Information literacy

Posts about Information Literacy written by slfaisal

Throughout history, misinformation and propaganda have circulated to push certain viewpoints, but in the past few years the problem has amplified. “The biggest issue now is the quantity and speed by which information spreads,” says Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

Visual literacy explicitly teaches a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.

In an effort to support my teachers in reflecting more deeply on their practice I’ve been using this teacher self-assessment tool since September. It is based on our provinces Teacher Quality…

Media literacy is more important than ever. Do your students know how to recognize bias or do they believe everything they read?

Just some idle charting on the concepts of information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, etc. This is simply one (librarian-centric) possible model of these concepts. The idea is all the other literacies (media literacy, 21st cent literacy, ICT, translit, etc.) involve interacting with information in one form or another, so "information literacy" acts as the umbrella under which all the others sit.

On an average day, American teens spend more time consuming media than attending school. That's the shocking conclusion of a 2015 survey: Teens (ages 13–18) spend an average of 9 hours a day using media while tweens (ages 8–12) spend nearly 6 hours a day. What’s more, these estimates exclude time spent using media for school or homework! So, how can we help students consume media wisely? How can we teach them to analyze media messages, test them for reliability, and search for bias? These…

With all the different information sources out there, media literacy is essential. Get tips for teaching your kids and students about this important topic.

New audio and video software will make media manipulations harder to detect. These essential media literacy questions can help.

A little reminder about how to reference information you’ve found on the internet. You should NEVER COPY AND PASTE straight from a webpage, but you should still let people know where your kno…