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How do students access, evaluate, use, and evaluate information, as well as integrating information literacy skills into all areas of learning; designed to be used by school librarian in partnership with classroom teachers.

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California defines Media Literacy as “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship.”

So what is Digital Citizenship? “A diverse set of skills related to current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior.”

These literacies closely relate to Information Literacy: the ability “to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information” (American Library Association). (cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/ml/)

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CDE provides a list of ready-made curricula, usually consisting of scope and sequence learning outcomes and activities, for media and information literacy as well as digital citizenship.

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This collection of resources, including links to professional learning opportunities, was compiled in conjunction with the California School Library Association (CSLA) and KQED in fulfillment of the requirements set forth in Senate Bill 830: to ensure that young adults are prepared with media literacy skills necessary to safely, responsibly, and critically consume and use social media and other forms of media.

The resources for teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and others include media literacy curriculum, collections of media literacy lessons and other resources, media production resources, and links to professional development (PD) opportunities. These resources were chosen based on the CSLA's criteria:

Original

Accurate

Current

Technically sound

Easy to access and use

Inviting

Informative and useful content about media literacy aligned to the California Model School Library Standards (MSLS)

Understanding and teaching media literacy is the responsibility of all educators. Media literacy is best learned and practiced when integrated into the school's curriculum. Classroom teachers are encouraged to work with teacher librarians in exploring this collection of resources to develop media-rich contextual learning activities. This web page contains a curated list of resources, but to access and share even more media literacy resources in a professional learning community, create a free account at Collaboration in Common and join the Media and Information Literacy Toolkit-group.

Additionally, the California State Library has contracted with Encyclopaedia Britannica, ProQuest, and TeachingBooks.net to provide online, authoritative resources for free to public schools in California. Local educational agencies can sign up to take advantage of these free databases. Click on the first tab below for more information on each of these resources.

K-12 Online Content

California is now offering, at no cost to local schools, districts, or students, three online databases for use by every kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) school and student in the state, with access starting at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year.

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, ProQuest, and TeachingBooks.net will be available individually to all K-12 students in California, as well as all public schools in the state.

These content resources, commonly referred to as "library databases," provide teachers, school librarians, and students with a great deal of digital information: books, scientific research, newspaper articles, photos, videos and more-all aligned with the curriculum that California has created for its schools.

To sign up to receive information and resources from these online content providers, visit the California State Library .

Encyclopaedia Britannica -offers multiple tools for student research, including:

ProQuest -An informational resource company used by researchers and librarians around the world. Their content collection encompasses 90,000 authoritative sources, six billion digital pages, and spans six centuries. ProQuest has collections on culture, scholarly journals, general reference material, content for beginning researchers, eBooks, and more. A one-page summary of everything California can access is on Proquest's Teacher/Librarian Resources web page.

TeachingBooks.net -A suite of authoritative materials about children's and young adult books. Learn directly from an author about why a book was created. Download discussion questions to dig deeper into a book's meaning. Enjoy video book trailers and audio performances of a book to bring it to life. TeachingBooks is a treasure trove of instructional materials about the books read by children and teens, and is a PD for educators and families to identify and connect to culturally relevant, quality books for all content areas, prekindergarten through grade twelve.

Media Literacy

Media literacy and the concepts surrounding it evolve with changes in technology and society. These definitions, from SB 830 and organizations of experts, provide a foundation through which to understand media literacy and the ideas connected to it.

SB 830 states: Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship.

SB 830 further states: Digital citizenship is a diverse set of skills related to current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior.

These literacies closely relate to information literacy: the ability "to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information" ( American Library Association ).

UNESCO states that media and information literacy is a "combination of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices required to access, analyze, evaluate, use, produce, and communicate information and knowledge in creative, legal and ethical ways that respect human rights."

California's MSLS (PDF) organize their standards around concepts of information literacy:

Students access information

Students evaluate information

Students use information

Students integrate information literacy skills into all areas of learning

What do media literacy skills look like? Here are three sample scenarios:

Elementary students use a library catalog to locate a book on recycling, which informs their task of photographing examples of recycling in their neighborhoods to share on their class wiki.
In this example, students are accessing information through the library catalog, using it to inform their task. They are then using media to share information through photography on their class wiki-this involves production, communication, and following norms of online behavior with digital citizenship.

Middle schoolers use a spreadsheet to organize data they collect about pets' exercise habits, which they will analyze for a science fair project.
In this example, students are using technology to use information effectively. They are then analyzing that information to arrive at conclusions for a project-that project will involve further skills in communication of that information to a particular audience.

High schoolers locate articles in a database about data privacy, which is the basis for the students' video production that gives recommendations for teens to protect personal information.
In this example, students are accessing information through the database, and then analyzing that information to produce a video, involving communication skills. The topic is data privacy, which includes elements of digital citizenship.

These example scenarios give only a small view into what students might be doing within the classroom that includes media and information literacy skills. View the resources located in the other tabs to see more examples of lessons to incorporate media and information literacy in all classrooms.
Curriculum

The following resources are ready-made curricula, usually consisting of scope and sequence learning outcomes and activities, for media and information literacy as well as digital citizenship:

Resources/Lessons

These collections include many high-quality lessons, units, videos and other learning aids, and supportive material. Several of these collections are searchable by grade or topic.
Multiple Literacies: Media Literacy: Digital Citizenship:
Information Literacy:

KQED Learn featuring Above the Noise videos-A safe, online space for students (grades 6-12) to practice civic discourse with peers nationwide. Free.

