Download or read book MLA Guide to Digital Literacy written by Ellen C. Carillo and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students face challenges assessing, responding to, and producing information in today's fast-paced, complex digital landscape. This guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a critically important skill: their education, future careers, and participation in democratic processes rely on it. Hands-on, structured activities give students strategies for evaluating the credibility of sources, detecting fake news, understanding bias, and more. Readings and writing prompts support specific concepts, including how to craft a research question and effectively conduct searches. An appendix contains three sample lesson plans.