Misinformation is a constant in students' lives, especially in the current global reality. This instructor-led KQED Media Academy course will help you empower students to effectively assess the accuracy and quality of information across media formats and understand the techniques content creators use to shape their messages. 

This professional development course is open to educators in all roles, subjects and grades who are looking for the skills and confidence to teach students how to effectively analyze and evaluate online news and information, and navigate the internet to find credible sources. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Creating lesson plans for classroom media analysis and evaluation that align with Common Core and other curriculum standards 
• Employ current best practices to assess the accuracy and quality of information in a variety of media formats 
• Gain strategies to support students in using search engines and analyzing and evaluating the accuracy of online media sources for news and information 
• Understand what misinformation, disinformation and propaganda are, the dangers of each, and how to combat them 
• Understand the ways that a media producer’s perspective, intended audience and the production techniques influence the message 
• Understand how cognitive bias works to make our brains attracted to clickbait and vulnerable to propaganda