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News Literacy in the Digital Media Age

Webinar
News Literacy in the Digital Media Age

In these times of rampant misinformation in the media, it's exceedingly crucial to nurture students' critical thinking. Watch this webinar to learn easy-to-replicate strategies that you can implement with students to help them examine their relationship with digital media and become savvy and responsible content consumers, creators, and distributors of information.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Teach students to recognize their own biases
  • Equip students with the skills to read intelligently with skepticism and empathy
  • Collaborate with colleagues to carry out standards-based lessons around media literacy

About the Presenters

Michelle Luhtala is Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut. She facilitates an online learning community for nearly 12,000 library and educational technology professionals at edWeb.net/emergingtech, where she has hosted over 80 webinars since 2010. She is an adjunct instructor in the Masters of Information Program at Rutgers University' s School of Communication and in the Information and Library Science Department at Southern Connecticut State University and is also a contributing author to Libraries Unlimited's Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers. The American Association of School Librarians distinguished her as Curriculum Champion in 2017.

Jacquelyn Whiting is the Instructional Coach and Technology Integrator for a school district in Connecticut. She has a bachelor's in Government Studies and Studio Art from Connecticut College and a master's in Social Studies and Education from South Connecticut State University. She is also a Google Certified Innovator, a Google Certified Coach, and Local Activator for Future Design School. Jacquelyn is the co-author of News Literacy: The Keys to Combating Fake News and the author of Student-Centered Learning by Design. She presents frequently on human-centered design, student and educator voice, and innovative educational technology practices. You can follow her tweeting @MsJWhiting.

MLA Citation

Luhtala, Michelle, and Jacquelyn Whiting. "News Literacy in the Digital Media Age." School Library Connection, October 2018, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Webinar/?learningModuleId=2180405.

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