The News Literacy Project

🏃🏾♂️➡️ Introducing Spring Sprints! Give students an invaluable gift before sending them off on summer vacation: the ability to think critically about the world and its complex information landscape. Featuring: ✨ 4 Checkology lessons ✨ FREE webinars ✨ Downloadable bookmarks and more 🔗 Start running today: https://lnkd.in/gFXvN67U #Educators #NewsLiteracy

💡 A world full of misinformation needs a generation trained to challenge it. We are working to ensure that every student, in every school, has access to the skills they need to think critically about the news they see every day. ❤️ Donate today and help us reach more students by the end of this school year: https://lnkd.in/etruJpg #NewsLiteracy

🤔 Memes are often funny and basic to make. But that simplicity also helps creators easily share false or misleading info. ✨ In today's edition of our shortened version of The Sift: Tips for helping to curb misinformation and conspiracy theories ⤵️ ➕ You can also subscribe to the full email newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eNNy_QE #Memes #Misinformation

🌞 Sprint with us toward summer break with these four foundational news literacy lessons + infographics. #NewsLiteracy #Checkology

⚠️ Falsely using a well-known name to create a fake post is impostor content, a common form of misinformation. 👇🏾 See below for an example featuring a fabricated Truth Social post from President Donald Trump that was first shared on April Fools' Day. 👀 Read more on RumorGuard: https://lnkd.in/gzGwp5kP #ImpostorContent #Misinformation

ℹ️ News literacy starts with identifying the primary purpose of a piece of content. ⤵️ Tap through for a sneak peek of "InfoZones," our foundational Checkology lesson that breaks down six types of information. 🔗 Explore the lesson, download "zoning information" bookmarks for students and more with Spring Sprints: https://lnkd.in/gFXvN67U #SpringSprints #InfoZones

❌ NO: This is not a real photo of a person in a Pikachu costume at a protest in Turkey. It's AI-generated engagement bait and easy to fall for. ⚠️ Remember that many social media accounts are more focused on getting views than sticking to the facts. 👉🏾 More news literacy takeaways on RumorGuard: bit.ly/PikachuAI #Pikachu #MediaLiteracy

📢 Educators and anyone with a young person in your life: Our LinkedIn newsletter is now called "The Sift" and is a shortened version of our Monday email. ℹ️ It features a top story with discussion prompts and news literacy resources, a RumorGuard example of viral misinformation and links to articles from our "Kickers" section. Read today's edition and subscribe ⤵️

If it seems hard to keep up with AI, you're not alone! This #AILiteracyDay, check out our page with resources including: ✨ Checkology lessons ✨ Quizzes ✨ Posters like this one, created with SmartNews ⤵️ 📌 Bookmark the page: https://bit.ly/NLP_ai

🐋 Can you spot the real whale among the AI-generated fakes? Test yourself & stay for the news literacy tips revealed with the answer. #AI #Whales #NewsLiteracy