Media Production

An important way to gain media literacy is to produce media: learning by doing. These resources address media production tools and processes.

Professional Development

Several professional organizations address media literacy, providing valuable educational resources as well as PD activities.

Professional organizations that include PD:

Training:

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Parent’s Guide to Media Literacy Trend Micro worked with NAMLE to create a parent’s guide to assist families in starting media literacy conversations at home. The guide uses real-life examples to focus on one simple piece of advice: teach your kids to ask questions. Download your free copy of the parent’s guide and tell your neighbors where

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Common Sense Media: Age-Based Media Reviews for Families

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Common Sense Media is the leading source of entertainment and technology recommendations for families. Parents trust our expert reviews and objective advice.

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U.S. Media Literacy Week is hosted by NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education). The theme for U.S. Media Literacy Week celebrates one of the five components of media literacy’s definition each day of Media Literacy Week: Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create, and Act.

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October 21-25, 2024

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QUICK LINKS Theme Who is NAMLE? Our Sponsors FAQ Ready to get involved? Check out the links below. PARTICIPATE SPONSORSHIP...

By signing up to participate in Media Literacy Week, you, your organization, school, or institution will join hundreds of others who are helping NAMLE amplify...

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The mission of U.S. Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country.

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How do parents navigate our highly technologized world?

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Civics of Tech Parents — Civics of Technology

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Our website for families provides reviews and ratings of movies, books, games, apps, and other media to help parents and families make informed decisions about the media their children use.

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Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find our free K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum, reviews of popular edtech apps, tips on teaching responsible AI use, and resources for protecting student privacy and online safety.

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Free asynchronous 2-hour course from DIG (Digital Inquiry Group).

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Using Wikipedia Wisely - Free Course Dates: August 18 - October 15 Course Length: 2 hours Format: Asynchronous About: Wikipedia is widely used but often misunderstood. Despite its reputation, content on Wikipedia isn't a free-for-all. Many articles are protected, and . . .

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Basics of Evaluating Online Sources (1-Module Course) - DIG site

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Basics of Evaluating Online Sources (Free 1-Module Course) Dates: August 18 – October 15 Course Length: 3 hours Format: Asynchronous About: Today’s students lead digital lives, but many struggle to evaluate the information they see on their screens. In this course, participants will . . .

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Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy

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Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy – Free Course Dates: August 18 – October 15 Course Length: 2 hours Format: Asynchronous About: Being a thoughtful history student today means knowing how to evaluate TikTok videos and Instagram posts about . . .

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Illinois Is The First State To Have High Schools Teach News Literacy

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Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield.

DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST:

Between the contentious 2020 presidential election and the pandemic, the past few years have been a perfect storm for misinformation on the internet. Illinois is leading the charge to fight that. It's the first state to require high schools to teach news literacy classes. Peter Medlin of member station WNIJ reports.

PETER MEDLIN, BYLINE: Here's an example of one startling experiment. Researchers showed an anonymous Facebook video to more than 3,000 American high schoolers. The video circulated before the 2016 presidential election and claimed to show people ballot stuffing during that year's primaries. They asked students a simple question. Is this strong evidence of voter fraud in the U.S.?

JOEL BREAKSTONE: Out of those more than 3,000 students, three figured out that, actually, the video came from Russia.

MEDLIN: That's Joel Breakstone, who heads the Stanford History Education Group, which conducted the study.

BREAKSTONE: There's a widespread misconception that because young people are adept at using digital devices, that they are also skilled at making sense of the information that those devices provide.

MEDLIN: Under the new curriculum, Illinois students will analyze news content across platforms. Breakstone's groups spent the last year working with ninth-graders at a suburban Chicago high school, integrating news literacy into subjects like geography and biology. It found that what helped students distinguish misinformation the most is something called lateral reading. That can be as simple as opening a new tab and leaving the post to find more about the source of information. It appears to be effective. Students reportedly got a lot better at spotting questionable sources. But this effort takes time and practice. Students say they often didn't see why, for example, a company writing about climate change receiving funding from the fossil fuel industry could skew the story. Many assume that if a social media influencer has tons of followers, it means they're trustworthy.

Students like this Naperville, Ill., freshman practiced by finding popular social media posts about nutrition and recording themselves fact-checking, like this.

UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: OK, so I found this post on Instagram. So as you can see right here, it says that she is a dietitian. And there's also another place right here that even shows, like, she has a diploma in clinical nutrition.

MEDLIN: For this to work, teachers also have to be media savvy. Students say they often struggle because the strategies teachers provide for evaluating sources can be outdated. Peter Adams heads the News Literacy Project, which trains teachers, provides lesson plans and sometimes brings them into newsrooms to show the reporting process. Adams says many teachers worry about being perceived as partisan.

PETER ADAMS: We really encourage folks to redirect that into looking at standards and practices and really comparing coverage.

