Evaluating - Fake News
"Fake news is written and published with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically." Wikipedia
Can you figure out which website is REAL or FAKE?
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Teacher directed CyberTour
Visit twelve websites and decide whether or not they're making smart choices. Quiz following eval.
Pre-teaching Vocabulary Strategies
Go-to news-literacy site is an excellent primer on media issues.
Use this worksheet to analyze and critique any type of media, from social media posts and online articles to books, TV shows, advertisements, works of art, and beyond.
Don’t get fooled: 7 simple steps
Use the steps and questions to avoid being manipulated, fooled or exploited by viral rumors, misleading memes, impostor news sites and fake images.
"FactCheck.org is one of several organizations working with Facebook to help identify and label viral false stories flagged by readers on the social media network. We provide several resources for readers: a guide on how to flag suspicious stories on Facebook and a list of websites that have carried false or satirical articles, as well as a video and story on how to spot false stories".
Library Guide - Fake news is not new, but it's never been so pervasive or harder to spot. Find out how to spot fake news.
Digital News Website
What's real? What's fake? What's satire? Now that anyone with access to a phone or computer can publish information online, it's getting harder to tell. But as more people go to Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and other online sources for their news and information, it's even more crucial that all of us -- especially kids -- learn to decode what we read online.
Mozilla X-Ray
Use X-Ray Goggles to remix a news website, learning about openly-licensed resources, different forms of media, and how to create something new on the Web through remix.
Access Fake News Lesson Plans than discover what PBS LearningMedia has. Than learn how you can "tap into America’s #1 Educational Media Brand for access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources, compelling student experiences, and professional development opportunities".
Teaching Strategies to Detect Fake News
Interactive Web Evaluation from the Vaughan Memorial Library
When filling out this map, check the similarities -to- differences section.
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Procedure:
1. Write a brief description of the two items: Real News & Fake News.
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2. List similarities & differences = include important facts and information.
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3. Conclude by explaining the importance of the comparison
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Student-generated rubrics
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Synonym Toaster Game: Choose words with similar meaning