Ms. Wiggins is Booked Solid

      This module's readings really stuck with me, especially because I feel like the prevalence of poor information literacy is at an all time high. Many are quick to blame the teenagers, much like the ones I teach on a daily basis. My students don't know how to evaluate, question, or even effectively communicate the information they share, simply because they do not know how . However, my generation is not much better, and I will be the first to own up to this. It is almost scary how much information we can access, and most of it is right at our fingertips. It almost feels like we live in survival mode with the swarms of misinformation and things like "clickbait" flooding our feeds.     The podcast episode "Fake News and Media Literacy" by The Liturgists left a lasting impression on me. This particular episode focuses on how we, as humans, have almost become information gluttons; we are often unable to separate the facts and truth from the intriguing headl...

    As a current high school English teacher, it is easy to let myself obsess over whether or not I'm meeting all the pieces of South Carolina's required classroom standards for English I, II, III, and IV. It is easy for me to become overwhelmed with the verbiage and jargon within each one, especially when I realize they all fall under one umbrella: high school English. As an aspiring high school librarian, I definitely enjoy the AASL and ISTE standards because they span over a multitude of things we need to be able to understand in our daily lives, especially when it comes to helping students. After reading the Knowledge Quest article "School Librarians Level Up!" I began to truly think about how the AASL and ISTE standards work together within the school library, and even outside of it.      The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) standards put the student at the center. They promote learning, innovation, exploration, and critical thinking...