MEDLIN: And teachers have to create a classroom experience where students feel comfortable talking about political issues, all while knowing how and when to push back on baseless conspiracy theories. Teacher Allie Niese has had to fight back on misinformation about the January 6 attack on the Capitol that students brought to her government class in Chicago.

ALLIE NIESE: We are not here to deny them the ability to engage in dialogues and discourse where they disagree, but there's a difference when the issues that we are bringing to the table and talking about are issues, are important.

MEDLIN: Niese likes to give examples of what journalism can do, citing history and the disclosure of things like the Pentagon Papers.

The Illinois law will go into effect with the 2022-'23 school year. And at this point, 14 other states have some media literacy standards already on the books.

For NPR News, I'm Peter Medlin.

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Illinois Is The First State To Have High Schools Teach News Literacy

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Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: Between the contentious 2020 presidential election and the pandemic, the past few years have been a perfect storm for misinformation on the internet.

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Scripps: News literacy pilot program is first of a kind

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Teaching Civic Online Reasoning Across the Curriculum

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Integrating Civic Digital Literacy into the Curriculum

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Integrating Civic Digital Literacy into the Curriculum

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3 minute video. Sam Wineburg and Joel Breakstone, co-founders of Digital Inquiry Group (DIG) and digital literacy experts, share why digital literacy should be a priority for teachers of all disciplines. August 3, 2024.

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California to Teach Media Literacy in Every Grade

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California to Teach Media Literacy in Every Grade

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Press release re: AB 873. October 14, 2023.

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SACRAMENTO - Assembly Bill 873, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last night, highlighting the urgency of young people's growing reliance on the internet and social media to consume news and information. AB 873 will integrate media literacy instruction into the four core subjects that all students learn from kindergarten through 12th grade in California. AB 873 will bring California in line with a small but growing number of states teaching media literacy in grade school.

"Teaching media literacy is a key strategy to support our children, their families, and our society that are inundated with misinformation and disinformation on social media networks and digital platforms," said Assemblymember Marc Berman. "As we've seen too often in the last decade, what happens online can have the most terrifying of real-world impacts. From climate denial to vaccine conspiracy theories to the January 6 attack on our nation's Capital, the spread of online misinformation has had global and deadly consequences. We have a responsibility to teach the next generation to be more critical consumers of online content and more guarded against misinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy theories. In addition, this instruction will help students to be more responsible digital citizens, more intentional about what they put online, and better understand online safety and privacy. Thank you to Governor Newsom for signing AB 873 and affirming that media literacy instruction is essential to keeping our students safer online and to safeguarding the future of our democracy."

"GENup is proud to announce Assembly Bill 873 has been signed into law by Governor Newsom. GENup, as a cosponsor of the bill, views the inclusion of media literacy content in K-12 curriculum as important for preparing California's students to have the informational literacy skills needed to engage critically with online content. We want to again thank our community partners for their support, and look forward to continuing to advocate for California's students alongside them." said Nicholas Harvey, K-12 Policy Director for Generation Up.

AB 873 directs the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to incorporate media literacy content into the English language arts/English language development, science, mathematics, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised. Media literacy, also known as information literacy, develops students' critical thinking skills around all types of media and teaches students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world. It includes digital citizenship, which is a diverse set of skills related to current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior. Additionally, it includes teaching students how to create media thoughtfully and conscientiously. A growing number of states are now requiring that students receive instruction in media and information literacy, including New Jersey, Illinois, and Delaware.

A 2019 Stanford University study gauged students' ability to evaluate digital sources on the open internet. 96 percent of high school students surveyed failed to consider that ties to the fossil fuel industry might affect the credibility of a website about climate change, while more than half believed a grainy video that claimed to show ballot stuffing (which was actually shot in Russia) constituted "strong evidence" of voter fraud in the United States. Another study found that 82 percent of middle school students struggled to distinguish advertisements from news stories. According to a 2022 report by the United Nations, 17% of public TikTok content related to the Holocaust either denied or distorted it. The same was true of almost 1 in 5 Holocaust-related Twitter posts and 49% of Holocaust content on Telegram. The report highlighted how much more remains to be done to strengthen global resilience to disinformation.

AB 873 is supported by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Common Sense Media, the California News Publishers Association, and Media Literacy Now, among others.
Contact: bermanpress@asm.ca.gov

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California to Teach Media Literacy in Every Grade

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SACRAMENTO - Assembly Bill 873, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last night, highlighting the urgency of young people's growing reliance on the internet and social media to consume news and information.

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Free lessons and resources for US History and World History with a focus on engaging students in historical inquiry and using primary documents; includes materials in Spanish.

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The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills.

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Free lessons and resources, with three questions as a focus:

1) Who's behind the information?

2) What's the evidence?

3) What do other sources say?

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Curriculum Index | Civic Online Reasoning

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Current Status of Media Literacy Legislation

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Media Literacy Now | Advocating for Media Literacy Education

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Media Literacy Now informs the public about state education legislation and state legislation that advances media literacy and digital citizenship.

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Lessons and assessments, including a focus on renewable energy and climate change.

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COR for the Science Classroom | Civic Online Reasoning

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Scientific misinformation abounds online. Improve students' ability to evaluate scientific information on the internet with these curricular materials. These lessons and tasks can be used in a variety of subject areas, but we've compiled this group of materials specifically for science educators because they present students with science-related sources.

