https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy Assessing Online Sources Using Critical Media Literacy, Grades 9-12 en-us 2019-03-15 17:04:17 UTC 2019-03-24 19:48:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341854999 Grades: 9-12 (high school students)]]> 2019-03-15 17:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341854999 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341855707 Lesson Objective: Given resources about assessing online sources, 9th-12th grade students will use a checklist to appropriately evaluate the validity and accuracy of at least five sources found online. ]]> 2019-03-15 17:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341855707 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341857459 How can I critically assess the information that I find online and why is this important?]]> 2019-03-15 17:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341857459 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341858724 In this game, you can test your ability to determine what is true and what is fake when it comes to online news. This is great practice to help you assess the validity of an article based on the content and the source. But make sure those evaluation skills stay sharp - some sources are not what they seem! ]]> 2019-03-15 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341858724 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341873060 This is an article (with examples) that helps explain the different types of "misleading" news (content that has the intent to deceive). This is great resource to help you understand how information can be intentionally skewed or misrepresented for a various reasons. There are even strategies to help you assess this information and become a more informed consumer of information!]]> 2019-03-15 17:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341873060 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341873892 This is the original test to help you assess information - the CRAAP test! ]]> 2019-03-15 17:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341873892 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341886145 These research guides from the libraries at the University of Washington have information about evaluating sources, assessing different types of sources for reliability and bias, and determining fake news. ]]> 2019-03-15 18:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341886145 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341889976 Please click on the link to see the video introduction for this lesson. ]]> 2019-03-15 18:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/341889976 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/342662044 Are you ready to learn even more about news literacy? This a self-paced course that can help you understand the basics of news literacy, which includes assessing sources. Check out Lesson 6 and the Lesson 6 FAQs to help further your knowledge on how to find and verify the accuracy, validity, and authority of sources. ]]> 2019-03-19 01:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/342662044 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/342664463 Practice the skills that you have learned in this online game that simulates a social media site.can Your objective is to maintain your own highly credible site that only shares accurate and valid information ]]> 2019-03-19 01:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/342664463 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/343124103 In this video, John Green discusses the elements of the CRAAP test specifically for digital sources. ]]> 2019-03-20 00:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/343124103 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/343131239 This cutout from On the Media, a New York Public Radio podcast, details how to quickly assess the credibility of a website or social media post. This is similar to the CRAAP test. ]]> 2019-03-20 00:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/343131239 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/344557177 This is an easy to understand resource that explains what fact checking is, why it is important to fact check information, and provides resources to help you fact check information that you find. These resources include websites like FactCheck.org, Snopes.com, and PolitiFact.com, which are all unbiased tools to help double check the accuracy of the information from various online sources. ]]> 2019-03-24 13:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/344557177 alstephens290 https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/344557845 Practice how to identify a source's validity using the tips from National Geographic and five examples. ]]> 2019-03-24 13:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alstephens290/media_literacy/wish/344557845