TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S588) establishing the requirement of K-12 instruction on information literacy under the implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. The signing of this bipartisan legislation reaffirms the Governor’s commitment to leading the nation in public education while preparing students for lifelong learning by equipping them with the skills they need to accurately assess information. 

The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Education to develop New Jersey Student Learning Standards in “information literacy,” which is defined as a set of skills that enables an individual to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information. Information literacy includes, but is not limited to, digital, visual, media, textual, and technological literacy. 

POPOLOGY® is the study of popular culture and its influence on society. It’s a field that looks at the way popular culture affects people’s thoughts, behavior, and lives in general. POPOLOGY® examines how popular culture shapes our world, from music to television to social media.

POPOLOGY® is a fun and engaging way to learn about popular culture. It allows us to explore different aspects of our culture that we may not have considered before, while still having fun in the process. POPOLOGY® has something for everyone and is an excellent tool for both educators and students alike. With its interactive activities, POPOLOGY® provides an enjoyable learning experience that can bring new insights into the world of popular culture, and your place in it.

Allison T. Butler is a Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Advising, and the Director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she teaches courses on critical media literacy and representations of education in the media. She was the 2020-2021 recipient of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award. Butler co-directs the grassroots organization, Mass Media Literacy, where she develops and runs teacher trainings for the inclusion of critical media literacy in K-12 schools. She holds an MA and a PhD from New York University, and is the author of numerous articles and books on media literacy, including Educating Media Literacy and Key Scholarship in Media Literacy.

The Platform Economy: Why APIs And Integrations Are Crucial

The platform economy, driven by the rise in big data, new algorithms, and cloud computing, has been on the uptick for years now. Individual platforms are built on Web application programming interfaces (API). Described as the “glue that holds the Web together,” APIs enable a standard mechanism to share data and functionality.

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