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Lateral Reading with Current Events Template

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Lateral Reading with Current Events Template | Civic Online Reasoning

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The best way to learn about who is behind a website is to read laterally—to go outside the site to see what trusted sites say about it. Included are suggestions to help students practice lateral reading.

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Ever spot an online post that seems too good to be true? How about one that's completely made up? Can you always tell the difference? Probably not. In this lesson, students learn that validating a social media post isn't as easy as it looks. Students use lateral reading and core evaluation strategies to investigate and verify online content.

This lesson plan is part of the Civic Digital Literacy Project from iCivics and the Digital Inquiry Group. Civic Digital Literacy equips students with evidence-based strategies to discern online information, find trustworthy sources, and be better-informed citizens within the rapidly changing online environment.

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Verifying Social Media Posts | Civic Online Reasoning

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In this lesson, students learn that validating a social media post isn't as easy as it looks.

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15 lessons and 16 videos from COR (Civic Online Reasoning) / DIG (Digital Inquiry Group) ~ developed in partnership with iCivics.

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New Curriculum Materials for the Civics Classroom | Civic Online Reasoning

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Looking to teach digital literacy in your Civics classes? We have 15 new lessons and 16 new videos to support online reasoning instruction in Government and Civics.

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COR (Civic Online Reasoning) Professional Learning Framework

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COR (Civic Online Reasoning) Professional Learning Framework

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COR Professional Learning Framework | Civic Online Reasoning

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This framework includes recommendations for professional learning on how to improve students’ online reasoning. We’ve designed these resources to be used flexibly with colleagues in your department, school, and beyond. Central to this professional learning framework are classroom simulations that offer opportunities to observe student challenges, reflect on instruction, and plan best practices in teaching Civic Online Reasoning. These activities are delivered on a free online platform called Teaching Moments or can be reviewed as Google Docs or printed pages. You may choose to have participants complete these activities before professional learning meetings or during them. We encourage groups to modify the materials to best suit their needs and interests. The classroom simulations are designed to be used sequentially, starting with Session 1 and ending with Session 4. For those looking to do just one session, we recommend Session 1 or 3. For those planning to do two or three sessions, we recommend doing Session 4 only if you’ve completed Session 1.

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Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

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Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

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The SPJ Code of Ethics is a statement of abiding principles supported by additional explanations and position papers that address changing journalistic practices. Includes a downloadable flyer, poster, and bookmark.

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Free online resources from the News Literacy Project.

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On this landing page geared toward educators, learn about the News Literacy Project's Back-to-School Guide, a collection of free resources designed to lay the foundation for teaching news literacy in grades 5-12.

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The News Literacy Project - For a future founded on facts

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Checkology® Virtual Classroom - The News Literacy Project

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Checkology® Virtual Classroom Your one-stop shop for teaching news literacy. Register now Get to know our digital learning platform What is Checkology? Designed for grades 5-12, Checkology is now your one-stop shop for teaching news literacy. Once you register, you’ll find hundreds of free resources — like quizzes, posters, downloadable lesson plans and classroom slides.

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edWebinar Aug 2025 Intro to NLP Resources

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Key resources from the News Literacy Project:

The Sift

Checkology

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SB-830 was signed by the Governor of California September 17, 2018. This bill required CDE to post a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy.

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Bill Text - SB-830 Pupil instruction: media literacy: resources.

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SB 830 Pupil instruction: media literacy: resources.

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AB0873 was signed by the Governor of California October 13, 2023. According to this bill, IQC must “consider” addition of media literacy content with new Framework revisions.

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Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law also requires the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations for school library services.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer instruction or courses in specified areas of study. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to make available to school districts on its internet website a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy, as defined, including media literacy professional development programs for teachers.

This bill would require the Instructional Quality Commission to consider incorporating the Model Library Standards into the next revision of the English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) curriculum framework after January 1, 2024, and to also consider incorporating media literacy content at each grade level. The bill would require the commission to consider incorporating media literacy curriculum content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2024.

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Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law also requires the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations for school library services.

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AB-2876 was signed by the Governor of California September 29, 2024, and built on AB 873 by recommending that both Media Literacy and A.I. be considered when developing criteria for adoptions.

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Bill Text - AB-2876 Pupil instruction: media literacy: artificial intelligence literacy: curriculum frameworks: instructional materials.

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AB 2876 Pupil instruction: media literacy: artificial intelligence literacy: curriculum frameworks: instructional materials.

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CALIE (California Association for Leading Innovation in Education) provides flexible opportunities for professional learning, from 5-minute micro-courses to deeper dives.

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Access the CALIE online learning hub, a library of self-paced courses and webinars designed by educators for fellow educators.

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Includes curated resources for Media Literacy, Lateral Reading, an A.I. Toolkit, and more.

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Curated Resources - California School Library Association

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Curated Resources Bibliographies The CSLA Committee for Standards Integration and the CSLA Research Committee have curated thematic bibliographies to collect resources to support library services, instruction, and collection development. Library Collections and Equity This bibliography was produced by the CSLA Research Committee to support CSLA members in their practice. It focuses on research that advances…

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The 6 E's of Parenting in the Digital Age

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The 6 E's of Parenting in the Digital Age

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From NAMLE (The National Association for Media Literacy Education)

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The 6 E’s of Parenting in the Digital Age for Parents | Roblox

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Explore these 6 E’s of parenting in the digital age to give you the skills you need to level up your parenting media literacy skills.

