Contact your Media Specialist for information literacy units embedded in the classroom.
"There's so much fake news out there, they really don't know what's true anymore," Gerard says.That's why educators like her around the world have launched programs to help students navigate this bewildering media landscape.In the Czech Republic, high schools teach teens to identify propaganda from Russia.In Sweden, students as young as 10 are schooled on how to consume news.And in Pennsylvania, a state lawmaker wants mandatory media literacy classes in all public schools."The sophistication in how this false information is disguised and spread can make it very difficult for someone, particularly young people, to determine fact from fiction," says Rep. Tim Briggs."
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