Thing 21: News Literacy
Fake news used to be easier to spot. Satire was often over so over the top, it was nearly impossible to miss. Remember SNL: Jane... you ignorant slut....? On television, or in print reliable sources were well known, "branded," if you will. Nowadays, via computer, there are so many sources that it can be overwhelming to try to verify them. In Thing 21: News Literacy, I watched the opening video, "The Problem with Fake News (and how our students can solve it") and read the article, "Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a 'post-truth' world." Even this much information was a lot to digest for me-- and I am an adult with a Master's Degree. I know I could definitely use the video on the 5Cs with my students and apply it to various websites. I also found the rules of thumb and news literacy vocabulary helpful, although I would pick and choose which to introduce because there were so many of them. I also enjoyed the FART,