NLP Educator Booklet - Flipbook - Page 9
Extension
and mastery
Checkology includes extension activities and resources to support educators as
they guide their students toward extending and applying what they’ve learned
in the lessons. These include quizzes, challenges, exercises and supplemental
content as well as the Check Center and Newsroom to Classroom program.
The Check Center
This dynamic component of Checkology includes areas designed to build skills and habits
of mind that help students detect and debunk misinformation as they encounter it.
How it works
The Quick Check interactive
widget guides students through
a series of key questions and
steps customized for different
types of information.
The Toolbox contains
tips and tutorials that
teach students how to
e昀케ciently navigate digital
media and use tools to
debunk misinformation.
Veri昀椀cation Missions are engaging
fact-checking challenges that put
students’ skills to the test using
authentic examples of information
from social media and other
sources of online content.
Newsroom to Classroom
NLP’s Newsroom to Classroom
program — exclusively for
Checkology educators —
connects teachers with vetted
journalist volunteers who will
visit classrooms either in person
or virtually to share their news
literacy knowledge and expertise.
These sessions are designed to:
• Demystify the practice of
quality journalism.
Industry experts in
your classroom.
• Demonstrate how to think critically
and become information-savvy in
today’s complex online landscape.
• Develop an appreciation of
the vital role a free press plays
in a robust democracy.
Additional classroom tools
Resource Library
In addition to Checkology, educators
will 昀椀nd free classroom resources,
including downloadable lesson plans,
graphic organizers, classroom activities,
posters and infographics, and quizzes
and training materials on newslit.org.
Go to newslit.org/educators/resources
The Sift®
An educator’s guide
to the week in news literacy
Subscribe at
newslit.org/educatorsubscribe/
The Sift is NLP’s free newsletter for
educators that explores current examples of
misinformation, addresses journalism and
press freedom topics, and discusses social
media trends and other media issues.
This timely content — delivered every
Monday during the school year — offers
teachable moments in news literacy, both
in and out of the classroom. The Sift is an
essential resource for educators and is ideal
for anyone interested in news literacy.
Classroom
Resources
Classroom Resources
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