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Educators Face Challenges Teaching Media Literacy to Immigrant Students
Lack of English fluency, a multilingual media diet, and parents who may be unable to serve as gatekeepers are just a few of the issues facing immigrant students learning to distinguish credible stories from disinformation.
Librarians Collaborate to Support English Language Learners and Their Families
To properly serve immigrant communities, libraries are partnering with local organizations—and the patrons themselves—to boost collections in the populations' native languages.
Meet the Makers: Can a DIY movement revolutionize how we learn?
Andrew Carle, a technology educator at Flint High School in Northern Virginia, scurries about the classroom, rearranging desks and chairs, strategically sprinkling around wires, batteries, transistors, and clocks—all the while a video camera whirs in the background. A few seconds later, 10 seventh graders saunter in and the room becomes a hive of activity. Students [...]
The Truth About Snapchat: A Digital Literacy Lesson for Us All
The idea of Snapchat is simple, delightfully so. Take an image or a video and send it to a friend. Ten seconds after the receiver opens the file, it self-destructs—or does it? The truth is "the Internet never forgets," says INFOdocket's Gary Price.
Librarians Take Aim at Pew Study on Parents and Libraries
A recent national report from the Pew Research Center that stated that most parents consider libraries important for their children has attracted some criticism from the library community, which is concerned that the findings are based on a skewed sample and put too much emphasis on reading.
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