Freshman Seminar

Although the current landscape in education emphasizes the importance of developing students' information literacy in formal education settings, little attention has been paid to information literacy within the context of social media use. This study investigated the relationship between information literacy and social media competence (SMC) among 1843 university students.

Students are continually exposed to news and information from multiple media resources. The competencies that students need to make good decisions with the information they are exposed to need to be taught, modeled, and practiced continually. In this article, the author explores how school librarians can make sure students graduate with the skills necessary to be information and media literate. She details how to engage classroom teachers and administrators in this instruction and provides resources that can help support media and information literacy curriculum.

In this article, the author explores how school librarians can make sure students graduate with the skills necessary to be information and media literate. She details how to engage classroom teachers and administrators in this instruction and provides resources that can help support media and information literacy curriculum.

What does it mean for a source to be credible? Why is it important to use these sources? How can you tell if a source is credible?

When you look at a book, you do not see the process the writer used to make it. What you see in print might not be much like the first plan for the book. The author might have rewritten many times.