Engage & Inspire with Fake Websites with TeachersFirst - 532

FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Misinformation is rampant online. As educators, how can we prepare students to navigate this landscape? In this interactive workshop, participants will explore techniques for leveraging fake websites to build essential media literacy skills. Join us to explore this engaging approach to promoting digital citizenship and critical thinking. Leave equipped with practical strategies for developing media-savvy students through authentic learning experiences that incorporate analyzing fake websites

As a result of this session, teachers will:

1. Evaluate fake websites and identify specific indicators of misinformation, such as biased language, questionable sources, and misleading visuals;
2. Learn strategies for responsibly incorporating fake websites into instruction to foster critical thinking; and
3. Plan to implement activities using fake websites in instruction.

OK2Ask, TeachersFirst’s series of hands-on virtual professional learning workshops, is for teachers at ALL technology comfort levels. As these are not “sit and get” sessions, we highly recommend you attend using a computer with an updated browser (Chrome or Edge). Using a mobile device may prevent you from participating fully, jeopardizing your ability to receive CEUs.

Applicable ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)*: 2.1.a; 2.1.b; 2.2.c; 2.3.b; 2.5.b

* The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at ISTE’s Standards page.

Presented by

Darshell Silva

Darshell Silva is a school librarian in Providence, RI and a per-course faculty member at the University of Rhode Island.  Darshell has a passion for teaching colleagues to use primary source materials in their instruction.  She began working with the K-12 team at The Source for Learning in 2018.

Register HERE.

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