With the accessibility of posting information online, people can be misled by a faulty piece of information. As future teachers, we need to prepare our students to be cognisant of biases and misinformation. Not only will this knowledge help them in the classroom, but knowing how to detect credibility is a skill that can be applied in their personal lives, as well. Also, gauging the ability of the general public to conclude the validity of a source based on comments posted to Weekly World News creates a bleak outlook. The amount of users under the impression the fake articles are real is testimony to the importance of Crap Detection.
Alora & Heather’s Crap Detection Plan
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