fakenews

Nov
28
Learn how people are manipulated online with Breaking Harmony Square

Learn how people are manipulated online with Breaking Harmony Square

Source: Harmony Square Harmony Square is a free online game financially supported by The U.S. Department of State’s
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Oct
15
Trollfactory is another resource to help teach about misinformation online

Trollfactory is another resource to help teach about misinformation online

Source: Troll Factory I’m pretty apprehensive on sharing this site. It was designed to teach people on how social
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Sep
25
Did you know that birds are a government conspiracy?

Did you know that birds are a government conspiracy?

Here is another website you can use with your students on learning critical thinking skills when evaluating websites. Who knew
Aug
30
Teaching kids how to run disinformation campaigns so they can recognize them

Teaching kids how to run disinformation campaigns so they can recognize them

Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 US presidential election rocked social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to their
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Sep
25
5 Unbiased Fact Checking Sites

5 Unbiased Fact Checking Sites

Fact checking has its origin in the early 20th century when magazines began to verify statements made in non-fictional texts
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Jun
23
Ethical ramifications of "the digital attention crisis"

Ethical ramifications of "the digital attention crisis"

In 2016, Tristan Harris, whose job title at Google was “design ethicist,” left the company to focus on a new
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Apr
28
Factitious is an online game to help people recognize fake news.

Factitious is an online game to help people recognize fake news.

Factitious is an online game to help people recognize fake news. This would be a great way to teach students
Mar
15
Fake news always propogates faster than the truth

Fake news always propogates faster than the truth

The massive new study analyzes every major contested news story in English across the span of Twitter’s existence—some
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Mar
08
{Edtech} Become the king of fake media with the game Bad News

{Edtech} Become the king of fake media with the game Bad News

Bad News is a Twine-style game designed by members of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab and media literacy group Drog.
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Jan
16
{Edtech} Another site to teach students to check the validity of websites.

{Edtech} Another site to teach students to check the validity of websites.

One important skill that students need to learn is to how to view a website and critically evaluate its validity.
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