When students need sources, many go straight to AI, and it's easy to see why. It summarizes, it cites, and it always sounds like it knows what it's talking about. The problem is not that students are using AI for research. The problem is that they often don't know how to push back on it. Instead of asking whether students should use AI for research, this session asks how we teach them to do it thoughtfully. Through Mike Caulfield's SIFT method applied directly to AI-generated content, we'll explore practical critical AI literacy strategies that help students use these tools to find and evaluate sources while recognizing misinformation and avoiding over-reliance on text that may sound authoritative but can't always be trusted. Grounded in English composition but adaptable across disciplines, this session offers a framework, a few open questions, and materials you can take back to your own classroom or library. #InformationLiteracy #CriticalAIUse #Writing
