Bit.ly/AbeFakeNews
In the margins of Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind, President John Adams scribbled a cutting note.
Writing in the section where the French philosopher predicted that a free press would advance knowledge and create a more informed public, Adams scoffed. “There has been more new error propagated by the press in the last ten years than in an hundred years before 1798,” he wrote at the time.
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Why Media Literacy Is Important
To prepare our students as critical thinking, responsible citizens, we need to teach them how to search for and locate REAL information. In this session we'll look at strategies to get to facts and primary sources. We'll also look at how knowing these can help us to design better lessons that lead to deeper learning.
Learning Outcome #1 - Understand how media messages shape our culture and society, and be able to advocate for the inclusion of comprehensive media literacy at all grade levels.
Learning Outcome #2 - Understand the strategies and resources available to locate and analyze the credibility of online information.
Learning Outcome #3 - Create lessons that provide authentic opportunities for students to distinguish between real and fake news, images, and other online information
ISTE Standards -
Coaches (Digital Citizenship): 5b: Model and facilitate safe, healthy, legal and ethical uses of digital information and technologies.
Educator (Citizen:) 3b: Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.
Students (Knowledge Constructor) 3b: Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
Your Presenters
Dr. Laura Spencer
Chief Academic Innovation Officer, Elite Academic Academy
CUE Board Member & EquityEDU Founding Board Member
Adina Sullivan-Marlow
Coordinator - Teacher Effectiveness and Preparation, San Diego County Office of Education
EquityEDU Founder