Teaching Students How Not to Get Faked Out by the News

Fake news is a wake-up call to educators and the community at large to gain competency in critically analyzing media in particular and information in general. Educators can leverage this hot topic to highlight the importance of information and digital literacy and incorporate it systematically into the school's curriculum so that students will be better prepared as informed citizens. We will share several resources and instructional strategies.

Outcomes: Define, and get examples of, fake news * Discern and critique fake news * Explore fake news curriculum and a strategy to teach students about fake news