We're pleased to offer free professional development to help you develop skills and strategies for teaching students how to evaluate online information effectively.
We will hold a series of one-hour online webinars in the coming months:
Introduction to Civic Online Reasoning: Teach Students to Sort Fact from Fiction Online
The Digital Inquiry Group’s Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, based on research with professional fact checkers and tested in classrooms across the country, teaches students to effectively evaluate online content. During this interactive webinar, participants will consider the research behind the curriculum, review free curricular materials, and discuss how these resources can be integrated into their own classrooms.
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, May 28, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Monday, August 4, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, September 10, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy
Explore new Reading Like a Historian lessons that teach students to evaluate online sources. During these sessions, participants will experience model lessons, receive access to new curricular resources, and identify strategies for integrating proven digital literacy approaches into history instruction. Participants are encouraged to attend multiple sessions, as each webinar will feature different curriculum materials.
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, June 4, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Monday, June 30, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Tuesday, August 12, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, September 24, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
Civic Online Reasoning in Your Context
Consider how to integrate digital literacy instruction into the courses you teach. During these webinars, participants will engage with Civic Online Reasoning lessons designed for use in different academic subjects, identify opportunities for digital literacy integration, discuss potential barriers to integration, and receive new curricular resources. Participants are encouraged to attend multiple sessions, as each webinar will feature different lessons and assessments.
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, June 18, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, July 16, at 1pm PT/ 4pm ET
- Register to attend this webinar on Wednesday, August 27, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET
Throughout the summer and into the start of the school year, we're offering free asynchronous online courses. Each course includes evidence-based approaches to teaching digital literacy, instructional videos and simulations, discussion boards, and optional webinars.
The courses will be live for five weeks, and participants can complete them at their own pace. Participants who successfully finish a course can request a certificate of attendance that verifies the professional learning hours completed.
Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy
In this 2-hour course, participants will learn how to integrate digital literacy into the history classroom and explore free, research-backed curricular resources from the Digital Inquiry Group.
This course will run August 18 to September 30. Click here to enroll in the course.
Using Wikipedia Wisely
In this 2-hour course, participants will learn how to teach students to use Wikipedia as a starting place for verifying online information. They will debunk common misconceptions about Wikipedia and explore free, research-backed curricular resources from the Digital Inquiry Group for teaching students effective online evaluation strategies.
This course will run August 18 to September 30. Click here to enroll in the course.
Civic Online Reasoning
In this 10-hour course, participants will learn how to equip students with research-backed strategies for evaluating online information and explore free curricular resources developed by the Digital Inquiry Group. The course also addresses common student misconceptions and the pitfalls of outdated approaches to teaching digital literacy. The course includes three modules:
- Module 1: Search Like a Fact Checker with Lateral Reading
- Module 2: Verifying Claims on Social Media and Click Restraint
- Module 3: Evaluating Different Types of Online Sources
This course will run August 18 to September 30.
Basics of Evaluating Online Sources
In this 3-hour course, participants will learn how to equip students with research-backed strategies for evaluating online information, with an emphasis on the skill of lateral reading. They will also explore free, research-backed curricular resources developed by the Digital Inquiry Group. The course will include one module: Search Like a Fact Checker with Lateral Reading.
This course will run August 18 to September 30.
Important: The content of Civic Online Reasoning (3-Module Course) and Basics of Evaluating Online Sources (1-Module Course) overlaps, so educators should enroll in either but not both.
If you have any questions about our webinars or online courses, please email learn@inquirygroup.org.