046 – Alternative Facts, Fake News and CRAAP Tests

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Episode 46 of the EdTech TV Podcast examines ways we can help our students navigate through the confusion of Alternative Facts and Fake News.

Alternative Facts, Fake News and the CRAAP Test

Alternative Facts:

• Kellyanne Conway’s Interview on Meet The Press

Questions to ponder:

• How do we ensure students pursue academic integrity when they can turn on the TV to watch our leaders ignore it?
• How do we teach students to search out legitimate sources when those sources are being actively undermined by powerful people/groups with special interests?
• How do we justify saying plagiarism is wrong when we reward plagiarists with top positions in the government?

Buzzfeed Links mentioned in the show:

• Michael Chabon Is An Underdog On Top Of The World
• What is Your Inner Potato?

The CRAAP Test:

• Original source from CSUChico
• Gettysburg College – CRAAP Test with Examples
• DHMO.org

Do you have your own techniques or ideas for helping students evaluate sources? Share them in the comments below! I’d love to hear from you :)

Google Updates

Google Voice

Google Voice just updated their mobile app to be much more user friendly. It’s a total overhaul and has been well received. Worth the effort for those who use Google Voice in the classroom.

• Check out my post on Google Voice in the Classroom

Google Docs

Google Docs also has a new update for the mobile versions of the app allowing for new features such as adding headers, page numbers, and other formatting issues on your phones and tablets.

• Check out my post on Google Docs

Google Teacher Tribe

Google Teacher Tribe is the new podcast by Matt Miller from Ditch That Textbook and Casey Bell from Shake Up Learning. Great show with lots of potential that I’m really looking forward to!

• Check out my interview with Matt

Non-Tech Rec

There are lots of different ways to use rubber bands in our daily lives. On a trip down a YouTube rabbit hole, I found this video which has some good ideas. And yes – it’s total clickbait. Still, pretty good.

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