No tool can teach digital literacy!

 

However, you know that as a school librarian you have MANY tools in your shed through which to teach how to find, evaluate and use information found on the internet!

 

The article fails to mention the availability of libraries, librarians, or lack thereof.

 

Using any tool in isolation can lead the user down the wrong road, giving our students a variety of evaluation tools AND the instruction and PRACTICE to use them is where the learning and growing happens!

 

Barbara Johnson

Library Media Specialist

Jack Jackter Intermediate School

www.jackjackterlibrary.com

@technojohnson

 

CT Association of School Librarians President

Computer Educators of CT President-Elect

 

From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces@mylist.net> On Behalf Of Crean, Sue
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 12:06 PM
To: CASL GROUP LIST <CASL-L@mylist.net>
Subject: [CASL-L] CRAAP test alternatives

 

 

Hi - I read this late last night, before I planned to teach the CRAAP test to my 7th grade students. (I tie it to the 5W's too)  I also have started having them look for the sources that are quoted and evidence (statistics, reports, graphs, etc).  However, I was disturbed to read in this article from NEAToday that the CRAAP test :

 

'The most well-known example of this approach is the CRAAP test – named for the five criteria it it is designed to evaluate: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. Despite its popularity, the test doesn’t teach students to properly use the Internet to determine a site’s trustworthiness. In addition, say the researchers, the CRAAP test “has no basis in research and can actually lead students dangerously astray.”  '

 

 

'They urge new research-based strategies to inform high-quality instructional materials that should be distributed at no cost to every school in the country. Only then can we expect to move the needle on students’ digital literacy, the researchers write.' 

 

If you are currently using an alternative (preferably research based), could you please share?

 

Thanks,

Sue Crean

 

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Mrs. Sue Crean

Librarian/21st Century Skills Teacher
Whisconier Middle School

Brookfield, CT

creans@brookfieldps.org

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