Resources for School Librarians - Index

Young People and the Digital World

Who are The Media and Who Uses Media

• Pew Internet Research Project - The newest studies on internet usage by Americans.
• Pew Internet Research Projects Topic List - Look here to find research on the topics that you are interested in
• Teens and Social Media - A fact sheet from the Pew Research Center. Jan 5, 2024.
• Teens Spend More Time on the Internet than on Homework - Well that is not a surprise. Teens spend 4.8 hours a day on social media. This is from Forbes, Oct. 18, 2023.
• Almost half of US teens use the Internet "almost constantly" - This report from the World Economic Forum will tell you where they are spending their time. August 30, 2022.
• Generation Like - The power of being "liked" and its effect on teenage behavior. This is a Frontline report, February, 2014.
• The Merchants of Cool - Web site for the PBS Frontline show on the effect of popular culture on teenagers.

Teaching Media Literacy

• Media Smarts - Lesson plans from Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy.
• Read Write Think - This site has many lesson plans for teaching media literacy.
• PBS Teacher Source - Media studies lesson plans.
• Ontario Media Literacy Homepage - Lesson plans for media literacy by an Ontario media literacy teacher.

"Fake News"

• News Platform Fact Sheet. - Americans get their news from digital devices instead of newspapers or TV. From Pew Research, Nov 23, 2023
• News Consumption Across Social Media Platforms in 2021 - From the Pew Research Center, September, 2021.
• Evaluating Sources in a "Post Truth" World - Lesson plan ideas from the New York Times, Jan. 19, 2017
• The Honest Truth About Fake News and How Not to Fall for it - From Station KQED
• Fighting Fake News - A lesson plan by Rachel Roberson from station KQED
• Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation - From the ReadWriteThink web site.
• Skills and Strategies | Fake News vs. Real News: Determining the Reliability of Sources - by Katherine Schulton for the New York Times Learning Network.
• Teaching About Fake News - More suggestions for teaching about fake news from the Resources for School Librarians web site.

Youth, the Internet and Digital Media

Internet Problems

• Stop Cyberbullying Now - Information for parents and educators from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
• Kidsafe Search Sites - Information about safe sites and about child safety on the internet.
• BBC Technology News - a good site to keep up with what is going on in the fight against spam and media piracy.

Copyright Issues

• The U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Kids - This site is designed to teach young people about copyright. By the Copyright Society of the USA.
• Copyright and Creativity - This site helps students in all grades to learn about copyright and fair use.
• Copyright and Fair Use - Links to primary sources and web sites. From the Stanford University Library.
• Software Information Industry Association - Check out the anti-piracy section for information on software copyright.
• Teaching Copyright - an extensive curriculum from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• Seven Resources for Detecting and Preventing Plagerism - From Free Technology for Teachers.
• Did Chat GPT Write this, Here's How to Tell. - Information from Mozilla. April 14, 2023

Intellectual Freedom in America Today

• The American Civil Liberties Union
• ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
• The Center for Democracy and Technology - Information about the government and technology.
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation - Group protecting digital rights.

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