👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #01: Introduction

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👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #01: Introduction

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 questions

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
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What is one specific way our world has changed since the introduction of the Internet? If you can't think of any, rewatch this part of the video; John Green lists three.

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...

On average, how much time does the average American spend online?

24/7

24 hours per week

24 minutes per day

When Green says, "Much of what we are swimming in is new and strange, and we are still figuring it out together" what does he mean?

The oceans are changing, and new, strange fish are being discovered, and we need to figure out how to take care of this new environment and the new animals in it.

There is a lot of information available to us and we are all learning how to figure out what information is good and what isn't and how to tell the difference.

What is one specific way our world has changed since the introduction of the Internet? If you can't think of any, rewatch this part of the video; John Green lists three.

Which of the following is NOT a positive way the Internet has changed the way we communicate?

We can create organizations and communities.

We can connect across geographical and political boundaries.

We can creep on our neighbors' social media and use the information we find against them.

We can lift people up when they feel alone.

We can find people with similar interests.

One of the dangers of social media is that it is easy to surround ourselves with people who agree with our opinions. This is a bad thing because it leaves us ignorant of other opinions and ideas, and it can lead to intolerance and the false belief that almost everyone thinks like we do, so those who think differently must be wrong.

True

False

Which of the following is NOT an example John Greene used of bad or questionable information?

Companies or people that have something to lose if the whole truth come out.

Information that ilicits bad feelings and negative emotions.

Fake News

Information from sources that aren't experts on the topic.

Can you depend on the "look" of a website to indicate the credibility of the site and truthfulness of the information on it?

Yes

No

A source that includes graphs and charts to communicate information is always more trustworthy than a source that does not include graphics.

True

False

What will you learn in the next video?

How to become a professional fact-checker.

The skills that professional fact-checkers use to sift good information from bad.

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.

On average, how much time does the average American spend online?

24/7

24 hours per week

24 minutes per day

When Green says, "Much of what we are swimming in is new and strange, and we are still figuring it out together" what does he mean?

The oceans are changing, and new, strange fish are being discovered, and we need to figure out how to take care of this new environment and the new animals in it.

There is a lot of information available to us and we are all learning how to figure out what information is good and what isn't and how to tell the difference.

Which of the following is NOT a positive way the Internet has changed the way we communicate?

We can create organizations and communities.

We can connect across geographical and political boundaries.

We can creep on our neighbors' social media and use the information we find against them.

We can lift people up when they feel alone.

We can find people with similar interests.

One of the dangers of social media is that it is easy to surround ourselves with people who agree with our opinions. This is a bad thing because it leaves us ignorant of other opinions and ideas, and it can lead to intolerance and the false belief that almost everyone thinks like we do, so those who think differently must be wrong.

True

False

Which of the following is NOT an example John Greene used of bad or questionable information?

Companies or people that have something to lose if the whole truth come out.

Information that ilicits bad feelings and negative emotions.

Fake News

Information from sources that aren't experts on the topic.

Can you depend on the "look" of a website to indicate the credibility of the site and truthfulness of the information on it?

Yes

No

A source that includes graphs and charts to communicate information is always more trustworthy than a source that does not include graphics.

True

False

What will you learn in the next video?

How to become a professional fact-checker.

The skills that professional fact-checkers use to sift good information from bad.

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

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #01: Introduction

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #01: Introduction

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

What is one specific way our world has changed since the introduction of the Internet? If you can't think of any, rewatch this part of the video; John Green lists three.

🧠 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...

On average, how much time does the average American spend online?

When Green says, "Much of what we are swimming in is new and strange, and we are still figuring it out together" what does he mean?

What is one specific way our world has changed since the introduction of the Internet? If you can't think of any, rewatch this part of the video; John Green lists three.

Which of the following is NOT a positive way the Internet has changed the way we communicate?

Which of the following is NOT an example John Greene used of bad or questionable information?

Can you depend on the "look" of a website to indicate the credibility of the site and truthfulness of the information on it?

A source that includes graphs and charts to communicate information is always more trustworthy than a source that does not include graphics.

What will you learn in the next video?

🧠 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?