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Communication, General

Resources to fight fake news!

We are library people, and our jobs are all about finding and sharing good information sources! Here is an infographic you can use, and share with your patrons, to help fight fake news. (Or, as we have called it for years now in library work: Information Literacy.) The more we can spread this information, the better skilled our communities will be!

From the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA):

“With Wikipedia’s #1lib1ref (One Librarian, One Reference) campaign going on – the theme of last week being fake news – IFLA posted an How to Spot Fake News infographic on Facebook and Twitter. We also published a blog about the topic, exploring some of the ways libraries help battle alternative facts and fake news.

Discussions about fake news has led to a new focus on media literacy more broadly, and the role of libraries and other education institutions in providing this. When Oxford Dictionaries announce post-truth is Word of the Year 2016, we as librarians realize action is needed to educate and advocate for critical thinking – a crucial skill when navigating the information society.

The fake news infographic shows eight simple steps (based on FactCheck.org’s 2016 article How to Spot Fake News) to discover the verifiability of a given news-piece in front of you. Download, print, translate, and share – at home, at your library, in your local community, and in social media networks. The more we crowdsource our wisdom, the wiser the world becomes.”

(Go to the IFLA site to download this infographic!)

 

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Digital Citizenship: Infographics

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This is the third post in our series about Digital Citizenship. Today we look at Common Sense Media’s posters and infographics you can use!

What better way to grab student’s attention then with a flashy infographic or poster. Digital Citizenship can be a tricky subject for students to grasp and Common Sense Media’s posters are an easy way for students to approach this difficult subject. From oversharing to posters for elementary students, Common Sense Media has tons of options. Check out all the posters now!

 

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Infographics for You to Use: Fun Ones!

Want to use infographics in your space, but don’t have the time to create your own from scratch?  Well, thanks to A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet, we have infographics of all kinds – this last week, five fun ones!  Click on the links to see the full infographics.

29 29 Ways to Stay Creative
 comic At-A-Glance Comic Tutorials
 Tales Telling Tales: The Evolution of Four Stories
 Twain The Top 10 List of Famous Mark Twain Quotes
 HP A Visual Summary of Harry Potter

More Infographics for You to Use: Reading and its Benefits, Libraries and Librarians, Books and eBooks, Information Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and Plagiarism, Digital Citizens, Press and Visuals, and Writing and Grammar.

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Infographic: What do the MN multitypes do?

multitype_infographic_p1The MN multicounty, multitype library systems play an important role in the statewide fabric of libraries, but it is sometimes hard to explain exactly how.  Why? While we all have some common focus areas, we are also tasked with responding to specific needs in our respective regions. So services can vary by region. In the case of CMLE, we respond to the needs of 320 libraries in 12 counties in Central MN. Does this sound like a tall order? Why yes it is, and the hardest part is gathering up a good picture of the regional needs. Stay tuned for a member needs assessment coming soon, where we will give you an opportunity to provide input. For now, feel free to get the big picture of multitypes by taking a look at the infographic we recently created to help legislators understand the work we do. Multitype funding has been flat for eight years, so we are making the case for a funding increase, and hope we are successful. If we are, lots of exciting possibilities are on the seven multitype wish lists!

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Infographic – The 1:1 Classroom

TribehutCMLE found this easily read infographic about the issues surrounding the 1:1 digital classroom. Visit this link to get answers to the following questions….

  • “What devices are vying for 1:1 dominance in a digital classroom?
  • What devices are teachers and students primarily using?
  • What are the critical issues districts need to consider before going to a 1:1 model?”

Created by Troxell and MDR’s WeAreTeachers, this infographic addresses all of these questions and more!