👨💻 Navigating Digital Information #02: The Facts about Fact Checking
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🔇 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...
🔇 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! | |
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🔇 notification sounds. | ||
📱 on-screen notifications. | ||
👨👧👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people. | ||
📺 other devices, screens, or media. |
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Early in the video, John Green mentions two fact-checking sites. What are they?
Early in the video, John Green mentions two fact-checking sites. What are they?
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According to the video, which source offers more reliable information?
According to the video, which source offers more reliable information?
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In the study mentioned, why were so many people fooled into trusting less reliable sources?
In the study mentioned, why were so many people fooled into trusting less reliable sources?
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Why is it important to know who is behind a website (who is sharing this information with you)?
Why is it important to know who is behind a website (who is sharing this information with you)?
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You should be skeptical of information that is not cited (no source for the information is offered)?
You should be skeptical of information that is not cited (no source for the information is offered)?
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Once you have decided that the source is credible, should you just take their word for it?
Once you have decided that the source is credible, should you just take their word for it?
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Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.
Offer one reason presented in this video why we shouldn't trust Steve's claim about straws.
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What three questions do fact-checkers use to see if a website's information is legitimate?
What three questions do fact-checkers use to see if a website's information is legitimate?
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Should we check the truth of information we agree with, with information we disagree with, or both?
Should we check the truth of information we agree with, with information we disagree with, or both?
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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?
How can you use lateral reading to help ensure that your next research project is based on accurate and valid information?
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🧠 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?