👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #02: The Facts about Fact Checking

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👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #02: The Facts about Fact Checking

Last updated about 4 years ago

12 questions

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
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Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.

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How can you use lateral reading to help ensure that your next research project is based on accurate and valid information?

10

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

Early in the video, John Green mentions two fact-checking sites. What are they?

PolitiFacts

Snopes

Wikipedia

According to the video, which source offers more reliable information?

ACP

AAP

In the study mentioned, why were so many people fooled into trusting less reliable sources?

It is impossible to tell which is site is more reliable, so people had to just guess.

The people were fooled because they focused on what the site looked like rather than who was behind the site.

Why is it important to know who is behind a website (who is sharing this information with you)?

Knowing who is sharing the information and why they want to share it with us helps us understand how the information might be meant to push us into doing or believing something in order to benefit whoever posted it.

Knowing who is sharing the information helps us know who to hold responsible later if that information is false.

You should be skeptical of information that is not cited (no source for the information is offered)?

True

False

Once you have decided that the source is credible, should you just take their word for it?

Yes, I confirmed that the source is credible. I "did my homework" so-to-speak. I can now feel confident that the information is accurate.

No, I should look at multiple sources. If I find the same information on multiple reliable sources, then I can feel confident that the information is accurate.

Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.

What three questions do fact-checkers use to see if a website's information is legitimate?

What do other sources say about the organization and its claim?

What is the evidence for their claims?

Who is behind this information?

What political party does the site's founder support?

Should we check the truth of information we agree with, with information we disagree with, or both?

We should check the truth of information we disagree with because that information feels wrong, and going with your gut is an important part of fact-checking.

We should check the truth of information we agree with to be sure that we aren't believing it just because we want it to be true.

We should check the truth of both information we agree with and information we disagree with because either could inaccurate or biased.

How can you use lateral reading to help ensure that your next research project is based on accurate and valid information?

10

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

👎 Not done

👍 Prevented!

🔇 notification sounds.

📱 on-screen notifications.

👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.

📺 other devices, screens, or media.

Early in the video, John Green mentions two fact-checking sites. What are they?

PolitiFacts

Snopes

Wikipedia

According to the video, which source offers more reliable information?

ACP

AAP

In the study mentioned, why were so many people fooled into trusting less reliable sources?

It is impossible to tell which is site is more reliable, so people had to just guess.

The people were fooled because they focused on what the site looked like rather than who was behind the site.

Why is it important to know who is behind a website (who is sharing this information with you)?

Knowing who is sharing the information and why they want to share it with us helps us understand how the information might be meant to push us into doing or believing something in order to benefit whoever posted it.

Knowing who is sharing the information helps us know who to hold responsible later if that information is false.

You should be skeptical of information that is not cited (no source for the information is offered)?

True

False

Once you have decided that the source is credible, should you just take their word for it?

Yes, I confirmed that the source is credible. I "did my homework" so-to-speak. I can now feel confident that the information is accurate.

No, I should look at multiple sources. If I find the same information on multiple reliable sources, then I can feel confident that the information is accurate.

What three questions do fact-checkers use to see if a website's information is legitimate?

What do other sources say about the organization and its claim?

What is the evidence for their claims?

Who is behind this information?

What political party does the site's founder support?

Should we check the truth of information we agree with, with information we disagree with, or both?

We should check the truth of information we disagree with because that information feels wrong, and going with your gut is an important part of fact-checking.

We should check the truth of information we agree with to be sure that we aren't believing it just because we want it to be true.

We should check the truth of both information we agree with and information we disagree with because either could inaccurate or biased.

	👎 Not done	👍 Prevented!
🔇 notification sounds.
📱 on-screen notifications.
👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.
📺 other devices, screens, or media.

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #02: The Facts about Fact Checking

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #02: The Facts about Fact Checking

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.

How can you use lateral reading to help ensure that your next research project is based on accurate and valid information?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

Early in the video, John Green mentions two fact-checking sites. What are they?

According to the video, which source offers more reliable information?

In the study mentioned, why were so many people fooled into trusting less reliable sources?

Why is it important to know who is behind a website (who is sharing this information with you)?

You should be skeptical of information that is not cited (no source for the information is offered)?

Once you have decided that the source is credible, should you just take their word for it?

Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.

What three questions do fact-checkers use to see if a website's information is legitimate?

Should we check the truth of information we agree with, with information we disagree with, or both?

How can you use lateral reading to help ensure that your next research project is based on accurate and valid information?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?