{"id":2649,"date":"2019-05-21T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:38:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:38:37","slug":"fake-news-what-can-we-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/fake-news-what-can-we-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake News &#8211; What can we do about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>80%<\/strong> of middle schoolers mistake sponsored content for real news<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 in 4<\/strong> students can\u2019t distinguish between real and fake news on Facebook<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fewer than 1 in 3<\/strong> students are skeptical of biased news sources<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/action4mediaeducation.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/media-literacy_real-news-infographic_10_2017.pdf\">ISTE Fake News Infographic 2017<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-MAY-Fake-News-What-Can-We-Do.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2688\" src=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-MAY-Fake-News-What-Can-We-Do-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-MAY-Fake-News-What-Can-We-Do-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-MAY-Fake-News-What-Can-We-Do-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-MAY-Fake-News-What-Can-We-Do.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>As educators, what can we do to make sure our students are not counted as one of the statistics surrounding fake news? From<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/programminglibrarian.org\/blog\/i-found-it-internet-it-must-be-true-fact-vs-opinion-middle-school-students\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> librarians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/gnmeducationcentre\/2018\/jan\/08\/resources-for-teachers-news-journalism-teaching-ideas-and-activities\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news organizations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amle.org\/BrowsebyTopic\/WhatsNew\/WNDet\/TabId\/270\/ArtMID\/888\/ArticleID\/848\/Fact-or-Fiction-Fake-News-and-its-Impact-on-Education.aspx\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educational associations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, help for educators to combat fake news in their classrooms is at an all-time high. There are many strategies to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best strategy is teaching students the skills they need to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/alltechconsidered\/2016\/12\/05\/503581220\/fake-or-real-how-to-self-check-the-news-and-get-the-facts\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be their own fact checkers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There are a variety of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neinnovationnetwork.org\/listen-up-get-your-fake-news-lesson-plans-here\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lessons plans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available for all types of classrooms. Students in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robeson.k12.nc.us\/site\/handlers\/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=39850&amp;dataid=53761&amp;FileName=fact%20and%20opinion%20mini%20lesson.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elementary school<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> need to be able to start<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/teaching.monster.com\/training\/articles\/2589-k-5-fact-versus-opinion\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinguishing fact from opinion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In middle school, students can begin to learn<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/digital-citizenship\/lesson\/finding-credible-news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what is considered news<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newseumed.org\/tools\/lesson-plan\/whats-news-video-lesson\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how media affects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so many aspects of our lives. There are many lessons available for grades 3-8 on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/digital-citizenship\/curriculum\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CommonSense Media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through their digital citizenship curriculum. Once they are in high school, students need to be able to start<\/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;\">identifying fake news<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AkwWcHekMdo\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">critically analyzing media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many online games and activities available for classroom use. The New York Times offers a variety of classroom-ready activities like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/13\/skills-practice-distinguishing-between-fact-and-opinion\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinguishing between fact and opinion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what&#8217;s going on in this picture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/05\/07\/learning\/07Weekly-News-Quiz-for-Students.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weekly news quiz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Games like<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/factitious.augamestudio.com\/#\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factitious<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fakeittomakeitgame.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fake it to Make It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are all about recognizing fake news. Assess students&#8217; skills in recognizing fake news by trying out a quiz by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/articles\/2017\/fake-news-quiz.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penguin Books<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelone.com\/feature\/quiz-can-you-spot-the-fake-news-story\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Channel One News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-38005844\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/punditfact\/article\/2017\/jun\/19\/real-or-fake-tour-fake-news-quiz-find-out\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politifact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Find a mix of online activities at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/flackcheck.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Flackcheck.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Annenberg Public Policy Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should also strive to make sure that students have resources that they need readily available to them to help them evaluate various types of media. For younger students,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schrockguide.net\/uploads\/3\/9\/2\/2\/392267\/5ws.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathy Schrock&#8217;s 5Ws<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of website evaluation is in plain language and easily understandable. For older students, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.csuchico.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/craap-test.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CRAAP test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.lmu.edu\/ld.php?content_id=16497232\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RADAR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are more appropriate. Students should also have access to fact-checking sites like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factcheck.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/?utm_term=.0bc4b0a9e563\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post Fact Checker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snopes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politifact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers need resources too! For teacher use, check out<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers &#8230;and other people who care about facts<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.pace.edu\/fakenews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PACE University&#8217;s Real vs. Fake News libguide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Be on the lookout for the upcoming digital literacy project<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/mediawise\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MediaWise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for teens. \u00a0As always, TeachersFirst also has resources for you. Check out our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/spectopics\/medialiteracy.cfm\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media literacy page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?s=fake+news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> related blog posts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Let&#8217;s make sure to work together to make our students accomplished fact checkers!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80% of middle schoolers mistake sponsored content for real news 3 in 4 students can\u2019t distinguish between real and fake news on Facebook Fewer than 1 in 3 students are skeptical of biased news sources (ISTE Fake News Infographic 2017) As educators, what can we do to make sure our students are not counted as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/fake-news-what-can-we-do-about-it\/\" 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":{"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[173,53,63,28],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-literacy","tag-classroom","tag-media-literacy","tag-research","tag-strategies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake News - What can we do about it? 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