by GDC Team | Information Fluency
As a teacher, making sure your learners are in an environment where healthy classroom discussions can happen is important to their development as problem-solvers and creative thinkers. Your class can become a place for lively discussions and a beneficial sharing of... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Every learner needs to use their research skills for one assignment or another. How do we help them sift through information to get at the best and most reliable content? As in life, we know that not everything on the Internet is true. Sooner or later, our children... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Pull the lever on your classroom time machine, friends. We’re going to take a look back at some of the top education news stories that made the online circuit in 2016. These were no ordinary stories, either. According to BuzzSumo, these were the ones everyone... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Fake news happens just as often as real news does. That’s especially true in our interconnected Internet-driven age of information. Getting duped by fake news is one of the inherent risks of consuming information on the Internet. So how do we tell the fake stuff... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
The purpose of education is to teach people lifelong learning skills that will help them navigate careers and relationships in their post-school lives. Aside from teaching core subjects (among others), there are many important skills that are valuable to becoming... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
We’ve either heard it before or we’ve said it ourselves: I can’t wait to get out of school/college/grad school! On graduation night we listen to an awesome commencement speech. Then we throw our caps in the air and go out to eat with our loved ones. Finally it’s done,... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
“Personal finance might not have the same cachet as sex ed, but schools are now trying to fill in some of the gaps we have in financial literacy—the idea being that if you tackle it early, you can instill in students a lifetime of knowledge.” Click to tweet Source:... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
There’s no understating the importance of proper nutrition for achieving optimum health, longevity, and peak brain performance. The issue of school nutrition is a big part of this. It’s been studied, picked apart, analyzed, lauded, and condemned in places... ![Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts: The Definitive Guide [Infographic]](https://i1.wp.com/globaldigitalcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/red-email-montage.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1)
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
If you’re an avid Gmial user, then Gmail keyboard shortcuts come in handy for busy times. Email is still one of the most popular ways to communicate for business and pleasure. It pays to know how to maximize your time with it. Inboxes can get out of hand... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Many of today’s younger parents may remember playing a popular card game called Pokémon back in the early 1990s, where players collected different imaginary characters to trade and engage with other children in make-believe adventures. As technology grew, eventually... 