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Free curriculum resources from the Media Education Lab

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Media Literacy and Media Making for K-12 Educators

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Media Literacy and Media Making for K-12 Educators

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Free courses from KQED (NPR / PBS)

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Free self-paced online courses and workshops on media making and teaching for all educators!

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A companion site to Cyber Civics; a place for caregivers to learn how to help children use technology ethically, safely, and wisely.

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Digital Citizenship | Online Safety | Cyberwise | California

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Parental resources on digital literacy: Tips on internet safety, ed-tech & social media management for parents and caregivers

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AB-56 was signed by the Governor of California October 13, 2025, and beginning in 2027 will require social media platforms to display the following daily for minor users after 3 hours of cumulative active use and every subsequent hour: “The Surgeon General has warned that while social media may have benefits for some young users, social media is associated with significant mental health harms and has not been proven safe for young users.”

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Bill Text - AB-56 Social media: warning labels.

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The Media Literacy Collaborative is a collaboration between the UC Irvine Teacher Academy and UC Santa Cruz's History and Civics Project. It includes both curriculum and professional learning opportunities.

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Students will develop strategies and dispositions to navigate the media landscapes they encounter. Students will understand that systems impact the ways that we engage with media and understand that the ways they consume, curate, and produce media matter for democracy.

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Teaching Media Literacy for Civic Engagement

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Teaching Media Literacy for Civic Engagement

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The Media Literacy Collaborative is a collaboration between the UC Irvine Teacher Academy and UC Santa Cruz's History and Civics Project. It includes both curriculum and professional learning opportunities.

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Our workshops are hosted by a team of researchers, scholars and teachers offering a diversity of perspectives as to the current state of media literacy and the future of the field

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Developed by NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education)

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NAMLE and Google’s Be Internet Awesome collaborated on six media literacy lessons for educators to use in the classroom.

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Developed by NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education)

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Designed to foster digital literacy and safe online experiences, we offer a comprehensive guide for parents to navigate the world of AI with their children, and an engaging guided activity tailored specifically for tweens and teens.

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Developed by NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education)

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Designed to foster digital literacy and safe online experiences, we offer a comprehensive guide for parents to navigate the world of AI with their children, and an engaging guided activity tailored specifically for tweens and teens.

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The Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE) is an online interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education.

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The Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE) is an online interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education.

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Mini-poster developed by San Bernadino County Superintendent of Schools.

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ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools

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ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools

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ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools | Common Sense Education

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Here’s what educators can do as this technology evolves.

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Self-paced courses for teachers from CommonSense.org.

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Find the professional development format and time commitment that works for you! We offer free live events, interactive workshops, and self-paced training with practical takeaways and ready-to-implement teaching strategies.

All Common Sense Education professional development provides continuing education hours and counts toward earning recognition as a Common Sense Educator.

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Professional Development | Common Sense Education

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Find the professional development format and time commitment that works for you! We offer free live events, interactive workshops, and self-paced training with practical takeaways and ready-to-implement teaching strategies. All Common Sense Education professional development provides continuing education hours and counts toward earning recognition as a Common Sense Educator.

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Family Engagement for Digital Literacy & Well-Being

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Family Engagement for Digital Literacy & Well-Being

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From CommonSense.org:Templates, guides, workshops, and more to engage families.

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Family Engagement for Digital Literacy & Well-Being

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Valuable tips, advice, and recommendations for families on issues related to kids’ digital lives.

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Media Literacy and AI in TK-12 Education Prez

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Media Literacy and AI in TK-12 Education Prez

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Slidedeck from March 8 presentation; Ventura County Office of Education.

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Media Literacy and AI in TK-12 Education Prez

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Slidedeck developed by Santa Barbara County Office of Education.

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Executive Summary of research article from the Kapor Foundation; January 2024. 6 pages.

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Creating Access to Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy Education

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Creating Access to Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy Education

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A 2017 white paper from CommonSense.org; 11 pages.

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Students can explore how journalists have covered 12 key moments in U.S. History while building media literacy skills; designed for middle and high school students. Journalism Matters is supported by a grant from the Library of Congress.

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Journalism in Action allows you to learn about ten key moments in US history through a journalist's lens. In this interactive website designed for middle and high school students, you will analyze primary sources such as newspaper articles, videos, and photography to determine what happened and how such culture-shifting events affected civic life.

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Fact-Check the Chatbot: Spotting Misinformation and Hallucinations in GenAI

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Fact-Check the Chatbot: Spotting Misinformation and Hallucinations in GenAI

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Recording of workshop presented by KQED.

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All-in-one virtual event platform | Zoom Events

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The KQED Youth Media Challenge empowers students to share their ideas through audio, video and images. Choose from three FREE standards-aligned projects, complete with ready to use, modifiable curricular supports. Great for ELA, science, social studies and more.

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Get Started with Free Curriculum

Engage student voice and choice with project-based learning that challenges students to use media to have their say, share what they know or tell their own stories.

