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FAKE NEWS! Lesson to use to teach students how to detect it. Think critically! There has been a lot of talk lately about the effect fake news has on people’s opinions and all aspects of their life. It is important to teach students how to detect fake news and to think critically about the sources they use online. There are many wonderful lesson plans already made to help combat this trend. Below are some of my favorites: C-Span Classroom:  Lesson Idea: Media Literacy and Fake News goo.gl/K7vqGj Ted Ed Lessons Worth Sharing : How to Choose Your News goo.gl/KHvF5M SLJ Article : Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world  (Full of great resources) by Joyce Valenza goo.gl/QspB8I 

FAKE NEWS versus The Truth: how to spot the difference One of the biggest discussions right now is about the use of fake news in social media sites, especially on Twitter and Facebook, and how quickly it can be shared. Here are just a few articles concerning this trend: Students have 'Dismaying' Inability to Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds - NPR Facebook, Fake News and the Meaning of Truth - BBC We Tracked Down a Fake-News Creator in the Suburbs. Here's What We Learned - NPR School Librarians are Information Teachers and are here to help.  We are at the forefront of teaching  Information Literacy.   These are must-have skills both students and adults should process such as the ability to: Consider the source. (Authority)   Read beyond the headline. (Authority) Check the author. (Authority)  What's the support? (Accuracy & Reliability)  Check the date. (Relevance and Reliability)  Is this some kind of joke? (New in t...