Evaluating Digital Resources Contemporary Information Literacy

Evaluating Digital Resources

Contemporary Information Literacy

Front Page New York Times 25 April 2006

Apology New York Times 21 May 2006

“Despite an immediate public denial by Airbus, the stand-up seat idea stood uncorrected for a week. And so, as often happens with nearly unbelievable stories, this one took on a life of its own. The concept grabbed headlines in scores of publications around the world and was even incorporated into illustrations on the cover of The New Yorker and on The Times's Op-Ed page.”

Apology New York Times 21 May 2006

"And the suggestion that an Airbus A380 with stand-up seats "could conceivably fit in 853 passengers" should have also raised questions. Just four weeks earlier, an [article in The New York Times] edited by Ms. Messinger had made clear that an A380 filled with regular coach seats was capable of carrying 853 passengers."

The change in cognitive authority

The change in cognitive authority

Or is it really a change?

The New York Times and the RMS Titanic

CBS News and the London Blitz

Television News and the Kennedy Assassination

Reuters and the Lincoln Assassination

Penny Newspapers and the Mexican War

CBS + London

Murrow builds his rep broadcast by

broadcast

Neighbors and Coworkers discussed broadcasts

Easy Availability of radios

Radio had already built some trust as

news source

CBS employed some print journalists

+ Steadily, his “facts” were proved “true”

What’s this mean?

How do your students “know” something is true?

Is it the same way you “know”?

Is it the same way your Board of Ed “knows”?

What’s this mean?

How do I train “information intelligence”?

Isn’t my filter important?

What do I do at what age?

What not to do…

http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/teachers

Are all books good sources?

Are all newspapers good sources?

Information not medium

Critical

Can you find this fact in other places?

Are other things this source says believable?

Are there citations and connections?

To where?

What is the agenda of this author/publisher?

What do people I trust think?

The Wikipedia Question

The Wikipedia Question

The Blog Question

The Blog Question

Source Discovery

Hoover Institute

Brookings Institution

Center for American Progress

Manhattan Institute

The Guardian

Wall Street Journal

The Book Question

The Book Question

The News Question

The News Question

The News Question

The News Question

The News Question

Ideas

Truth is always complicated

In a dispute, are there agreed on facts?

If not, is there a “neutral point of view”?

We are responsible for understanding the stories we hear.

Start Points

Trials

Difference between witnesses and hearsay

Differences between witnesses

Are police always believable?

What makes us trust one story more than another?

Start Points

Impossibles?

McDonald’s v. Burger King v. Wendy’s (v. Subway?)

Mets v. Yankees

Canadians v. Maple Leafs

Mustang v. Camaro

Favorite TV Shows

Training Doubters

Current technology allows us to challenge ideas in real time, to look things up, to compare answers.

Use of these technologies in your classroom will train critical thinking in ways otherwise close to impossible.

Resources

The Essential Skill of Crap Detecting

Teaching about Controversial Issues

Elementary School – The Morningside Center

Middle School – The Morningside Center

High School – The Morningside Center

Evaluating Digital Resources

Contemporary Information Literacy

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