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Get Started with Free Curriculum Engage student voice and choice with project-based learning that challenges students to use media to have their say, share what they know or tell their own stories.

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Grade Band Expectations for News Literacy

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Grade Band Expectations for News Literacy

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From the News Literacy Project; developed September 2025 for grades K-12

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9_2_25Expansion of Grade band expectations for new literacy

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2024 study from the News Literacy Project

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Weekly e-newsletter from the News Literacy Project focusing on the latest topics in news literacy — including social media, AI, journalism, misinformation and press freedom.

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The News Literacy Project - For a future founded on facts

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An educator's guide to the week in news literacy.

Short on time? We've got you covered

The news and information world is changing fast. In just a few minutes, The Sift will catch you up on the week's biggest news literacy stories and give you ready-to-use tools to turn them into powerful lessons.

The Sift comes to your inbox every Monday during the school year. It covers the latest topics in news literacy - including social media, AI, journalism, misinformation and press freedom. Each issue is packed with classroom resources like guides, quizzes, slides, discussion questions and teaching tips.

It's made to save you time and help your students think more clearly and critically about what they read and watch online.

Featured editions

Curious what The Sift looks like? Explore three standout issues educators keep coming back to:

AI chatbots harming teens | Embracing influencers

Stay up to date on the latest in artificial intelligence and influencer trends by reading The Sift. Here's an issue that provides guidance, teaching ideas and Google Slides on these topics.

Dangerous memes | AI Pikachu

Need classroom discussion prompts to help your students think critically about memes? This issue has ready-to-go questions.

Special issue: wellness claims quiz

Science and wellness claims are everywhere online. Here's a special issue featuring a quiz to help your students think critically about social media posts by influencers, celebrities, doctors and health organizations.

Want to see more?

Who's behind The Sift?

The Sift is created by a team of journalists, educators and designers who follow NLP's news values and standards.

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The Sift Newsletter - The News Literacy Project

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The Sift® Newsletter An educator's guide to the week in news literacy. Subscribe now Short on time? We've got you covered The news and information world is changing fast.

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April 2025 article posted on Phys.org

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How memes spread conspiracy theories, and what to consider before sharing one

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“I am become meme,” declared Elon Musk at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, just after hoisting a chainsaw—a gift from Argentina’s president, Javier Milei—above his head. The tech billionaire and head of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was correct. Within hours, images of the moment had spread across social media, spawning countless edits, humorous remixes and sharp commentary.

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Since 1994, Snopes has fact-checked urban legends, hoaxes, and folklore. Snopes is a member of the International Fact Checking Network.

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The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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Media Literacy and Media Making for K-12 Educators

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Media Literacy and Media Making for K-12 Educators

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Free courses for K-12 teachers.

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Free self-paced online courses and workshops on media making and teaching for all educators!

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As part of the News Literacy Project (NLP), RumorGuard fact checks viral rumors.

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RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project

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Helping you determine the credibility of info found online

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The Media Literacy Coalition is a Monterey Bay Area coalition of educators and community members. Their mission is to heighten awareness of the critical need for media literacy and to provide the educational resources required to carry out that mission.

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"Above the Noise" was hosted by Myles Bess and was designed to help students take a deeper look at the research and facts behind controversial and trending topics in the news. The show was sponsored by KQED until 2024; archived episodes are still available.

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ABOVE THE NOISE is a show that cuts through the hype and takes a deeper look at the research and facts behind controversial and trending topics in the news. ...

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FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center that monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.

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A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

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Teaching about Misinformation in Grades K-5

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Teaching about Misinformation in Grades K-5

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A flexible set of interconnected K-5 lessons and activities that help students learn how to detect, avoid, and resist online misinformation; from Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College.

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Constructivist media decoding in elementary school

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Constructivist media decoding in elementary school

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Peer reviewed article from the Journal of Media Literacy Education.

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Constructivist media decoding in elementary school: Media literacy instruction across a school year

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In 2021, Ithaca College’s Project Look Sharp conducted a pilot project to demonstrate that school librarians were in a unique position to provide media literacy instruction and function as building and district leaders to mentor teachers in media literacy integration. The initiative taught librarians to use constructivist media decoding (CMD) – an inquiry-based, curriculum driven approach to media analysis and production. This article, informed by the evaluation of that effort, offers a qualitative view from three elementary school librarians who were part of the pilot cohort. They describe how they implemented CMD in ways that can be duplicated by other educators and also, importantly, how their experience using an inquiry-based method transformed their teaching.

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June 2025 article from the American Psychological Association.

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2025 article from Hong Kong, published in the Journal of Media Literacy Education.

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Insights from educators: Integrating AI literacy into media literacy education in practice

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Through in-depth interviews with junior high school teachers in Hong Kong who participated in a media and artificial intelligence literacy program intervention, this research highlights the importance of prioritizing values and ethics education over technical proficiency when incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into media literacy training. While quantitatively assessing students’ literacy levels posed challenges, future media literacy programs should concentrate on introducing technological terminology and concepts, promoting awareness of potential issues, instilling values for responsible technology use, and fostering empathy to create a harmonious online environment. By focusing on fundamental values and key concepts rather than following fleeting AI trends, educators can empower students to navigate the digital media landscape effectively. Introducing such education among junior high school students, potentially involving parental education, is crucial for nurturing well-rounded digital citizens. The discussion thoroughly explores implications and recommendations for media literacy education programs, specifically in an AI era.

