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How should the project approach students’ widespread use of Wikipedia as a research tool? Should we encourage them to employ it as a living, interactive alternative to the conventional encyclopedia―an information source that engages and empowers users with a sense of ownership? At the same time, should we caution that it has lower standards of verification and expertise and is a constant work-in-progress that should be used judiciously? What exercises or examples should we use to improve students’ understanding of Wikipedia? What are the best available reports about Wikipedia, reflecting...
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We want to identify and create classroom exercises to give students the tools to distinguish between assertion and verification in news and other messages. We’ll focus on online sources as well as traditional news reports. These exercises can be games, role-playing or group activities, based inside or outside the classroom. If, as a teacher, journalist or student you have such exercises to recommend, please share them in the comment section at the bottom of this page.
We want to engage students across the country in social networking around the news and news literacy through the tools they already use to connect: text messages, blogs, quizzes, polls and voting. We also want the site to be a place where students discuss their experiences in the project and post their own work. In the comment section below, please share your ideas about how to use new media to involve students this way.
