Media Literacy meets ISTE-NETS

3. Research and Information Fluency

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate,

and use information.

a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry

b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize,

and ethically use information from a variety of

sources and media

c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital

tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks

d. Process data and report results

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,

and Decision Making

Students use critical thinking skills to plan and

conduct research, manage projects, solve problems,

and make informed decisions using appropriate

digital tools and resources.

a. Identify and define authentic problems and

significant questions for investigation

b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution

or complete a project

c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions

and/or make informed decisions

d. Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives

to explore alternative solutions

These standards help to use media literacy by helping students to realize how accurate the website is and use other knowledge to support that idea. Standard 2: Research and Information Fluency helps the students to use other internet sources. Sub "C" under this standard, (C)Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the apprptiatedness to specific tasks, help the student to support their ideas with other internet sources. Standard 4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making also helps the students to validate the website.

Media Literacy is so important in today's technological age. If you can't tell if the website is a reliable source, then how will you know what information to believe? Since anyone can put anything on the internet you must know how to validate a website and be media literate, or you may be given false information.