{"id":9768,"date":"2024-06-20T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=9768"},"modified":"2024-06-18T19:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:02:37","slug":"misinformation-disinformation-and-ai-what-students-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/misinformation-disinformation-and-ai-what-students-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation, Disinformation, and AI &#8211; What Students Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What can we learn from \u201cAI Ian\u201d?\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QwXeNUcIc_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iste.org\/blog\/teaching-kids-what-ai-is-and-isnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> is an amazing tool. Like all tools, it has <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/educators\/resources\/6-things-to-know-about-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">benefits and deficits<\/a>\u2014one deficit affecting education is AI\u2019s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/21\/1239693671\/ai-images-and-conspiracy-theories-are-driving-a-push-for-media-literacy-educatio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">produce misinformation and disinformation<\/a>. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, and disinformation is false information deliberately produced to mislead. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/technology\/4108304-why-media-literacy-is-key-to-tackling-ai-powered-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media literacy education<\/a> is key to teaching students <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-generated-misinformation-3-teachable-skills-to-help-address-it-212232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to recognize misinformation<\/a> and disinformation produced by AI. For the purposes of this blog post, we will use the term misinformation to address both misinformation and disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024_JUN_18ran20_Disinformation_and_AI_Silva.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024_JUN_18ran20_Disinformation_and_AI_Silva-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024_JUN_18ran20_Disinformation_and_AI_Silva-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024_JUN_18ran20_Disinformation_and_AI_Silva-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024_JUN_18ran20_Disinformation_and_AI_Silva.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-image-misinformation-surged-google-research-finds-rcna154333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-generated content<\/a> is escalating. Teaching students to recognize and counter <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Misinformation_Nov2021.pdf?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=click&amp;utm_campaign=ai_landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misinformation<\/a> in this age of AI is no easy task, but it is <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">necessary<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-to-know-what-to-trust-DIGITAL_092320.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowing what to trust<\/a> is the first step, and there are a variety of resources available to help students at all grade levels think critically about information and its sources. Encourage young elementary students to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/2021-03\/document-cs-education-fakenews-poster-release-lr_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deceptive detectives<\/a>. Teach older students to evaluate media with the <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/updates\/join-the-rumorguard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rumor Guard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/5-Factors_poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5 Factors<\/a> or something similar. The <a href=\"https:\/\/newslit.org\/educators\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News Literacy Project&#8217;s Resource Library<\/a> contains everything you need to start teaching students in grades 4\u201312 how to evaluate media, including lesson plans, classroom activities, infographics, and quizzes. Teach your students to evaluate media using <a href=\"https:\/\/checkology.org\/demo\/lesson\/7dfd7cb251430f1c28f84051056b4aff8e65ad75?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=click&amp;utm_campaign=ai_landing&amp;_gl=1*107bugs*_ga*MTk3NTUzMjkwMS4xNzE1ODE4MDQ4*_ga_TCGD1R62ZJ*MTcxNzU0Mzg4OS4yLjEuMTcxNzU0NDYwMi4yOS4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reverse image search<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkology.org\/demo\/lesson\/dfa49340a3c8c507452258798f4d191fd0401772?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=click&amp;utm_campaign=ai_landing&amp;_gl=1*f6a13n*_ga*MTk3NTUzMjkwMS4xNzE1ODE4MDQ4*_ga_TCGD1R62ZJ*MTcxNzU0Mzg4OS4yLjEuMTcxNzU0NDYwNC4yNy4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lateral reading<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/checkology.org\/demo\/lesson\/c5dfdc5e88f64c1228e7821fe84f271a68edc254?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=click&amp;utm_campaign=ai_landing?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=click&amp;utm_campaign=ai_landing&amp;_gl=1*1m3ndqs*_ga*MTk3NTUzMjkwMS4xNzE1ODE4MDQ4*_ga_TCGD1R62ZJ*MTcxNzU0Mzg4OS4yLjEuMTcxNzU0NDYwNC4yNy4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critical observation<\/a>. Provide them with advice and resources that will help them recognize and avoid being fooled by AI-generated content, like <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.pbslearningmedia.org\/collection\/be-mediawise-news-literacy-lesson-plans\/t\/navigating-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS Media&#8217;s Navigating Artificial Intelligence lesson<\/a> for grades 6\u201312. Engage them with real-world examples and activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-66220781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Test their AI IQ<\/a>, see if they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whichfaceisreal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tell the difference between real life people and AI generated<\/a> people, or put this activity on a white board and have students test their <a href=\"https:\/\/detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deep fake detection<\/a> skills. Engage them in a debate surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/sharemylesson.com\/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson\/nick-clegg-meta-ai-disinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meta and AI<\/a>, whether AI is a <a href=\"https:\/\/annmichaelsen.com\/2024\/02\/26\/lesson-plan-will-deepfakes-pose-perfect-threat-to-next-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threat to democracy<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/en-gb\/resource-library\/learning-navigate-generative-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ethics of generative AI<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start <a href=\"https:\/\/aipedagogy.org\/assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helping your students think critically about AI, media, and misinformation<\/a> now, and check out TeachersFirst\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/search_action.cfm?grade_low=0&amp;grade_high=12&amp;searchtext=misinformation&amp;searchtype=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reviewed resources<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?s=misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog posts<\/a> for more tools and content related to misinformation and media literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is an amazing tool. Like all tools, it has benefits and deficits\u2014one deficit affecting education is AI\u2019s ability to produce misinformation and disinformation. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, and disinformation is false information deliberately produced to mislead. Media literacy education is key to teaching students to recognize misinformation and disinformation produced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/misinformation-disinformation-and-ai-what-students-need-to-know\/\" 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":[27],"tags":[283,298,53,328],"class_list":["post-9768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-application","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-media-literacy","tag-misinformation"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9768","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=9768"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9921,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9768\/revisions\/9921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}