Remake of Be a Media Detective - The Case of the Purple Pudding Post by Mollee Holloman

Do you have what it takes to be a Media Detective?

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Instructions:

Watch the Scenario (Purple Pudding Post).

Look through your collection of Tools to learn about Media Literacy and verifying a source.

Put it all together in the Conclusions' exercises.

Check out the Extra Tools to earn bonus points!

Learning Objectives

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

The the end of this lesson, learners will be able to:

Identify the source of a media item.
Evaluate the source for authority.
Consider the informations reliability and purpose based on the source.

FCPS POS - 6th Grade Language Arts/English

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Communication and Multimodal Literacies #3(b and c):

#3. Determine the purpose of media messages and examine how they are constructed.

(b) Identify the characteristics and effectiveness of media messages.
(c) Interpret information and explain how it contributes to the topic.

References

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Purple Pudding Post

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Watch this video about the Case of the Purple Pudding Post. It will be central to the rest of this lesson. Then answer the Quick Poll below.

Quick Poll

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Watch the video above and then answer the following:

Would you share this Purple Pudding post? Give a thumbs up for "Yes" and a thumbs down for "No".

Earn Bonus Points

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Earn 1 bonus point for each video in the Extra Tools section. To earn the point, watch the video and then add a comment about what you learned from the video.

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

For grading this Assignment: Here is the link to the Curipod presentation without it being live: https://curipod.com/a6372b2e-e787-4bc5-9f7e-cecef344e3a2/lessons/678a5cc1-1d04-48a9-8339-2acfcb2506c0)

Add a comment listing one new thing you learned in this presentation.

(Note: you can type or record your response. To create a video response, click the "+" button to the left of the comments text field and choose Video recorder.)

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

While this video refers to evaluating sources for reliability when doing research, do you think is also applies to deciding if a media post is reliable? Give a thumbs up for "Yes" or a thumbs down for "No".

(Note: you can type or record your response. To create a video response, click the "+" button to the left of the comments text field and choose Video recorder.)

Tori Nelson Interview Clip - Verifying a Source

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Notice how this podcaster lets the listener know that the interviewee is an expert in media literacy.

Comment below on two things: (1) What makes this interviewee an expert? and (2) How does this interviewee suggest you verify a source?

(Note: you can type or record your response. To create a video response, click the "+" button to the left of the comments text field and choose Video recorder.)

Is this true?

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

What is your verdict? Is this post true?

In the comments below, answer YES or NO. Explain how the source of this post influenced your conclusion using information you learned in the Tools section of the lesson.

(Note: you can type or record your response. To create a video response, click the "+" button to the left of the comments text field and choose Video recorder.)

Pick the most reliable source of "food news".

molleeholloman — 2025-05-01 22:12:19 UTC

Click through the source profiles (above) and pick the most reliable source for information about future cafeteria menu items. Then, explain your reasoning.

(Note: you can type or record your response. To create a video response, click the "+" button to the left of the comments text field and choose Video recorder.)