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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> November/December 2017<br /> Volume 35, Issue 3<br /> Critical Literacy<br /> in a Digital World<br />  Teaching media literacy in<br /> the age of fake news<br />  Reexamining plagiarism and<br /> ownership in a digital age<br />  Using digital tools to support<br /> early literacy development<br /> <br /> ontents<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 ILA UPDATE<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> 8 Knowing When to Let Your Students<br /> Drive the Lesson<br /> 10 Incoming Reading Research Quarterly<br /> Editors' Vision for the Journal<br /> 18<br /> Critical Literacy in<br /> a Digital World<br /> DIGITAL LITERACIES<br /> 12 Digital Literacies On, Behind, and Beyond the Screen<br /> 14 Plagiarism in the Digital Age<br /> 16 Embracing Film Theory in the ELA Curriculum<br /> 18 Assessing News L<a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY November/December 2017 Volume 35,</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=2"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=5"> WHO IS THE FUTURE OF LITERACY? ILA WANTS TO KN</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=6"> LIT BITS ILA Nominates Iran Lit</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=7"> #Giving Tuesday November 28 marks the sixth </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=8"> ILA UPDATE What Did You Do in 2017? This i</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=9"> BUILD UP YOUR PRACTICE WITH ILA E-SSENTIALS How d</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Julie Scullen (julie.scullen</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=11"> I find that every now and then, I nee</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Wes Ford (wford@reading.org)</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=13"> using technologies like social media and podcasts</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=14"> DIGITAL LITERACIES Earl Aguilera (eaguile5@asu.e</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=15"> ask students to consider aspects of our digital w</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=16"> DIGITAL LITERACIES GaryMoorman (moormangb@appsta</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=17"> Before we illustrate how the digital </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=18"> DIGITAL LITERACIES Michael Hernandez (cinehead3@</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=19"> “While I think people need to read an</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=20"> COVER STORY </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=21"> ASSESSING NEWS LITERACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY A yea</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=22"> Evaluating critical thinking skills The Chicago-b</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=23"> schools. A survey will also be conducted to deter</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=24"> better able to comprehend and analyze media messa</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=25"> ILA WEST 2018 San Diego, CA | March 16–17 A Spe</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=26"> DIGITAL LITERACIES Antero Garcia (anterobot@gmai</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=27"> the difference. In this sense, digital tools, pro</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=28"> DIGITAL LITERACIES MikeBowden (mbowden@sd73.bc.c</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=29"> the cost of new technology and how to justify it </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=30"> DIGITAL LITERACIES Hui-YinHsu (hhsu02@nyit.edu) </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=31"> We believe that audioblogging provide</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=32"> DIGITAL LITERACIES Peggy Semingson (peggys@uta.e</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=33"> The late eminent literary scholar Jea</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=34"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Brooke MacKenzie (miss.mc</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=35"> Over the past school year, I have exp</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=36"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Staci Kaplan (shk2142@gma</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=37"> A consequence of this disparity can s</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=38"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Rebecca A. Hendrix (rhend</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=39"> skill-and-drill test preparation—that is, standar</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=40"> THE ILA NETWORK AlinaO'Donnell (aodonnell@readin</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=41"> and move full speed ahead. We saw more test pract</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=42"> GLOBAL IMPACT Kristina Čunović (hcd.hcd@gmail.co</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=43"> (RODA), and with financial support from the Croat</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=44"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHT news & notes Brenna's Fox Magic </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=45"> ininyoyuorurwworodrsds Reimagining Critical THIN</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=46"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=47"> ILA 2018 CONFERENCE Austin, TX | July 20–23, 20</a> <a title="Literacy Today November/December 2017 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/701a63a7?page=48"> High-quality, explicit comprehension instruction </a>