Early in my career as a Library Media Specialist, I would ask students when given a list showing a historical timeline of the U.S. Presidential terms, one from a website and the other from a book source, which source would have the most accurate information. The majority of the time students selected the list from the website source, even if it was incorrect. Often times students are reminded that "everything on the internet is not accurate." Clearly students are not the only users of the internet that need to know that it is important to be a critical user of the internet. As a Media Specialist and a proponent of Future Ready Librarians, teaching students to use reliable resources (such as PebbleGo, Gale Resources: KidsInfoBits, Research in Context, Global Issues in Context and ProQuest CultureGrams) builds a solid foundation in researching.
Were frustrated with the media throughout the U.S. Presidential Elections? Below are several hot topic articles from a variety of sources that I have read. These illustrate how information today is presented, how readers (of all ages) do not consider the impact of embellished or fake information in real world situations (such as the recent U.S. Presidential Election). I feel the following two articles provide and empower learners with significant ideas in becoming a critical user of the internet and curating reliable digital resources. Laura Garner's article, Teaching Information Literacy Now (focusing on the section titled, Rethinking How We Teach Evaluation) is important to teach evaluating websites and more. She highlights literacy skills such as, Reading laterally, Keeping it non-political, and Talk about social media news. In Joyce Valenza's article Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world, several lessons can be derived. One important lesson may focus on news literacy terminology in understanding and discussing credibility.
For more information about Information and Media Literacy, consider collaborating with your media specialist and reading the articles below that prompted this post.
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