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Exercise, Video
Check the Fake
How to differentiate fake news from true, what to believe or not, how to use critical thinking to judge the news. Find web-pages where participant can check the news and original source of the news if it is reliable or not.
Aims of the tool
To teach participants how to check information and realize why media literacy and critical thinking is important in nowadays world.
Description of the tool
Step-by-step instruction
1- introduction to the topic (15 min).
- Do you follow news? What kind of?
- Where do you get your news (sources)?
- Do you trust / check this sources?
- Have you ever had a feeling that the article is fake? Do you check it? How? Where?
2 - show the Media Literacy video (https://1drv.ms/v/s!AjOgchk-HkPOi3IeMc23HL6e4R12?e=LoRR7R) (10 min).
3 - Discuss with participants what they learnt from this video? (5 min)
4 - Introduce some sites and tools (15 min)
-show them how to differentiate if the picture of the article is fake or noտ. Uploading the photo to "Google image" to see the original source and if it's related to the article.
-Show them some sites to check the article (f.i. snopes.com).
5 - give them exercises to check some article/photos if they are fake or not (work in groups 3-5 person per group) (10 min).
6-Share the group work results about the exercise and discuss (15 min).
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/2608
This tool is for
Youth (16 - 30) / youth worker / trainer
and addresses
Personal Development, Conflict Management, Youth Participation
It is recommended for use in:
Youth Exchanges
Training and Networking
Materials needed:
Projector; Markers; Papers; Space for the workshop; Laptops; Flipcharts; Notebooks and pens; Internet.
Duration:
70 minutes
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Mari Gelashvili, KesoBigvava, ThaerSkheir, Giorgi Tchanturidze, Ira Forostyanko, Akram Soliman
in the context of
DocuSpeech against Hate Speech project (2018, Luxembourg)
The tool has been experimented in
Georgia, Droni NGO
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Seg Kirakossian (on 26 September 2019)
and last modified
19 September 2019
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