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Newspaper Generator is a useful tool that enables you to create what looks like a newspaper front page.

To do this you upload an image, select a title and a headline and then write in the details of the story. Then just click on 'Make it' and the site will produce a PDF that you can download.

You can use this in class for a number of activities.

This is a nice way to get students writing news type texts and then publishing them.

You can also use it to get them thinking about fake news by creating a selection of news articles, some based on real news stories and others that you invent. You can then ask them to research the articles and find out which ones are real and which are invented.

You could also use the headlines and articles to generate discussion over which are real and which are fake or work on how to spot fake news.

You could get students to create their own fake news test by creating two real news stories and one fake one. They can then see if they can trick their classmates into believing the fake one is true. They could use this Factitious game as their inspiration.

Newspaper Generator can be used in an enjoyable way to raise awareness of issues regarding the credibility of news and to promote more critical thinking.

See also: 6 Useful Resources for Exploiting the News in the English Language Classroom

You can find more tools and activities like these in my ebook 20 Tech Enhanced Activities for the Language Classroom.

The book is available on iOS or as PDF for other devices.

Sign up for my twice monthly free newsletter and get a free copy of Digital Tools for Teachers at: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/

Nik Peachey

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Writing & Discussion Activities to Promote Awareness of Fake News

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Newspaper Generator is a useful tool that enables you to create what looks like a newspaper front page. To do this you upload an image, select a title and a headline and then write in the details of the story. Then just click on 'Make it' and the site will produce a PDF that you can download.

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Digital literacies, Visual literacies, Social Media literacies.

The skills and demands of today's literacies change and so should educational practices by meeting learners in the world in which they live in.

Here are some resources for helping students understand the issue of fake news.

Factitious - a free game

The 10 Best Fact Checking Sites

News and Media Literacy

Writing & Discussion Activities to Promote Awareness of Fake News - NIk Peachey

Fake News and Digital Literacies: some resources

4 Fake Sites to Teach Students Website Evaluation

One activity to do with students is to create a digital wall (either with Padlet or Lino, for instance) and have them brainstorm what fake news is and why it happens.

They can then continue by finding examples, discussing what is fake/not fake and finally try to establish why fake news happens and how it is affecting everyone around the world. Suggestions to combat fake news can then be contributed on a Flipgrid.

Here is an example of a digital wall with further suggestions that may be used while focusing on fake news:

How do you teach fake news?

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