1. 21 Things 4 Teachers – Media Literacy: Real or Fake
Melissa White
21 Things Project Manager MSU Adjunct Professor
@mjwhite61

2. What is Fake News and How to Spot it

3. Fake or Real?
Fake or Real Video

4. Today’s Learning Objectives
1. Know how to discern between real and fake information
2. Know how to effectively research and evaluate information
3. Know which sites are the best for news as well as how to fact-check for information
4. Understand cues to look for and which questions to ask to determine bias in reporting
5. Transfer the learning to professional practice by stopping the cycle or chain of fake news
Information

5. Quick survey
How many of you have passed on fake information to someone else?
Note: Fake news has been around forever. Hearst and Pulitzer in 1890’s began liberally embellishing stories to sell newspapers. The style is known as yellow journalism.
Defined as melodram., romance and hyperbole

6. Where do our students get their news?
This means that our student’s news experiences are filtered through adults, who bring their own knowledge, interpretations, and biases to the information they pass on.
From commonsense media

7. Who do they trust to get their news from?

8. Where do they prefer to get their news?
What do you think the others are? Snapchat? ???

9. Fake News Fools Our Students

10. How do we decipher between real and fake news?

11. Fact Checkers to Validate Stories
Snopes – Sourcewatch -
Politifact –
Fact Check –

12. 7 Point Checklist When Reading Information On the Internet
Do you know who the source is, or was it created by a common or well-known source?
How does it compare to what you already know?
Does the information make sense? Do you understand the information
Can you verify that the information agrees with three or more other sources that are also reliable?
Have experts in the field connected to it or authored the information
How current is the information?
Does it have a copyright?
from Scott Bedley, teacher

13. Bias in the News
Fair.org is a great site to learn more about bias in the news.
Some examples are: Demand that those affected by the issue have a voice in coverage.
Educate journalists about misconceptions involved in stereotypes, and about how stereotypes characterize individuals unfairly.
Demonstrate how the language chosen gives people an inaccurate impression of the issue, program or community.
Call or write the newspaper and point out the contradiction

14. The Problem with Fake News – How our Students Can Solve it

15. 5 Steps of Critical Consuming by John Spencer
Context
Credibility
Construction
Corroborate
Compare
Google Doc checklist to assess articles as you read them

16. Things You Can Do to Teach Your Students
As a teacher there are various things you can do to teach your students.
Expose your students to a variety of news articles. Look at how different media cover the same story.
Talk about different perspectives and how one's background and experiences can add bias
As a teacher try to be objective and non discriminatory. Even facial and verbal cues can send the wrong message to students.
Use the Student News Daily Site with your students. Every Wednesday there is a weekly example of biased reporting. Included is the video or article along with questions and the answers as well as definitions of the type of media bias.

17. Which group do you think is more factual?
Best News Sources
Which group do you think is more factual?
Newseum ABS News
Tween Tribune Enduring Vision
Scholastic Infowars

18. Recommended Sites
ALA Best News Sites
22 Best Apps for Mobile Devices

19. When using the sites…
Flipboard and Buzzfeed are two very popular ones that the 21 Things Creators use daily
DO remember that these apps still pull news from everywhere and should be verified
Check the story on several sites before forwarding it on 
Check for news bias before forwarding it on

20. Lesson ideas Media Lit Moments Center for News Literacy
Project Look Sharp
Exploring Bias and Exaggeration in News and Magazine Articles
Media Smart - Bias Lesson
PBS - Decoding Media Bias Lesson
Media Literacy: Five Ways are Fighting Fake News

21. Need SCECHs or PD Hours? NEW PD Offerings: Sept 1 – Dec 22, 2017.
Earn SCECHs by completing up to nine of the 21 Things modules.

22. Connections to 21 Things 4 Teachers?
21 Things 4 Teachers is a single site of FREE resources and tutorials that meets the national technology standards, and offers anytime training to be used for professional development.
Visit the site at:
Media Literacy module -
Katie

23. 21thingsproject.net
Information about project

24. Feedback and Q / A
Contact me:
Melissa White