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Empowering Students Through Media Decoding

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Empowering Students Through Media Decoding

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15-20 hour hybrid course sponsored by Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College.

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Project Look Sharp provides lesson plans, materials, training and support to help teachers integrate media literacy into their classroom curricula.

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9 minute video from Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College.

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From the Civics of Technology project; includes resources and language to help parents and caregivers engage in conversations with the school community, including screen time, privacy, and equity.

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Civics of Tech Parents — Civics of Technology

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July 2025 report posted by CommonSenseMedia.org.

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Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions

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Our new report finds that teens’ AI companion use is commonplace, complicated, and sometimes concerning.

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Mini-poster from NAMLE.

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8 pages; from NAMLE.

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Includes four free Professional Learning Sessions:

1) Search Like a Fact Checker

2) Lateral Reading & Click Restraint

3) Evaluating Different Types of Evidence

4) Adapting COR for Your Teaching Context

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COR Professional Learning Framework | Civic Online Reasoning

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This framework includes recommendations for professional learning on how to improve students’ online reasoning. We’ve designed these resources to be used flexibly with colleagues in your department, school, and beyond. Central to this professional learning framework are classroom simulations that offer opportunities to observe student challenges, reflect on instruction, and plan best practices in teaching Civic Online Reasoning. These activities are delivered on a free online platform called Teaching Moments or can be reviewed as Google Docs or printed pages. You may choose to have participants complete these activities before professional learning meetings or during them. We encourage groups to modify the materials to best suit their needs and interests. The classroom simulations are designed to be used sequentially, starting with Session 1 and ending with Session 4. For those looking to do just one session, we recommend Session 1 or 3. For those planning to do two or three sessions, we recommend doing Session 4 only if you’ve completed Session 1.

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Research studies that form the basis for the COR Curriculum.

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Free lessons and assessments that help you teach students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world.

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From Media Literacy Now; includes an Advocacy Toolkit and other ways to get involved.

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Media Literacy Now | Advocating for Media Literacy Education

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Parents & Individuals | Media Literacy Now

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What is Media Literacy? What is Digital Citizenship? Media Literacy Now is a public policy initiative, developing legislation and leading grassroots coalitions state by state.

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Filter by media type: x-axis represents bias, from most extreme left to balanced to most extreme right; y-axis represents reliability, from inaccurate/fabricated info to wide variation to thorough fact reporting or fact-dense analysis.

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A guide for helping kids build healthy and safe digital habits from Boston Children's Digital Wellness Lab.

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2023-2024 Update: A guide for helping kids build healthy and safe digital habits

We hear directly from youth that their lived reality is one seamless environment with little distinction between their digital and non-digital experiences - making digital wellness a journey, not an end state.

With technology constantly evolving, we understand that parents and caregivers may feel concerned, confused, or even guilty about their decisions around their children's use of screens. We recommend that instead of worrying about how you're handling your child's technology use, ask yourself, "How can I help my child utilize interactive media in a way that creates a positive effect on their overall mental and physical health?"

Because we know from our research that technology and digital media, when used with intention, can support well-being, we have designed this guide to empower families as they navigate their way through the ongoing process of intentional engagement with these powerful tools, both online and off.

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Family Digital Wellness Guide - The Digital Wellness Lab

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We hear directly from youth that their lived reality is one seamless environment with little distinction between their digital and non-digital experiences - making digital wellness a journey, not an end state.

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Navigating Now: А Practical Toolkit for Information Literacy in the Age of Al 

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July 2025 resource from the Oregon Department of Education; 40 pages.

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A 2025 downloadable health advisory from the American Psychological Association.

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Health advisory: Artificial intelligence and adolescent well-being

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AI use is expanding rapidly, with increasing adoption among youth. This report offers a series of recommendations for ensuring adolescents’ safety and well-being while using AI tools.

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Developing and Testing the Efficacy of Digital Literacy Lessons

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Developing and Testing the Efficacy of Digital Literacy Lessons

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2023 article focusing on materials designed to teach students to evaluate online information across subject areas, including pre- and post-test data.

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Civic Online Reasoning Across the Curriculum: Developing and Testing the Efficacy of Digital Literacy Lessons - Sarah McGrew, Joel Breakstone, 2023

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Given the current threat posed by toxic digital content, preparing students to evaluate online sources cannot be relegated to a single subject area—this instruc…

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When students understand how to evaluate and be strategic consumers of media, it supports them to evaluate local issues and to engage with change in their own community.

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State Seal of Civic Engagement - Professional Learning (CA Dept of Education)

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Information and resources regarding the State Seal of Civic Engagement.

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July 2025 article argues that A.I. Companions are designed to create social attachment, and that this risk is unacceptable for anyone under the age of 18.

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Social AI Companions - Learn more and get Common Sense Media’s research-backed tips.

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Join us at MCOE for a dive into A.I. and Media Literacy. We will Analyze how A.I. is being used across various types of media, and how to evaluate whether what we see is real and true. Registration required.

