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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Now that the fall semester is in high gear, you may be asked to do an online library instruction for selected classes. Have you thought about ways to embed yourself… read more →

Welcome to the sixth blog post of our six-part blog/workshop series on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for grades K–12. One of the most trusted sources for knowledge about high-quality,… read more →