Sharp Minds, Skeptical Eyes

News Literacy Instruction in the Age of AI for High School and Early College

Course Details

July 15, 2026 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM ET

3-Hour Live Online Session

3 Credit Hours

Recommended for high school and early college librarians.

$135 (Save with early bird and group rates!)

INFORMATION LITERACY IS GETTING HARDER TO TEACH

Students are sharing information faster than anyone can realistically fact-check it, including you.
AI-generated content looks credible enough that even strong students struggle to tell what is real.
You try to teach evaluation skills, but it is hard to keep up with how quickly the information landscape is changing.
You want to integrate news literacy more intentionally, but finding time and getting teacher buy-in is a constant challenge.
You are trying to stay neutral and credible while helping students think critically about information that is often politically charged.

This course gives you a clear, classroom-ready way to teach news literacy in a landscape where the rules keep changing.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Teach students to evaluate news and AI-generated content with confidence, clarity, and a framework that actually holds up.

Live sessions via Zoom:
Tuesday, July 15, 2026 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM ET

(Can’t attend live? Recording sent out after the live session.)

Teaching news literacy has always mattered. Now it feels like the ground is constantly shifting. Students are encountering AI-generated content that looks credible, spreads quickly, and blurs the line between reporting and fabrication. Even when you are teaching evaluation skills, it can feel like you are always one step behind.

This 3-hour live session gives you a research-backed, classroom-ready framework based on the News Literacy Project’s seven standards, with a focus on how those standards apply to the AI-driven information your students are already navigating. You will leave with practical ways to teach, integrate, and advocate for news literacy without overcomplicating your instruction or losing credibility. For more details, check out the What to Expect tab.

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TRAINING A TEAM?

Train librarians, instructional partners, and department leads together so students hear the same core messages about credibility, verification, and AI-generated content across classes and research support.

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What You'll Learn Who This is For What to Expect

AFTER COMPLETING THIS COURSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:

Teach students how to evaluate news and AI-generated content using the News Literacy Project’s seven standards
Design classroom-ready lessons that help students question sources, claims, and credibility in real time
Address common student misconceptions about what makes information trustworthy or credible
Integrate news literacy instruction across subject areas through collaboration with teachers and faculty
Lead conversations about misinformation and AI-generated content in ways that are clear, credible, and deliberately non-partisan

If you are someone who:

Watches students confidently share information that is inaccurate, misleading, or completely fabricated
Feels pressure to teach news literacy but is not sure how to keep up with AI-generated content
Wants to integrate evaluation skills into instruction without it becoming a separate, hard-to-schedule unit
Struggles to balance critical thinking instruction with the need to stay neutral and credible
Is trying to get teachers or faculty on board with integrating news literacy across disciplines

This course was built for you.

This course is especially helpful for:

High school librarians supporting research, instruction, and digital literacy
Early college and dual enrollment librarians working with students navigating academic sources
School library staff collaborating with teachers across subject areas
Educators responsible for teaching information literacy, media literacy, or research skills

If you are helping students make sense of information in a fast-changing digital landscape, you will see yourself in this course.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

This course is designed for high school and early college academic librarians, school librarians, and educators who teach research, information literacy, media literacy, or critical evaluation of sources.

SESSIONS AND PRICING

Early bird pricing ends one month before the session deadline.

Rate + deadline	Summer Session
Early bird deadline	June 15, 2026
Early bird price	$102
Standard deadline	July 15, 2026
Standard price	$135
Course date	July 15, 2026

GROUP OPTIONS

Training a team? Choose the setup that matches how you want to plan and pay:

Group course enrollment: Enroll 3+ staff in this course and save.

Bulk course credits: Prepay once, get the highest per-seat discount on every course, and assign seats later.

Unlimited annual licensing: System-wide access for a year with no per-course approvals.

Request Discounted Group Pricing

Questions? Email groupsales@libraryjournal.com.

COURSE FORMAT

This will be a live 3-hour course and will include:

Live session: A 3-hour live session focused on practical, classroom-ready approaches to teaching news literacy in the age of AI.

Facilitated discussion: Audience participation in Q&A and discussion during the live session.

Online classroom: The virtual learning platform holds all course content and remains accessible for six months after the course date.

EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT

If you attend or watch the recording of the live session, you will spend approximately 3 hours on this course. You will earn 3 hours of professional development credit and a School Library Journal certificate of completion.

ALL THE DETAILS

Build your capacity to teach news literacy with confidence, credibility, and a framework designed for the realities of today's information environment.

Helping students think critically about the news has always been important library work. In the age of AI-generated content, it's urgent. This three-hour live session is built around the News Literacy Project's seven standards and explores how those foundational concepts apply directly to the AI-generated content your students are already encountering and too often trusting.

You'll develop practical, classroom-ready approaches to news literacy instruction and explore how to collaborate with teachers to integrate those approaches across disciplines. You'll also examine strategies for news literacy advocacy that are grounded, credible, and deliberately non-partisan, so you can navigate the information landscape with your students.

ON-DEMAND ACCESS

All live sessions are recorded and available on demand for six months following the initial broadcast as part of your purchase.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Complete all course requirements to earn 3 professional development credit hours and a School Library Journal certificate of completion. Certificates are emailed upon completion.

ACCESSIBILITY

All video recordings feature auto-captioning. If you require accommodations, please email course-support@libraryjournal.com upon registration and we will make our best efforts to support your needs.

SUPPORT

For technical or course-related support, please contact course-support@libraryjournal.com.

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