👨💻 Navigating Digital Information #04: Who Can You Trust?
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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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Quick review: What is lateral reading?
Quick review: What is lateral reading?
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When trying to figure out if a source is actually an authority on a subject, what should you consider? Select all that apply.
When trying to figure out if a source is actually an authority on a subject, what should you consider? Select all that apply.
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Failure to believe and trust expertise is __________.
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What does it mean for a source to share the process they used to produce that information?
What does it mean for a source to share the process they used to produce that information?
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Even the most trustworthy sources can be wrong sometimes; this does not mean we shouldn't trust them. How might a trustworthy source correct their mistake?
Even the most trustworthy sources can be wrong sometimes; this does not mean we shouldn't trust them. How might a trustworthy source correct their mistake?
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The article about Obama and Jay-Z that was published in Infowars is probably not factual. What about the story makes it easy to dismiss?
The article about Obama and Jay-Z that was published in Infowars is probably not factual. What about the story makes it easy to dismiss?
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Every source has its own perspective. What does perspective mean?
Every source has its own perspective. What does perspective mean?
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According to the video, what are think tanks?
According to the video, what are think tanks?
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Should we dismiss information from sources who have a different perspective than our own? Explain.
Should we dismiss information from sources who have a different perspective than our own? Explain.
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When an article is labeled as opinion, analysis, perspective, or viewpoint, it is designed to be __________, not just __________.
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Why might Daily Kos and Daily Wire present information differently from one another?
Why might Daily Kos and Daily Wire present information differently from one another?
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When presented information online, John Green recommends doing these three things. Place them in the correct chronological order.
When presented information online, John Green recommends doing these three things. Place them in the correct chronological order.
- STOP
- THINK
- LOOK AROUND
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Why should we take the time and effort to consider a source's authority and perspective?
Why should we take the time and effort to consider a source's authority and perspective?

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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?