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🔍 EXPLORE: DDD Book Study
A study guide for Developing Digital Detectives!
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Apr 19
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✏️ TEACH: Facts VS Opinions VS Emotions (And Robots!)
We’ve updated the Triggers lens focused mini-lessons (for grades 4-5 and 6-8) to include an activity that uses Michael Rex’s picture book Facts VS…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Feb 18
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💬 THINK: TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia
TikTok is a very popular social media platform among today’s youth because of its short music clips, dances, and stunts, but what happens when the…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
May 23
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🔍 EXPLORE: A Thought Experiment
This month we want to use a thought experiment offered by the folks at Thinking is Power to help you and your students explore something you/they…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
May 23
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✏️ TEACH: Device Hacks
Tips for taking control of your device (so that your device doesn’t take control of you)!
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Apr 19
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💬 THINK: Play Mini Golf To See How Politicians Tilt Elections Using Maps
Fore! To help visualize the process and the effects of gerrymandering, The Washington Post has created a mini-golf computer game that serves as an…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Mar 16
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💬 THINK: Play Mini Golf To See How Politicians Tilt Elections Using Maps
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💬 THINK: Is The Internet Making Us Dumber?
Spoiler: YES it is. AND it's by design!
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Apr 19
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🏆 BONUS: Source Checker
Gamified Source Verification
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Apr 19
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👏 FOLLOW: #DigitalDetectiveSquad shoutout!
We couldn’t resist featuring Patty Louis, an ES Teacher Librarian in Hawaii this month, because her “Spot The Difference” activity inspired us to create…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Feb 18
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👏 FOLLOW: #DigitalDetectiveSquad shoutout!
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👏 FOLLOW: #DigitalDetectiveSquad shoutout!
Abby is a research fellow at Accelerationism Research Consortium and one of our favorite mis-, dis-, and mal- information-busting TikTokers. Her recent…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Mar 16
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🏆 BONUS: Work Through Emotions Before You 👍🏽👎🏾 💬 📢
Since we know that emotion is a fundamental driver of our behavior online, it’s vital to help learners recognize when information is triggering them and…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
May 23
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🔍 EXPLORE: Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies
It’s their brains! This article from Scientific American discusses why the teenage brain is ripe for falling for disinformation AND why some information…
Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Feb 18
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