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This lesson was prepared for a 200-level international studies course on Youth Culture in the Muslim world. The students were given a social media assignment that required them to develop strategies for recognizing and combatting misinformation and disinformation online. The lesson was designed after Michael Caulfield's open access book Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. I was limited to 30 minutes, so this interactive lesson was designed to introduce them to the four moves and a habit (now called the SIFT method) that fact-checkers use when evaluating sources. A longer session could incorporate guided practice for each of the moves. You will find detailed notes in the notes section of my slides.
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This session was designed for students in a 300-level Public Policy internship seminar where students were required to write an op ed for the CT Mirror. By the end of the session students were expected to be able to identify and locate the types of information sources needed for public scholarship and to critically assess the credibility of web resources by using the lateral reading techniques of fact checkers. Below you will find the lesson plan, corresponding slideshow, and course guide. You will find detailed notes in the notes section of the slides.
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