ePortfolio Week 11

https://www.connectsafely.org/wp-content/uploads/Media-Literacy-Fake-News.pdf
In my research for this week I came across a very well written pdf about media literacy and fake news. It has so great points and was well organized. This post will be a summary of the provided information to look back on later

Top 5 questions
1.     What is media literacy and why is it important?
Ability to think critically about information you create and consume
Important because basis for being an informed and critical thinker in todays technology rich world
2.     What is fake news and why do people create it?
Information deliberately mean to be wholly or largely false or misleading
Motivations- financial, persuade others to cause or political candidate, just for fun
3.     How do we explain the difference between facts and opinions?
Both help us understand the world around us
Facts- accurate reports of what happened or exists
Opinions- interpretation of the meaning or impact (personal perspective)
4.     How can we spot fake news?
Consider the source and other stories coming from that source
Ring true
Legit URL
Story one sided or biases?
Article authors- real person?
FackCheck.org
5.     What is the right thing do do when you spot fake news?
Never OK to spread fake news
Is ok to comment on links to fake stories with own corrections

Examples of fake news
Tax for email, Facebook will charge money for private account, share picture and earn money,
The Onion

Ways to practice fact vs opinion
1.     Share examples of fact and opinions and have discussions with students (real world practice is the best)
2.     Take news story or historical event and write two editorials from opposing perspectives. The idea is to push them to see the same set of facts from at least two different perspectives
3.     Explore advertisements and sponsored stories posing as news on social media. Have students evaluate them.

Practical tips- Dealing with conflicting reports
1.     When students face conflicting information encourage students to take their own time to develop their understanding
Ask them
-       How many sources are reporting the same information (corroboration)?
-       Do the corroborating sources seem to be reporting other believable information
-       Are the sources or reports biases or skewed?
-       If new information comes to light realize that it’s ok to change ones understanding in that circumstance

-       Stay calm- students can feel anxious and uncertain when confused about information, adults can help them think rationally.

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