NewsFeed Defenders Gameplay
Subjects & Skills - English Language Arts, Social Studies, Global perspectives, Critical Thinking Learning objectives - Identify markers of verification, transparency, accountability, and independence in news stories. Define and identify problematic news items, and other news-related types of misinformation. Explain a variety of strategies to verify images and information. Evaluate text for bias based on word choices and framing methods. Use third-party information to judge the credibility of a source. Learning Outcomes achieved - Learn tactics to spot fake news, investigate bad reporting, and off-topic stories. Use independent sources to verify news facts and sources, evaluate articles for bias. NewsFeed Defenders is a free social media and news literacy simulation that helps students understand the essential qualities of good journalism, how news goes viral, and common tactics employed in news to deceive or manipulate reads and disregard disinformation and misinformation on th