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Nextgen Professional Development

Students are bombarded with information from multiple platforms in all areas of their lives, but they need skills to evaluate whether it is credible and how to identify partial truths and bias. The goal of the NextGen Information Literacy Project is to produce responsible consumers of information who use critical thinking skills to evaluate the massive amount of news and media they will encounter in their lives.

Continue Learning With:

Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE):  Asynchronous courses covering the fundamentals of librarianship.  Find introductory information touching on information literacy topics important for reference materials in the Evaluating Reference Sources module of the Public Services Sequence.

Evaluating Online Sources: Checking Facts & Identifying Misinformation: Free course for K-12 educators from KQED TEACH. (KQED is a PBS affiliate).  Learn at your pace with step-by-step videos and hands-on activities. Join live events with instructors and peers.

The News Literacy Project:  The News Literacy Project offers engaging, interactive in-person and virtual workshops and webinars for educators nationwide who are interested in deepening their skillset in teaching news literacy.

Check out these titles on information literacy:

Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2018.

UPCOMING EVENTS

LITT: Academic Libraries

February 10, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

LITT: Adult Services

February 12, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST

LITT: Marketing – Digital Displays

February 25, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST

Early Learning LITT Discussion

February 26, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm MST

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For more information on the NextGen project in Idaho, please contact Jeannie Standal

Jeannie Standal

Jeannie Standal

School Library Consultant
Email / 208-639-4139
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