MLA Guide to Digital Literacy

Download or read book MLA Guide to Digital Literacy written by Ellen C. Carillo and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students face challenges assessing, responding to, and producing information in today's fast-paced, complex digital landscape. This guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a critically important skill: their education, future careers, and participation in democratic processes rely on it. Hands-on, structured activities give students strategies for evaluating the credibility of sources, detecting fake news, understanding bias, and more. Readings and writing prompts support specific concepts, including how to craft a research question and effectively conduct searches. An appendix contains three sample lesson plans.