{"id":1950,"date":"2018-09-18T07:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:05:23","slug":"news-is-it-real-or-is-it-fake-media-literacy-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/news-is-it-real-or-is-it-fake-media-literacy-today\/","title":{"rendered":"News&#8230;is it real or is it fake? Media Literacy Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-SEP-Fake-News-Media-Literacy-NY-Times.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1986\" src=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-SEP-Fake-News-Media-Literacy-NY-Times-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-SEP-Fake-News-Media-Literacy-NY-Times-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-SEP-Fake-News-Media-Literacy-NY-Times-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-SEP-Fake-News-Media-Literacy-NY-Times.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\">The New York Times<\/a> was first published on September 18, 1851! The world was a very different place then. Today the words Fake News are a stark reminder of the amount of information\u00a0our students receive every day. How can we help our students know what is real and what is fake? By\u00a0teaching Media Literacy. According to\u00a0the Center for Media Literacy,\u00a0 Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.\u00a0 Media Literacy is an important topic that all teachers should be involved in teaching.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many organizations provide a variety of resources for students and teachers.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/namle.net\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Association for Media Literacy Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides resources like the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/namle.net\/ml-onesheet\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media lit one sheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is a guide to asking the right questions to evaluate media. The Center for Media and Information Literacy furnishes a page of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/centermil.org\/2014\/02\/06\/media-education-resources\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">education resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaeducationlab.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Education Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> maintains a collection of media literacy<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaeducationlab.com\/curriculum\/materials\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> curriculum materials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/themediaspot.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Media Spot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/themediaspot.org\/tools\/media-literacy-scope-sequence-template\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Literacy Scope and Sequence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The New York Times produced a teacher resource entitled &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/19\/learning\/lesson-plans\/evaluating-sources-in-a-post-truth-world-ideas-for-teaching-and-learning-about-fake-news.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluating Sources in a \u2018Post-Truth\u2019 World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning About Fake News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can present our students with resources that will help them determine if an article or website is real or fake like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FactCheck.org<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8211; whose mission states they are: a nonpartisan, nonprofit \u201cconsumer advocate\u201d for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politifact.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; focused on looking at specific statements made by politicians and rating them for accuracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snopes.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&#8211; an online touchstone of research on rumors and misinformation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post Fact Checker <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whois.domaintools.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhoIs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Internet domain checker<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schrockguide.net\/uploads\/3\/9\/2\/2\/392267\/5ws.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathy Schrock&#8217;s 5Ws of Website Evaluation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radcab.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RADCAB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&#8211; website evaluation tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try out an interactive activity with students!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/factitious.augamestudio.com\/#\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factitious<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0test your news sense with this game<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Sense Education&#8217;s 5 Questions to Ask About Media<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/sites\/default\/files\/tlr-asset\/5-questions-to-ask-about-media-student-teacher.pdf?x=1\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worksheet <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada&#8217;s Media Smarts<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mediasmarts.ca\/digital-media-literacy\/educational-games\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educational games<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s Admongo interactive<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/admongo\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advertising game<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Education Lab&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaeducationlab.com\/my-pop-studio\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Pop Studio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> game<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prodigy&#8217;s 10 engaging media literacy<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prodigygame.com\/blog\/teaching-media-literacy\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activities<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can all celebrate the New York Times&#8217; anniversary by helping our students to become media literate! Be sure to check out the TeachersFirst media literacy resources like the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/spectopics\/medialiteracy.cfm\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Literacy special topic collection <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and previous blog posts<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/media-messages-matter\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Messages Matter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/media-literacy-in-a-presidential-election-year\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Literacy in a Presidential Election<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times was first published on September 18, 1851! The world was a very different place then. Today the words Fake News are a stark reminder of the amount of information\u00a0our students receive every day. How can we help our students know what is real and what is fake? By\u00a0teaching Media Literacy. According &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/news-is-it-real-or-is-it-fake-media-literacy-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[136,137,53,63],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-literacy","tag-evaluate-sources","tag-fake-news","tag-media-literacy","tag-research"],"modified_by":"Karen Streeter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2008,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}