Tag Archives: lateral reading

Learning to Assess Information Credibility with my Favourite Tree Octopus

A Fun Lesson for our grades 3-5 students Each student will need a device for this activity.  You will share the link to the following site with your students. https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/   Teachers will then need to print the web evaluation checklist.  Click the button on the upper right hand corner ‘pop out’.  Only print page 1.  … Continue reading Learning to Assess Information Credibility with my Favourite Tree Octopus

Become a Fact-Checker… Part 1: Reading Laterally

There is a constant stream of misinformation and disinformation out there about a lot of world news and this is especially true about the Coronavirus.  Misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is often posted deliberately to deceive.  Disinformation is false information put out through certain politicians or governments to deliberately deceive.  Unfortunately, both misinformation … Continue reading Become a Fact-Checker… Part 1: Reading Laterally