CTRL-F: Educator Workshop with Mike Caulfield
Help students learn strategies to evaluate digital information.
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CTRL-F: Find the Facts — Educator Workshop
In this hands-on workshop teachers will become familiar with CTRL-F program and digital literacy strategies for verifying information online.
It will be led by digital information literacy expert, Mike Caulfield (Washington State University) who also presents the student-facing CTRL-F skills videos.
Attendees will be introduced to the CTRL-F methodology and three core skills, and demonstrated the techniques before applying the learning to guided hands-on practice. Mike will answer questions that arise, and offer tips for success in the classroom.
Total session time is two hours, including a Q&A. There will also be an opportunity for discussion with fellow educators.
About Mike Caulfield
Mike Caulfield is one of the key figures in digital literacy education, someone who is radically rethinking how online information literacy is taught. He lives in Vancouver, Washington, and leads the Digital Polarization Initiative, a national project in the US that aims to improve civic discourse by developing web literacy skills in college undergraduates.
His popular open textbook Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers is used by teachers at hundreds of institutions. Mike’s approach is accessible. The power of the skills he teaches is that nearly anyone can use them. He has supported K-12 educators implementing curriculum, including leading workshops for CIVIX and hosting instructional videos for middle- and high-school students.