Bits & Bytes
Snacking on Digital Media for Engaged Learning
Issue 4 | Jan 24 2018 | The Fake News Edition
What is fake news and why does it matter?
In today's global and political climate, the term "fake news" is bumped around lightly in conversation. And more than ever, in our super saturated information age, we need to explicitly teach news and media literacy skills. Our students need to understand how media is created, how to vet it, and how to deconstruct it.
This issue of Bits and Bytes is dedicated to curating the best of the web for helping you guide our students in navigating the information explosion of the Digital Age.
Resources for the Classroom
Gamify Your News Savvy
Student-Friendly News Sources
- NEWSELA - You are already familiar with this one! Try creating your own text sets around the themes of "fake news" and information literacy.
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune
- KidsPost - From the folks at The Washington Post
- Science News for Students
- Channel One News
- The New York Times Learning Network
- PBS NewsHour Extra
Primary and Secondary Source Documents
Don't forget to explore Stoller's electronic library resources from the Gale Virtual Reference Library when considering research and sources in the classroom. In addition, explore some of these high-quality primary and secondary source document sites to support critical studies in history, literacy, and the arts.
- Library of Congress
- National Archives
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Smithsonian's History Explorer
- Digital Public Library of America
- American Panorama
- Google Arts & Culture
- United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
- National WWII Museum
- Data USA
- Google Scholar
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
"You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
-Daniel Patrick Moynihan