I am certain that many of you have been scratching your head regarding the issue of fake news websites. In this section I would like to bring to your attention valuable audio content.
The following is a link to a story that appeared recently on NPR. Please find a link to a 22 minute interview with Melissa Zimdars, assistant professor of communication and media at Merrimack College. http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2016/11/21/fake-news-tech
Here is a link to the PDF that was shared on her segment- http://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2016/11/Resource-False-Misleading-Clickbait-y-and-Satirical-%E2%80%9CNews%E2%80%9D-Sources-1.pdf
In it, there are some good suggestions that in my opinion we should make sure our students are practicing.
I would like to see how we can make sure we are graduating students who are part of the solution and can become information literate.
Here is a link to the PDF that was shared on her segment- http://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2016/11/Resource-False-Misleading-Clickbait-y-and-Satirical-%E2%80%9CNews%E2%80%9D-Sources-1.pdf
In it, there are some good suggestions that in my opinion we should make sure our students are practicing.
I would like to see how we can make sure we are graduating students who are part of the solution and can become information literate.
I am certain many are aware of the conversations that are taking place regarding false and credible information. I am always available to work with you and your students to have better tools to evaluate websites and resources for their credibility. This is a short guide I prepared (earlier on) for our students: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1of8Z5d91BLWEeZg6Ql16phDXaV4BgW-LXRo41MT5dTc/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p3