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Information Literacy and "Fake News"

Fake news is a hot topic and a big problem! What can you do to help stop spreading false information? Find out how to evaluate news and news sources.

Online Verification Skills

Recommended Short Videos

Through NewsWise, Mike Caulfield has created four videos on evaluating online information. Currently, these methods are recommended and considered more effective than just using checklists such as the ROCC list so make sure you view these videos.

Mike Caulfield is currently the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver, and head of the Digital Polarization Initiative of the American Democracy Project, a multi-school pilot to change the way that online media literacy is taught. 

(CIVIX is a Canadian "non-partisan, national registered charity dedicated to strengthening democracy through civic education". NewsWise is the product of a partnership between CIVIX and the Canadian Journalism Foundation, with the support of the Google.org Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation.)