Fake News

Katy Golden

IL

Coughlan, S. (2017). Schools should teach pupils how to spot 'fake news'. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39272841

In an article that I thought was especially relevant given the current political climate, this author discusses how the educational leadership in England plans to alter their standardized test, the Pisa, to assess students' abilities to think critically and distinguish fake news from real news. They talk exstensively about the idea of critical judgment, and how students need to have the 21st century skill of being able to parse out truth from fiction.

Now that you can't necessarily trust everything you read, especially on the Internet, it's particularly important that kids can think critically and decide for themselves what is and isn't true. They warn of other dangers inherent in the current social media culture as well, such as the development of a mono-culture and the belief in one right way to do things, that they suggest teachers address as well.

As school librarians, it's a big part of our job to help kids become information literate and a very big part of that is developing the skill of parsing fake news from real news.

In a Fake Fact Era, Schools Teach the ABCs of News Literacy

Paslay, Juliana

IL

Lapowsky, I. (2017) In a Fake Fact Era, Schools Teach the ABCs of News Literacy. Wired. Retrived from https://www.wired.com/2017/06/fake-fact-era-schools-teach-abcs-news-literacy/

This article discusses ways in which schools are teaching news literacy and the implications of it.

Seven Tips For Teaching News Literacy to Eight to Twelve Year Olds.

Paslay, Juliana

IL

Moore, D. C. (2017) Seven Tips for Teaching News Literacy to Eight to 12-Year-Olds. School Library Journal. Retrieved from http://www.slj.com/2017/06/standards/seven-tips-for-teaching-news-literacy-to-eight-to-12-year-olds/#_ A super great article on tips of how to talk about the news and ‘fake news’ issues going on right now.

After Trump Was Elected, Librarians Had To Rethink Their System For Fact-Checking

Martinez, Evelyn


Crum, M. (2017, March 12). After Trump Was Elected, Librarians Had To Rethink Their System For Fact-Checking. Retrieved April 12, 2017, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-trump-librarians-develop-new-fact-checking-system_us_58c071d3e4b0ed7182699786


This is a very informative and interesting article explaining a method that some librarians are using to to distinguish real facts and news from fake facts and news.   Librarians will use a resource called the CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy & Purpose) test created by Meriam Library at CSU Chico to distinguish between fact and fiction.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-trump-librarians-develop-new-fact-checking-system_us_58c071d3e4b0ed7182699786