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Lesson #1: Legit-O-Meter App

Kraken the Code Web Literacy Exercise

  • Admin portal for teachers
    • A teacher chooses which "fake news" theme to assign students
      • ex: global warming, vaccines, GMOs, etc
      • these could be created by the Fake the News team, or user contributors
      • a theme could have around 10 articles which would be randomly assigned to the class
    • A teacher may create their own themes and populate their own articles so that there is customizability. They could choose to make these public for reuse in the community.
    • A teacher will publish or make the game live. This creates a unique web link for students to navigate to.
    • A teacher will select a grade level which will determine what questions the students will have to answer in the Legit-o-Meter game.
  • In order to help teachers create their own themes, we could provide a list of reputable source, snopes, etc.
    • We may also invite them to choose different types of articles
      • Reputable
      • Fake
      • Opinion
      • Sponsored content
  • The student experience
    • A student navigates to a public generated URL once the teacher clicks Publish. This mitigates the need for student login.
    • Students are randomly assigned articles within the theme(s) the teachers has chosen
    • A student will be prompted to enter their name
      • At which point the teacher will be able to see what students are working and what articles have been assigned to them.
  • Questions to include in the Legit-o-Meter gameplay:
    • Name of Publisher
    • Whats the headline?
    • Summarize this article:
    • Look for name, who wrote this:
      • What about the Economist?
      • Is it clickable so you can see their work? What other work have they done.
    • Check the Date
    • Have edits or corrections to the article? Use the wayback machine to make sure this article hasn’t changes since it was originally published.
    • Find the source, where did the writer get their information?
      • are there Anonymous sources cited? Why?
    • Did the article disappear? This is a teachable moment. Why might it have disappeared?
    • Looks matter, is it well designed
    • Are there spelling errors?
    • Is the article objective? Is there bias? Is the author trying to make you believe something?
    • What advertisements are seeing?
      • Sponsored content. Does the article want you to buy something?
    • What is the purpose of this article? Why was it produced?
      • Entertainment
      • Satire
      • Commercial
      • Educational
      • Persuasive
      • Political
    • After reading this article do you understand this topic better?
    • Do you think this source is reputable
    • Would you cite this in your research paper?
    • Do you think the headline accurately reflects the story?

Evaluation:

  • Rubric that Sarah will work on

  • Teacher evaluates each students worksheet and scores each within the app

  • Based on the student + teacher score, the article gets a final score in the system

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Other topics discussed:

  • We should think about what analog (backup) material looks like. How much do we need to update the worksheet vs create something new?

  • Discussion of whether article should be stripped and plain article presented. But part of an article's credibility comes from its appearance.

  • Concern about creating a yelp for news. We shouldn't be creating a precedent where users can 1-star attack publications they don't like.

Next Steps:

  • Sarah will turn these notes into a lesson - 2/17
  • Mateo will turn these notes into a design brief - 2/17
  • very Rough design prototypes - 2/22
  • 1 theme + 10 articles - 2/24

Lesson #2: The Consequences of Fake News

  • Origins & Consequences of Fake News
  • Using historical examples
  • What motivates this ecosystem
    • money
    • Propaganda & political power
    • lulz, chaos fetish
  • Discussion of "Click Bait Calculator Game" if resources permit

Lesson #3: Build your own Fake News

  • Original idea: x ray googles for students to create their own fake news stories
  • Our new idea:
    • Put students in different roles:
      • Journalist
        • Fix a fake news article. Make it credible by replacing details, facts, pictures, etc
        • what goes into being a good journalist?
      • Fake journalist
        • Make a good story fake. Make a real story more sensational, misleading, etc.
      • News Editor
        • Two articles pop up in your inbox
        • What article do you chose to run with?
        • And why
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