Fake News Fibbage – Teaching students how to avoid online misinformation

March 08 6:00-7:00pm ET

Time: 60 mins,

Updated: March 10 2022,

Presenter: Andrew Menfi

Teacher Version

Objective Standards Summary Description Resources

Objective

Teachers will be able to:

Educate students on the pervasiveness and dangers of online misinformation and how to avoid them.
Run their own game of Fake News Fibbage, a unique and engaging game/activity that demonstrates to students the pervasiveness of online misinformation.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Public-Choice Analysis, Technology

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In this webinar, you will explore Fake News Fibbage, a unique activity that teaches students about misinformation.

Description

Online misinformation is an epidemic. Now more than ever it is important to give our students the tools to identify and discredit such stories any way we can. In this highly interactive webinar learn how to run a game Fake News Fibbage, a unique activity that will teach students how to avoid online misinformation [By playing it yourself!]