{"id":99455,"date":"2026-11-05T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=99455"},"modified":"2026-11-05T13:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:03:45","slug":"3-habits-students-can-develop-to-find-credible-online-resources-yell-media-literacy-resources-from-sue-ellen-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2026\/11\/05\/3-habits-students-can-develop-to-find-credible-online-resources-yell-media-literacy-resources-from-sue-ellen-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Habits Students Can Develop to Find Credible Online Resources [Yell] + media literacy resources from Sue Ellen Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/teaching-students-identify-credible-online-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>3 Habits Students Can Develop to Find Credible Online Resources<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by Michael Yell<br \/>\n<em>As students become more acquainted with social media and AI, these habits can help them distinguish credible sources from misinformation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1. Teaching Students to Ask, \u2018Who\u2019s Behind the Information?\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2. Teaching Students to Read Laterally on the Web, Not Vertically<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3. Teaching Habits of Mind, Not Checklists<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/teaching-students-identify-credible-online-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wpvip.edutopia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hero_blog_media-literacy_iStock_2199327957_Unaihuiziphotography.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=85\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also related\/see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Check out several resources from my sister, Sue Ellen Christian, a Professor of Communication at Western Michigan University:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondermedialibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wonder Media: Ask the Questions<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis website is dedicated to helping you learn more about how to use the media for your purposes, and not to be used by media. The contents of the site are divided to facilitate selection of activities. For games, videos, quizzes, music and more focused on general media use, select from the Media Literacy Toolkit. For activities focused on information and news use, see the News Literacy Toolkit.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondermedialibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wondermedialibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wonder-Media-Logo_Color.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/books\/828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Everyday Media Literacy : An Analog Guide for Your Digital Life<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Overcoming-Bias-A-Journalists-Guide-to-Culture--Context\/Christian\/p\/book\/9780367366957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Overcoming Bias | A Journalist&#8217;s Guide to Culture &amp; Context<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Habits Students Can Develop to Find Credible Online Resources &#8212; from edutopia.org by Michael Yell As students become more acquainted with social media and AI, these habits can help them distinguish credible sources from misinformation. 1. Teaching Students to Ask, \u2018Who\u2019s Behind the Information?\u2019 2. Teaching Students to Read Laterally on the Web, Not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[851,115,302,343,71,3,419,55,46,408,182,133,196,855,480,66,89,50,321,214,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-education","category-faculty-staff","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-internet","category-k-12-related","category-mediafilm","category-new-media-literacies","category-online-media","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-skills","category-society","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-united-states","category-universities","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99455"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99460,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99455\/revisions\/99460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}