Today's post features some excellent literacy websites to help your students develop strong reading skills. These websites provide access to a treasure trove of resources, lesson plans, activities, interactive games, web tools, and several other reading materials to enhance students reading comprehension.
Here are some useful websites that you can share with your students to teach about web literacy and critical thinking. Can they work out which websites are true, and which are fake?
Provide your little Einstein these safe, fun and free educational websites for kids that are perfect for learning all the things.
Here are some useful websites that you can share with your students to teach about web literacy and critical thinking. Can they work out which websites are true, and which are fake?
Digital resource ideas for building kids literacy skills, including apps, eBooks, website, from a reading specialist worked with kids for years.
Blanchett, H., Powis, C., & Webb, J. (2012). A guide to teaching information literacy: 101 practical tips. London: Facet Publishing.
Today, as never before, content area literacy is gaining the attention of educators. Although it has always been emphasized at the secondary level, the need for content area literacy instruction at t...
Teaching students how to identify fake news is a daunting task since many adults continue to struggle with this skill. It is imperative that we teach these essential digital literacy skills to students so they automatically think critical y before clicking, sharing, and assuming what they see online is true. I've rounded up some resources and lessons for teaching students how to evaluate information online and identify fake news. 1. iCivics Fake News Literacy Unit Thank you to a member of the Teach With Tech Facebook Group for sharing this fantastic resource. iCivics, founded by Justice Sandra Day O'Conner, is
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Want to know how to teach information literacy to your middle schoolers? Learn steps for teaching information literacy in your career readiness class.
This post zooms in on a particular part of the research process -- evaluating websites. It includes a printable flowchart that will assist you in your teaching!
More The term information literacy has become common in the past twenty years. According to the National Forum on Information Literacy, it refers to being
What are the best free online learning websites? You are going to learn the top 7 free online learning websites to improve your skills.
December 23, 2016 Niche-specific content is usually not readily available through regular generic search engines. One example is the academic and scholarly content. While running a search query... ..
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Easily have students engaged in online reading with these favorite sites for practice! With the ability to monitor reading growth, you will be set!
FREE reading websites to use in your elementary classroom this year! Perfect for centers, stations, and independent reading.
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Those of you who have followed this site have seen the large post I did three years ago for teachers and students about Fake News. Today's post is for everyone, since our political climate is currently so filled with misinformation. We all need to have factual information for the coming November election. Please share with your friends on social media. Too many people believe everything they read or see on TV. I've also attached an infographic from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, which you can print and post near your workspace. UPDATED 9/3/20 AP Fact Check- Associated Press' website, an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting, founded in 1846. Fact Check- A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Fact Tank: News in the Numbers- "Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research." MediaBias/Fact Check- comprehensive media bias resource; currently 3200+ media sources listed in the database and growing every day. Media Matters for America- "A web-based, non profit research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting misinformation in the U.S. media." Open Secrets- run by the Center for Responsible Politics; non-profit, non-partisan. Also lists where candidates get their money. Dark money is explained in detail. PolitiFact- non-profit run by the Poynter Institute PunditFact- "a project of the Poynter Institute, dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media." SciCheck- Fact Check's site "focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. It was launched in January 2015." Sunlight Foundation- "a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses civic technologies, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all." TinEye- this is a reverse image search which tells you whether or not an image was altered. Here is the English version. (Right-click on the image to download.) The infographic is also available in 45 other languages!! CLICK HERE to see the list. LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? Follow me on Twitter, Like me on Facebook or Subscribe to this blog.
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Help upper elementary, middle school, & high school students with media literacy by teaching them to distinguish between real and fake news. Great tips here!
These Web activities build students' information literacy skills. Students visit a website to read and learn about a specific person, event or concept. Students are provided a framework in the form of questions to answer. Topics Covered: The Enlightenment Thomas Hobbes The Divine Right of Kings Consent of the Governed John Locke Baron de Montesquieu Social Contract Theory Answer Key Included
The great folks at Tech Soup Canada host a monthly series of talks, Tech Tuesday, and they recently invited me to share what I know about “Digital Literacy”. Little did I realize what …
In today's post, I am sharing with you this carefully curated collection of some of the best research websites for kids. The purpose is to provide you with resources that you can use with your own kids to guide their digital research in a safe and productive way. Each site, from Ducksters' comprehensive educational offerings to the immersive and explorative experiences provided by National Geographic Kids and NASA Space Place, has been chosen for its ability to make learning both engaging and accessible.
The ABCs of Information Literacy Infographic shares key information literacy terms that all students should understand to be successful in research.