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Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education

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Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education

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...a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Organization for

Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Code.org and leading

international experts support its development. The AILit Framework

contributes to the PISA 2029 Media & Artificial Intelligence Literacy

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A Framework to Understand, Evaluate, and Use Emerging Technology from Digital Promise

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UNESCO AI competency framework for students

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UNESCO AI competency framework for students

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This publication aims to help international educators integrating artificial intelligence learning objectives into official school curricula to prepare students to be responsible and creative citizens in the era of AI; August 2024

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This publication aims to help educators integrating artificial intelligence learning objectives into official school curricula to prepare students to be responsible and creative citizens in the era of AI.

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from Digital Promise, a global nonprofit that works with educators, researchers, technology leaders, and communities to design, investigate, and scale up innovations that empower learners, especially those who’ve been historically and systematically excluded.

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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in our daily lives and educational settings, it is imperative to equip learners, educators, and leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate this emerging technology responsibly. Our AI Literacy Framework (depicted below) consists of three interconnected Modes of Engagement: Understand, Evaluate, and Use. The framework emphasizes that understanding and evaluating AI are critical to making informed decisions about if and how to use AI in learning environments.

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AI and Teaching and Learning Research Guide

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AI and Teaching and Learning Research Guide

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Hervieux, Sandy, and Amanda Wheatley (2024). "Building an AI Literacy Framework: Perspectives from Instruction Librarians and Current Information Literacy Tools" Choice White Paper.

Executive Summary: With growing discussions around generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, librarians are now confronted with accessible AI technology that students are using to offset their research and writing tasks. Information literacy frameworks and standards have traditionally helped librarians plan their instruction sessions; however, these structures do not address AI. Many librarian-led workshops have started to appear to help students create chat prompts, verify the information provided by ChatGPT, and use AI tools critically. While some discussion has started around the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and the place of AI within it, we propose that a new framework is needed to address all the complexities of artificial intelligence. This white paper aims to report on interviews with instruction librarians about AI literacy. From the analysis of the interviews, we will identify the main themes and concerns related to AI and develop a robust framework for AI literacy. Readers of the white paper should gain a better understanding of the place of AI literacy in information literacy instruction and be able to use a rigorous structure to plan their own interventions.

"The Digital Education Council AI Literacy Framework. Digital Education Council AI Literacy framework takes a human-centered approach to AI literacy, emphasising the importance of human skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence. / It offers higher education institutions with structured guidance on developing AI literacy approaches that will equip individuals with key foundational AI competencies and industry-specific applications."

d UseDigital Promise Framework : As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in our daily lives and educational settings, it is imperative to equip learners, educators, and leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate this emerging technology responsibly. Our AI Literacy Framework (depicted below) consists of three interconnected Modes of Engagement: Understand, Evaluate, an . The framework emphasizes that understanding and evaluating AI are critical to making informed decisions about if and how to use AI in learning environments .

is a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for every learner. Working with a wide range of partners and practitioners in the U.S. and around the world, our initiatives have impacted over 4.4 million students and 180,000 teachers across 173 districts and in 27 countries to date.

Kassorla, Michelle, Maya Georgieva, and Allison Papini (2024). " AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education," Educause, October 17, 2024.

This report presents a comprehensive framework for AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning (ALTL) in higher education, addressing the need for institutions to adapt to the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). The framework equips students, faculty, and staff to engage effectively and ethically with AI technologies in academic and professional contexts. / ALTL involves understanding AI fundamentals, critically evaluating AI applications, and maintaining vigilance against misuse and bias. The framework provides tailored definitions, competencies, and outcomes for students, faculty, and staff, focusing on four key areas: Technical Understanding, Evaluative Skills, Practical Application, and Ethical Considerations.

Turner, Patricia (2025). "Mapping a Multidimensional Framework for GenAI in Education," Educause Review. April 1, 2025. "Prompting careful dialogue through incisive questions can help chart a course through the ongoing storm of artificial intelligence."

Hibbert, Melanie, Elana Altman, Tristan Shippen, and Melissa Wright (2024). "A Framework for AI Literacy," Educause Review, June 2, 2024. "Academic and technologies teams at Barnard College developed an AI literacy framework to provide a conceptual foundation for AI education and programming eﬀorts in higher education institutional contexts."

Stanford Teaching Commons: Understanding AI Literacy - This module introduces a framework that identifies and organizes skills and knowledge that you can use to navigate the challenges and opportunities of generative AI technology in education in more thoughtful ways. / After completing this module, you should be able to:

Describe the skills and knowledge within each of the four domains of this framework

Apply the AI literacy framework to a real-life educational context

Identify and commit to actions that can improve your or students' AI literacy.

UNESCO Digital Literacy Global Network (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our world and changing the way we live, work and learn. To help education systems keep pace, UNESCO is launching two new AI competency frameworks - one for students and one for teachers.

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Research Guides: AI and Teaching and Learning: Examples of AI Literacy Frameworks

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This guide is a detailed overview of AI literacy that addresses technical, ethical, critical, and societal dimensions of AI in education in our current AI-embedded world.

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CAI's vision: to center equity and justice in AI education and be a voice for our California communities who have little or no voice in the future of AI.