, it's crucial that the common-core standards address media and digital literacies, write Richard Beach and Frank W. Baker.
Classroom Technology
Tech-Trends Update
This special Digital Directions data section examines the growth of online coursetaking, how often teachers use computers, and the views of educators and students.
