Also, if your district uses @zoobean.bsky.social (Beanstack) for reading promotion & you’re like me & haven’t really played around with it much, I learned SO much about possible applications & ways to use it from participating as a reader in my public library’s challenge this summer 👀 #TLSky

Ch 1’s dive into SEL & its compatibility w steps of info lit also has me thinking ab the struggle some 2️⃣ary students have w owning 🆙 to their emotions (& sometimes even naming them), much less seeing emotional reflection as a step to reasoned action. How helpful that would be for all of us, really.🤷🏻‍♀️

That a cause for pause is just that— an invitation to stop, think, & evaluate before moving forward. Has me wondering if/how we could incorporate last year’s social trend of red, beige, & green flags here 🚩 ⬇️

Another note from ch 1 that I didn’t fit into the visual but felt was important: authors reiterate that just bc info sources may contain emotional triggers doesn’t mean they’re 💯% untrustworthy, & I think kids struggle w that gray area sometimes. ⬇️

An INCREDIBLE resource! So appreciative of the work y’all put into this!

***Hudgins’— not Huggins’—on the 2nd book author name 😬 Autocorrect strikes again!

Also, how incredible that we have these intelligent, creative, critical, & compassionate humans in our 🌎 who commit themselves so selflessly to the education of others & the betterment of society 🤩 Thank you for providing us w/ the course & the book @techielibgrl.com @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social 🙏

Love this 💭 ➡️ “There may be two sides to every story, but not every side has earned the right of critical debate.” It’s a line we often feel forced to walk in our exceedingly dichotomous culture, but facts—and falsehoods— do exist. ⬇️

For ex., the days of teaching URL domain ID as a 🔑 strategy for source evaluation feels a bit like weeding a nonfiction section that hasn’t been touched in awhile, & yet kids will inevitably throw that out as a first response when I’m opening a research source credibility lesson. ⬇️

The 💭 that traditional approaches to information literacy are lacking is spot-on & the need to educate today’s adults & teaching force (myself included) in new approaches is critical ⬇️