Check Before You Trust: Teaching K–12 Students to Evaluate Digital Information

Authors

• Elexia Hertel, Old Dominion University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

Summer 2026

Pages

1-21

Abstract

[First paragraph]

Students in K–12 schools encounter digital information every day, but they are not always prepared to decide whether that information is credible, useful, biased, incomplete, or misleading. This chapter is written specifically for K–12 school library and classroom instruction, not for academic library users or college-level research instruction. Its primary audience is upper elementary, middle school, and early high school learners who are beginning to conduct research, cite sources, compare online information, and participate in digital life.

Comments

This resource was created as part of the LIBS 603 Online Resources for Teaching course at Old Dominion University as part of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree.

Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Original Publication Citation

Hertel, E. (2026). Check Before You Trust: Teaching K–12 Students to Evaluate Digital Information [School Resource; Open Educational Resource]. 21 pp.

Repository Citation

Hertel, E. (2026). Check Before You Trust: Teaching K–12 Students to Evaluate Digital Information [School Resource; Open Educational Resource]. 21 pp.