Tiffany Whitehead @librarian_tiff MightyLittleLibrarian.com ALA 2018 Information Literacy Teaching students to be discerning in a world of fake news, clickbait, and extreme bias Media Literacy News Literacy Then... You noticed gossip magazines like National Enquirer, Globe, and The Sun in the grocery checkout line. Today... As we experience information overload, we must be equipped to vet and verify news sources. Fake News News Gone Viral https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook?u tm_term=.ds2vyW5Jm#.rv793nvyA News Gone Viral https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/partisan-fb-pages-analysis?utm_term=.iiKG3wQ8X#.saxB76QP4 Fact or Opinion News Statements http://www.journalism.org/2018/06/18/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news/ Stanford History Education Group Study Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning https://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Executive%20Summary%2011.21.16.pdf Stanford History Education Group Study Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning https://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Executive%20Summary%2011.21.16.pdf Stanford History Education Group Study Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning https://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Executive%20Summary%2011.21.16.pdf FactCheck http://www.factcheck.org/ PolitiFact http://www.politifact.com AllSides https://www.allsides.com/ Snopes http://www.snopes.com Graphic Guidance https://newseumed.org/share-worthy-poster/ https://newseumed.org/escape-poster/ CRAAP Test When looking for trustworthy sources, ask yourself these questions: ● When was the information published? Is it CURRENT? ● Does this information relate to my big question and give me what I’m looking for? Is it RELEVANT? ● Who wrote this and how do I know they are qualified? What is their AUTHORITY? ● Can I verify that this information is true? Am I sure that it is ACCURATE? ● What is the PURPOSE of this article? Is it fact or opinion? Circular Reporting https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2017/speaking-of-digital-literacy?utm_source=Teaching+Toleranc e&utm_campaign=445bffad0d-Newsletter+10%2F10%2F2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a8cea027c3- 445bffad0d-83474455 Lessons on News Literacy https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown#watch Source Deck Activity https://www.library.virginia.edu/sourcedeck/ Source Deck Activity https://www.library.virginia.edu/sourcedeck/ Lessons on News Literacy https://www.commonsense.org/education/toolkit/news-and-media-literacy Lessons on News Literacy https://newseumed.org/ed-tools/ Lessons on News Literacy https://checkology.org Lessons on News Literacy https://mediaeducationlab.com/curriculum/materials Tiffany Whitehead @librarian_tiff MightyLittleLibrarian.com [email protected].