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How important is it for kids to learn digital media literacy? What makes something on the web trustworthy? Participate in our poll. 
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TED, the non-profit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," announced the winners of its 2011-2012 "Ads Worth Spreading" challenge on Tuesday. The non-profit stated on its website that the intention of this annual initiative is to find “ads that communicate ideas with consumers in the same way that TED wants to communicate with its audience.”... This links to the ten winners and is another way to view social media and a great tool to use to in media literacy.
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This post begins with an amazing number..."The public Internet now houses over 630 million sites" (and that number comes from December 2012 survey). To me that number raises a question - do our learners know how to evaluate websites? Do they have the tools that allow them to determine if a site is 'fact or fiction'?
This post explores the issue of media literacy with a twist, which is you may choose to participate in a poll, or simply review the data based on responses (and I do not know how long the poll will remain active).
The poll has a yes or no statement: It is important to teach children how to assess online media credibility. It is followed by four questions:
* Which media source do you trush to provide credible information?
* What makes you trust an online publication the most?
* How important is the credibility in the content you share?
* What kind of content are you most likely to share.
A unique feature of this poll is that you may explore the data through a number of filters: gender, age, income, ethnicity and race.