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Slide Deck 5 Online Verification Skills 1
Slide Deck 5 Online Verification Skills 1
Deck 5:
Online Verification Skills
Is this a castle
house in
Ireland?
Yes or no?
Write down your answer?
Did a
squirrel
get
prosthetic
wheels?
Yes or no?
Write down your answer?
Did world
leaders
huddle
around
Russian
President
Putin?
Yes or no?
Write down your answer?
Discussion
Do you always believe what you see online?
How do you know what you see online is
true?
Have you ever been fooled?
What criteria do you use to assess if
something is true or trustworthy?
Fact-check
This is Ko
Tapu, an
island in
Thailand,
which does
not include a
castle
Fact-check
Vladimir Putin
was digitally
added to this
photo
What is ‘fake news’?
All is not lost! There are many skills to teach and learn in order to combat
these trends in how we interact with information: