Readings and Resources

Here is where you will find additional readings/theoretical discourses/just plain interesting things that relate to our three main UNITS this semester: Literacy, Genre, and Inquiry.

For Literacy Unit: A great article by Ellen Carillo, a reading expert.
Navigating This Perfect Storm

For Genre Unit: Navigating Genres by Kerry Dirk

For Inquiry Unit:

Before you vote, double-check your facts

This is taken fro the News Literacy Project, which goes on to say: “Russian troll farms, bots and other types of political chicanery are certainly part of the problem — but the perception that misinformation is spread only by people who are intentionally trying to muddy the waters is far from accurate. It’s the unintentional sharing of misinformation that really causes misinformation to spread. Certainly, most of us don’t go out of our way to share bad information with our family members and friends. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t — even a casual “like” or retweet can give misinformation a broader audience.”