Another terrific post (even if you do use the Oxford comma). I'm in awe of the analysis and thorough research you apply to your work, and appreciate your selection of critical topics that most need attention, particularly the pandemic of misinformation and disinformation.
Hello! Thank you for this post! Some people think I should be an AI specialist when I say I’m our school district’s “media literacy facilitator.” The job description includes a made up set of tasks that help students stay safer online than they would if they didn’t have me.
“How do you know?” Citing evidence from texts, looking at multiple perspectives, knowing where and how to research, etc. I cover all of this, and you’re right! It’s NOT separate skills from other school subjects.
I really do wish that adults (in general) could learn more so that we can have more intelligent citizens everywhere, not just a few school classrooms.
I heartily agree! None of us asked for this confusing world, but we're here and we best learn how to navigate it. The risks of doing otherwise are far too great!
Totally agree about stats being more applicable IRL!!
This is sort of tangentially related to your excellent post here, but I just read an older post from Katy Tanis about remembering the option to consider moving some backmatter to frontmatter, as a form of "inoculation" from misinformation, which I found really interesting (and will be considering as I revise certain manuscripts). https://daughterearth.substack.com/p/should-some-back-matter-move-to-the Have a lovely weekend, Dashka!
Another terrific post (even if you do use the Oxford comma). I'm in awe of the analysis and thorough research you apply to your work, and appreciate your selection of critical topics that most need attention, particularly the pandemic of misinformation and disinformation.
I'm bipunctual when it comes to the Oxford comma, generally not using it in journalism but using it in fiction. Sometimes there's crossover though!
Good one! "Bipunctual" makes me think it could be fun to try a non-binary approach to rules of grammar.
Hello! Thank you for this post! Some people think I should be an AI specialist when I say I’m our school district’s “media literacy facilitator.” The job description includes a made up set of tasks that help students stay safer online than they would if they didn’t have me.
“How do you know?” Citing evidence from texts, looking at multiple perspectives, knowing where and how to research, etc. I cover all of this, and you’re right! It’s NOT separate skills from other school subjects.
I really do wish that adults (in general) could learn more so that we can have more intelligent citizens everywhere, not just a few school classrooms.
Have a great weekend!
Jennifer (ReadingTeacherWrites)
I heartily agree! None of us asked for this confusing world, but we're here and we best learn how to navigate it. The risks of doing otherwise are far too great!
Totally agree about stats being more applicable IRL!!
This is sort of tangentially related to your excellent post here, but I just read an older post from Katy Tanis about remembering the option to consider moving some backmatter to frontmatter, as a form of "inoculation" from misinformation, which I found really interesting (and will be considering as I revise certain manuscripts). https://daughterearth.substack.com/p/should-some-back-matter-move-to-the Have a lovely weekend, Dashka!