Miami NewsLitCamp featured in local TV segment
WLRN TV in Miami devoted a Nov. 1 segment to covering the NewsLitCamp held for Miam-Dade area educators the previous week. In ‘It’s A Necessity’: Miami-Dade Teachers Learn How To Spot Misinformation Online, participating educator Silvia Villacis says she looks forward to passing her new skills on to her students. She teaches civics at West Miami Middle School. “If you don’t bother to talk about what’s real, what’s not real, what’s trustworthy, authentic, … you’re doing a disservice to them,” Villacis says, referring to her students. “It’s not a choice anymore. It’s a necessity.”