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From: Dr. Khalid Mumin, PA DoE Secretary

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has shared a voluntary new resource available to schools, libraries, and communities that can help prepare the next generation of news and information consumers in Pennsylvania.

The Information and Media Literacy Toolkit, which is available to the public on PDE’s website, offers resources about how to recognize biases, distinguish between credible information and misinformation, and create and share content responsibly. Through a collection of evidence-based resources, the toolkit encourages critical thinking, active participation in society, and contextual understanding of past and current events.

Resources in the toolkit are primarily geared toward educators, but there are also tools to help families and their children navigate the media landscape.

As educators and community leaders know, the media landscape of the 21st Century offers a richness of information available to anyone with an Internet connection and the curiosity to click. But it is also complicated, messy, and difficult to interpret – even for those of us who have been consuming news and information online for decades.

Feel free to access the Media Literacy Toolkit which is intended to be an optional resource for educators and families.