{"id":147,"date":"2019-06-25T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/?p=147"},"modified":"2019-06-26T07:05:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T11:05:14","slug":"intro2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/2019\/06\/25\/intro2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is fake news? What is a fact?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Front matter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask me three questions about the syllabus. <\/li><li>Digital Bingo.<\/li><li>Roster\/schedule check for conferences tomorrow.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reading: &#8220;Dead Reckoning&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as possible, draw from evidence from the text (i.e. quotations or \u00b6\/page numbers) as we answer these questions: <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What&#8217;s the overall purpose of this report? How is the first half organized? Who is it for? What data or information is it based upon?<\/li><li>What&#8217;s tricky about the term &#8220;fake news&#8221;? Why is its definition often contested?<\/li><li>What are the different ways scholars and journalists have tried to identify fake news? Why are each of these imperfect or even problematic?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a fact?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kahoot quiz: <a aria-label=\"Kahoot (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/create.kahoot.it\/share\/what-is-a-fact\/528f57cf-0b1e-4cca-970f-05f574b6fc7b\">what is a fact<\/a>?<\/li><li>What is a fact? [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1v9CQmMFMwDE-AtuxoJhvC4O_7MFbO4Mb\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">slides<\/a>]<\/li><li>What does it mean to check facts? <em><a href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/\">Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples from our fake news quiz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>How might the moves from Caulfield help us with these?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image.png 929w, https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-768x226.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-2.png 680w, https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-2-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at HW below and watch me demo some of the ways you can create and edit a site in WordPress (WP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Homework for tomorrow&#8217;s conferences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Begin to set up a site in WordPress and add an About Me page. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"See these directions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/how-to-set-up-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">See these directions<\/a> on how. 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