Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation - Learning to Critically Evaluate Sources of Information: Teaching Resources

BBC game and videos challenges young people to spot "fake news"

Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and evidence-based educational resources nationally and internationally.

Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape. You will learn how to identify credible information, seek out reliable sources, and apply critical thinking skills to separate fact-based content from falsehoods.

CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments) is an open access resource for faculty and librarians.

The Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook hosts a Digital Resource Center to share the accumulating wisdom and materials of the News Literacy teaching community, which works to strengthen democracy by teaching students to pluck reliable information from the daily media tsunami.

False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources: a dynamic Google Doc filled with tips from Melissa Zimdars, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at Merrimack College.

Learning outcomes, tools, and resources that some institutions have deployed to infuse information literacy concepts and skills into their curricula

Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart.

The Media Literacy Clearinghouse run by Frank Baker, contains various media literacy resources.

Browse 1,000s of Lesson Plans, Digital Artifacts, Videos, Historical Events, Interactives and Other EDTools.

Explore custom teaching options or attend a Poynter training session.

Teaches you how to critically evaluate online resources so that you can be both an informed consumer and producer of digital content.

The media education lab creates free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills and competencies.