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Dive Behind the Scenes of BBC Learning

November 4, 2020
Hear from BBC’s Global Head of Learning about the New My World Series, Produced by Angelina Jolie, and More “Infobase is a leading provider of BBC Learning content, and they… read more →

Have You Seen the Library Video Gone Viral? Video-Creating Resources for Fun!

November 3, 2020
Have you seen the Library Takeout video by Duke University Libraries? If not, watch it now before reading this blog post! This short video emphasized to viewers how they can… read more →

Supreme Court Term Limits: A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies

November 2, 2020
Featured in Issues & Controversies: SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS: Should U.S. Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits? SUPPORTERS ARGUE U.S. Supreme Court justices have become too powerful and too divorced… read more →

Digital Storytelling: Resources for You and Your Library to Consider

October 29, 2020
Recently I attended a digital storytelling webinar hosted by the Film and Media Round Table (FMRT) of the American Library Association and found the session fascinating in understanding the role… read more →

How to Incorporate News Literacy into Any Curriculum and Be Confident in Evaluating News Content from Any Source

October 27, 2020
Though media and information literacy have been taught in various pedagogical settings in the past, the task had mostly fallen to those whose training was directly related to it, such… read more →

Digital Archives for Research and Teaching Purposes in World History

October 21, 2020
Lately on social media, I have been encountering many interesting digital archives focusing on regions from around the world. Some of these resources can also be applied for teaching purposes… read more →

Teaching About Conspiracy Theories and Memes: The Internet’s Most Outlandish and Compelling Content

October 20, 2020
In this blog series, I have referred several times to the concept of “modern challenges” to teaching news literacy, and at the risk of sounding repetitive, I will refer again… read more →

3 Productivity Hacks Educators Need to Succeed in the Current Teaching Landscape

October 15, 2020
An educator’s life can get overwhelming at times with the visibly never-ending list of tasks that demand attention every single day. From analyzing formative assessment data and lesson planning, to… read more →

Facing Polarization Head-On: Strategies for Discussing Difficult Political Topics When Teaching News Literacy

October 13, 2020
There are a number of challenges to teaching news literacy today, not least of which is that news literacy inherently involves reading, well, the news. As we all know, our… read more →

You Say Fake News, I Say Misinformation: What’s in a Term

October 8, 2020
Why Is the Term “Fake News” Problematic? You may have heard the term “fake news” in recent years used to describe misrepresented or falsified information. The problem of inaccurate and… read more →

How to Evaluate Any News Content for Reliability and Bias

October 6, 2020
The modern information landscape is flooded with thousands of news and “news-like” sources. The sheer volume of these sources presents a unique challenge to each one of us being news… read more →

2020 Presidential Race: A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies

October 2, 2020
Featured in Issues & Controversies: 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Should Voters Reelect President Donald Trump (R)? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Donald Trump has successfully bolstered the U.S. economy, fought for American workers through… read more →