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Three Good Resources for Teaching Fact vs. Opinion | Free Technology for Teachers

Three Good Resources for Teaching Fact vs. Opinion | Free Technology for Teachers | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

This afternoon I was talking with a few of my students about TikTok and its new relationship with Oracle. The course of that conversation brought up a lot of "I've heard X" and "I've read X" statements from my students regarding news about TikTok. As you might imagine would happen with teenagers talking about their favorite app, the conversation got animated. I spent a lot of time helping discern fact from rumors and opinions. All that to say, this afternoon reminded me to review facts vs. opinions with students. I used this Common Craft video, but there are some other good resources you might want explore. Those are outlined below.


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Checkology - Lessons in Being Discerning Media Consumers | Free Technology for Teachers

Checkology - Lessons in Being Discerning Media Consumers | Free Technology for Teachers | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

Checkology is a website designed to help students learn to be discerning consumers of online, print, and television media. Checkology has a free version and a premium version. This review is only about the free version of Checkology.


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Three Good Resources to Help Students Become Discerning News Consumers | Free Technology for Teachers

Three Good Resources to Help Students Become Discerning News Consumers | Free Technology for Teachers | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

Earlier this week TED-Ed published a new lesson titled Can You Spot the Problem With These Headlines? The short video lesson walks students through dissecting a couple of hypothetical news headlines. By watching the video students can begin to understand how headlines are written to entice readers and how misleading headlines are created.


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