Showing posts with label United Online Information; Misinformation; Media Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Online Information; Misinformation; Media Literacy. Show all posts

Sunday, December 31, 2017

US Efforts Grow To Help Students Evaluate What They See Online

In this, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Jennifer Rocca, left, a teacher librarian at Brookfield, Conn., High School, left, works with Ariana Mamudi, 14, a freshman in her Digital Student class. The required class teaches media literacy skills and has the students scrutinize sources for their on-line information. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)
Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction.
In this, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Kathy Malatesta, a teacher librarian at Brookfield, Conn., High School, talks about source citations during the freshman Digital Student class. The required class teaches media literacy skills and has the students scrutinize sources for their on-line information. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)