#medialiteracy

  1. Don't Get Duped! Here's How to Spot AI-Generated Video Footage

    By Chandra Steele As generative AI continues to improve at a breakneck pace, it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell when something you see online is real or fabricated. And it's not just static images that we have to worry about either. AI-generated videos are on the rise as
  2. Best practices to address controversial topics in assignments

    In the ever-changing world of education, having students complete projects that tackle contentious subjects is a good academic practice and a vital step in developing their critical thinking, empathy, and complex understanding. In order to promote meaningful conversation while in
  3. Ways of reducing misinformation spread as well as reducing 'splitting' tendencies, i.e. all or nothing thinking by learning to practice dialectical thinking. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-prebunking-misinformation-works-60-minutes/
  4. Posted elsewhere by Jim Wright (" Stonekettle " here): Folks, if you're getting your information regarding the disaster in Baltimore from various "experts" on social media who "analyzed" a dark grainy video and "collated" various unverified "eyewitness" reports, stop doing that. Alte
  5. "Her priority is simply that the news sources are reputable and readers exercise critical thinking."

    4 mins. #NPR 3/26/2024 #Media #CriticalThinking #ReputableNewsSources
  6. NYT: Paper of Un-Record

    NYT WANTS TRUMP TO WIN. Look at these photos and then read the headline. Because President Biden always talks with people, and addresses real issues, he’s shown speaking with a large group. You can barely make him out because apparently the photographer couldn’t frame the shot. D
  7. #1year ago... "I just started a newsletter, and it's all YOUR fault!" Thanks to my subscribers, and everybody else who read that post, and all the others that followed at about #AI #mediaLiteracy #parenting and much more
  8. When a Mountain Becomes a Mole Hill: It's All About Facts, Context, and Media Literacy

    Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus with 51% of all votes cast in the state. Ron DeSantis followed this with 21% and Nikki Haley with 19% of the votes. Saying that Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus by a landslide is a fair and truthful statement. However, as they say in finance, past
  9. #misinformation #fakenews #teaching #schools #medialiteracy One of the most important skills we could offer kids today === "A state bill signed into law this fall mandates public schools to instruct media literacy, a set of skills that includes recognizing falsified data, identifyi
  10. You love to see it! #MediaLiteracy #Education #California #GoodNews