Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Discerning Fact from Fiction in the ‘Fake News’ Era
- Length: 248 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: ISTE
- Publication Date: 2021-09-27
- ISBN-10: 1564849058
- ISBN-13: 9781564849052
- Sales Rank: #31675 (See Top 100 Books)
From the authors of the bestselling Fact vs. Fiction, this book offers easy-to-implement lessons to engage students in becoming media literacy “digital detectives,” looking for clues, questioning motives, uncovering patterns, developing theories and, ultimately, delivering a verdict.
The current news landscape is driven by clicks, with every social media influencer, trained and citizen journalists chasing the same goal: a viral story. In this environment, where the race to be first on the scene with the most sensational story often overshadows the need for accuracy, traditional strategies for determining information credibility are no longer enough. Rather than simply helping students become savvy information consumers, today’s educators must provide learners with the skills to be digital detectives – information interrogators who are armed with a variety of tools for dissecting news stories and determining what’s real and what isn’t in our “post-truth world.”
This book:
- Shares meaningful lessons that move beyond traditional “fake news” protocols to help learners navigate a world in which information can be both a force for good and a tool used to influence and manipulate.
- Includes resources and examples to support educators in the work of facilitating engaging, relevant (and fun!) instructional opportunities for K-12 learners, in both face-to-face and digital learning environments.
- Unpacks the connection between social-emotional learning and information literacy.
- Includes access to the Digital Detective’s Evidence Locker, an online collection of over 100 downloadable and remixable resources to support the lessons in the book.
As the authors state: “Remember, the detective’s job is NOT to prove themselves correct. Their job is to detect the truth!” This statement reflects the way they approach the lessons in this book, providing clear and practical guidance to help educators address and overcome this ever-expanding issue.
Audience: K-12 educators and library media specialists
Cover Title Page Copyright About ISTE About the Authors Dedication Contents Introduction: Let’s Get Started! The Four Lenses The Four Lenses in Action Exploring the Digital Detective’s Evidence Locker A Word About Fact vs. Fiction This We Believe Chapter 1: The First Lens: Triggers Explore This Lens The High Price of Free Information Teach This Lens: Triggers Putting First Things First Chapter 2: The Second Lens: Access Explore This Lens The Community Reading Experience Teach This Lens: Access It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson Chapter 3: The Third Lens: Forensics Explore This Lens Oh, CRAAP The Shift from Identifying to Investigating Teach This Lens: Forensics More Questions, Less CRAAP Chapter 4: The Fourth Lens: Motives Explore This Lens Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation But What About Bots? Teach This Lens: Motives What We Do Next We’re Only Human Chapter 5: The Littlest Detectives: Strategies for K–3 Learners What About the Littles? Disposition 1: Connecting Information to Emotions Disposition 2: Curiosity Disposition 3: Empathy Digital Detectives in Training Chapter 6: The Digital Detective Squad Squad Goals The Hill We Climb Chapter 7: Putting It All Together: How to Use the Unit Plans and Related Resources So You Want to Be a Digital Detective, Eh? Basic Structure Step 1: The Case One-Sheet Step 3: The Facts of the Case Step 4: Synthesis and Beyond! Let’s Get to Work! Chapter 8: Digital Detective’s Lessons for Elementary Age Learners Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Chapter 9: Digital Detective’s Lessons for Middle Grade Learners Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Chapter 10: Digital Detective’s Lessons for High School Learners Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight Big Ideas SEL Spotlight References Index Back Cover
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