Empowering teens: Enhancing information literacy through games and interactive programming
Learn fun ways to help teens boost information literacy, featuring escape room games and social media tools, developed with public libraries.
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You can help your teen patrons to become better navigators of the information that they find online. Learn about how you can offer fun and engaging experiences that bring teens to the library and build their information literacy skills. Researchers at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public walk you through programs developed with public libraries, including an escape room game and youth video program. You’ll also discover activities adapted from school libraries that help teens reflect on their interaction with social media and give them the tools to verify questionable posts.
Presented by: Liz Crouse, Education & Engagement Manager, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington; and Stacey Wedlake, Research Scientist, University of Washington Information School
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- Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.
Related resources and links
- Center for an Informed Public (CIP)
- Empowering Informed Communities: Project homepage; resource library in development
- Co-Designing for Trust: Co-created programs and lessons; sharing platform in development
- See other webinars in series:
- How do we rebuild trust in authoritative information sources?
- Why do we fall for misinformation?
- Escape Rooms, online and in-person
- Misinformation Play Pack
- Engaging with video, including sample plan
- MisinfoDay Website
- Des Moines, IA case study
- Monterey, CA case study
- YouTube channel, Center for an Informed Public at UW, with real-world examples of programs
- Media Mentorship Projects
- MisinfoDay Library for Educators & Librarians
- Teen-centered activities examples
- My Media Environment
- Social Media Algorithms
- Emotion-centered activities
- Save Our Sasquatch with the Big 7
- TikTok
- Fact-checking
Date
06 February 2025
Time
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Webinar presenter Liz Crouse
Webinar presenter Stacey Wedlake
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