We wrote about fake news earlier this week (How to defeat fake news–one teacher’s ideas). Here are additional resources you’ll find helpful in teaching about this topic (click here for an update on the list):
- Bad News–fake news game
- Critical Questions to Build Primary Source Literacy–video from the Smithsonian
- How to spot fake news — a video
- Interview with a fake news creator
- Newsfeed Defenders–a game from iCivics
- Spot the Troll–recognize fake SM accounts
- TEDEd–how to choose your news
- Why People Fall for Misinformation--Video
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
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