How to Teach Information Literacy

A lesson plan for all....

Here is an easy way to introduce information literacy—start with acknowledging there’s a problem that needs to be fixed.

This Associated Press article covers the basics:

https://apnews.com/article/64b5ce49f58940eda86608f3eac79158

So does Media Literacy Now:

PEW adds some research and stats:

https://www.journalism.org/2021/02/22/how-americans-navigated-the-news-in-2020-a-tumultuous-year-in-review/?emci=2c1ccaf5-cf7a-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=2591784

And finally, analysis and opinion from The Washington Post and The New York Times:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/02/26/phony-tweets-cruz-impeachment-newsliteracy-lessons/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/opinion/truth-media-teach-young.html

Each year, replace older articles with newer ones.

That’s it. It’s not complicated.