The internet comes with an overload of information. Though this is a benefit to most teachers and students, internet has a dark side.
Photoshop shows you pictures of things that didn’t actually happen, websites have articles with fake content, and amateur journalists invent impressive statistics that are actually a hoax. On the internet, anything may look real, but it isn’t.
A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education report shows that many students have trouble judging the credibility of information online. The results showed that 80-90 percent of high school students had a difficult time judging the credibility of news.
Main Idea
Creator | Gintarė Gulevičiūtė | ||||
Subject | Information Technology, Literacy, Science, Privacy | ||||
Length | 60 minutes | ||||
Pedagogical Approach | Explorative learning approach | ||||
Competencies | Developing source criticism skills, scientific literacy | ||||
Grades | 8-12 | ||||
Link to the worksheet | English: Link |