CPD session Practical Strategies for Teaching Information and

CPD session Practical Strategies for Teaching Information and Media literacy

Who We Are Helen Blachford Head of Humanities Priory School, Southsea Bryden Joy Head of Life Studies Perins School, Alresford

Our involvement in Media Literacy • ACT Ambassadors for South East England • USA teacher exchange in April 2019 • 10 days in Washington, NYC, Boston • met with leading experts • wanted to start to implement in England 3

Our involvement in Media Literacy • ACT Ambassadors for South East England • USA teacher exchange in April 2019 • 10 days in Washington, NYC, Boston • met with leading experts • wanted to start to implement in England • Developing lessons for use in schools 7

Task • Can you define these key words? disinformation malinformation that is deliberately created to harm a person, social group or organisation information which is false, but not created with the intention of causing harm truthful information which is shared to deliberately harm a person or group 8

Media Consumption 11

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REVIEW: Reputation • Who is the source of the published content? • Have you heard of this person or outlet before? • Have they previously been reliable? • What is their area of expertise, if any?

REVIEW: Evidence • Distinguish between examples of fact and opinion • Think about how the facts may have been curated • Undertake lateral reading to read around the issue • Consider if holes in the story are emerging 15

BBC, 5 May 2020

IMVAIN model from Stony Brook University Center for News Literacy 17

REVIEW: Verify • Test the article using the IMVAIN criteria • Check fact-checking websites like Full. Fact or Snopes to see if the story has been verified • Try to find the same story reported in other outlets • Investigate pieces of evidence, e. g. names or dates • Research if images or videos are elsewhere online using Google Reverse Image Search or Tin. Eye

Know Your Neighbourhood 19

REVIEW: Intent 20

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Bias and Intent 23

REVIEW: Emotions 24

25 Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions Image source: copypress. com

Task 26

Task Reactions of: • Conservative voter • Labour voter • NHS employee 27

REVIEW: Weigh it Up • Is the source reputable? • Is the evidence in the article accurate? • Is this a news piece or an opinion piece? • Has it been written to trigger your emotions? • Does everything check out? • Do you want to share it or not?

Any questions?