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The Pedagogy of Fake News: A Four-Part Critical Thinking Exercise for Upper Elementary Students EdutopiaThis Edutopia unit on media literacy demonstrates evidence and practitioner-based learning strategies for upper elementary and middle schoolers. Included are lessons for evaluating digital media content, reading images for emotion and authenticity, collaborative deconstruction, and virality. The evaluation of images is particularly valuable, and the discussion of how and why fake news publishers benefit from viral stories is empowering.
when looking at fake news, it is not enough to explore the content of a message; instead, news consumption habits and the role of social media platforms are equally important to explore. The skills students acquire while studying the topic of fake news empower them to critically assess media. Students build a personal toolkit for media literacy that includes an emotional process check. For a culminating project, students could create digital toolkits, listing the steps for spotting fake news.
Tim Ferriss' Interview: Jason SilvaMy guest this episode is the incredible Jason Silva. Download it here. Jason has been called the Timothy Leary of the viral video age by The Atlantic. He is also host of Brain Games on National Geographic Channel.