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WorksheetsNavigating Digital information Review (all ten videos)
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
These days it is easy to upload fake videos, what are important things before you believe what you see?
Where a video came from.
Who created it.
Whether its been altered.
What type of camera was used to take it.
According to John Green, which of these questions is most helpful?
Is the internet a net positive or a net negative in our lives?
How can I make the Internet a more positive force in my life, and the lives of others?”
According to John Green, which of these questions is most helpful?
Is the internet a net positive or a net negative in our lives?
How can I make the Internet a more positive force in my life, and the lives of others?”
John Green talks about a story that spread through social media in 2018 concerning a deadly spider. Which is NOT an example of a reason people should have been suspicious of this story?
There were no links to the news stories about the deaths that this spider.
The post doesn’t say what type of spider this is, where it typically lives, or how it traveled from from South Carolina to West Virginia without visiting Virginia.
The source is a seemingly random Facebook user.
There were no pictures of the spider.
Whose job is it to evaluate the information that we receive, find out where it falls on the spectrum, and decide how to use it going forward?
Your teacher's and/or parent's
Fact-checkers'
The government's
Website creator's
Ours
If someone makes a mistake once, you should never trust that source again.
True
False
A spurious correlation is __________.
a correlation that is offensive to the reader.
the implied causal relationship between events that are coincidentally linked.
a correlation made up on the spur of a moment.
when an event is caused by another event.
Check the factors you should consider when investigating a source's authority.
the systems that are in place to catch mistakes and correct them
the author or authors’ professional background
the process the author or authors used to produce that information
the author's or authors' medical records
Which best describes the what John Green says about the internet?
It is useful because it allows because to have easy access to factual information and prevents people from living in ignorance.
It is useful because it allows more people to have a voice in public conversations, but of course, the Internet is also littered with misleading, sensationalized, and downright false information.
It is useful because it allows only the most educated people to publish on websites that appear reputable, but allows everyone to have a voice through social media.
Because the internet allows everyone to have a voice, it has all but eliminated inequality.
Which is NOT a danger of how we communicate on the web.
Misinformation -- unintentionally incorrect information -- and disinformation -- information that’s wrong on purpose -- spread quickly online.
Hate speech and propaganda spread quickly online.
Too much information makes informed decision making impossible.
We can easily create online worlds where we only see information we already agree with, or that lines up with our point of view.
True or False? We are quicker to believe evidence that supports of pre-existing worldview.
True
False
Whenever you open an app or a website, you see information and content that was made somewhere by someone. With lateral reading -- or, leaving a site to find out what others say about it -- you can learn who that someone or group of someones is. Before putting your trust in a source, you need to explore two more things. What are they?
the number of followers the person or group has on social media
the authority of the person or organization presenting the information
the person's or organization's financial records
the perspective of the person or organization presenting the information
Check all the true statements.
Click restraint is the practice of resisting the urge to click on the first results you see and instead scanning results to check out your options to get a sense of what sources are available, what information is on offer, and then, based on what you're looking for, making informed decisions about which websites to visit first, rather than just clicking on the first thing you see.
The most useful results are always near the top of the search results page.
Google returns results based on (1) How relevant it thinks a page will be to what you searched for and (2) The quality of the site, based on Google’s own definition of quality.
If you put quotation marks around the phrase you’re searching for, the search engine will look for those words in that order only.
Check all the true statements.
While it can feel like everyone is participating in Facebook or Instagram, in fact billions of people are not part of those conversations.
Because of the internet there it no need for libraries today.
A generation ago, if you wanted to share an opinion with the public, you wrote a letter to the newspaper and hoped they would publish it. There was no other way for a stranger to hear your story or your perspective.
The internet has changed how we communicate.
Which is correct.
You need to concentrate on what the site claims about itself to determine its authority.
You need to leave sites to understand them.
You need to be an expert on information to access its value.
You need to understand every word of a website to make use of it.
We should automatically dismiss sources if they or their creators have any kind of bias.
True
False
Lateral reading is when. . .
When you open a new tab or window to listen to music while reading.
You read a book or website from left to right or right to left.
When you open a new tab or window to look for more information about a source.
When you only look at once source of information.
Select all the true statements.
Social media sites use what they know about you to show you content they think you are most likely to engage with while leaving out content they think you will ignore.
Social media sites offer their services for free because they make their money by showing you advertisements.
There is nothing you can do to limit the extent to which social media sites can track you except avoiding using them altogether.
Social media can learn your interests and habits based on how you use their app, but they also track you elsewhere -- via other apps associated with that company, or by using geolocation features to figure out where you physically are.
Select all the true statements.
Since statistics are numbers, they cannot cannot be biased, manipulated, or otherwise misrepresented.
Whenever we come across data, we should ask ourselves two questions: Does this data actually support the claim being made? And is the source of this data reliable?
Visual representations such as graphs and charts can be manipulated so that they technically represent that truth yet do so in a way that is biased or misleading.
We should practice lateral reading when dealing with data and visual representation of data.
Check the effective ways to evaluate the reliability of a website.
The presence of charts and infographics
The website's look and feel--such as the URL or the About Page
The presence of statistics and anecdotes.
the layout, how much content the site has, and whether it is linked to other sites.
none of these are reliable ways to evaluate the reliability of a website
Running, lifting, and _________ are three of Ashley's favorite exercises.
racquetball
a spinning class
bicycling
To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ____________.
refuses to scrub the bathtub
won't scrub the bathtub
scrub the bathtub
Therapists say I should sit, walk, and _________.
go swimming
swim
go to swim
What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
Jack swung the bat. He missed the ball.
Jack swung the bat, he missed the ball.
Jack swung the bat, yet he missed the ball.
Jack swung the bat he missed the ball.
Jack swung the bat, for he missed the ball.
What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
The chocolate icing is creamy. The vanilla icing is too stiff.
The chocolate icing is creamy or the vanilla icing is too stiff.
The chocolate icing is creamy, but the vanilla icing is too stiff.
The chocolate icing is creamy, the vanilla icing is too stiff.
The chocolate icing is creamy bu the vanilla icing is too stiff.
What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
The creepy monster growled loudly. He took one step towards me. He stared at me with his beady red eyes.
The creepy monster growled loudly, took one step towards me, and stared at me with his beady red eyes.
The creepy monster growled loudly and took one step towards me and stared at me with his beady red eyes.
The creepy monster growled loudly, took one step towards me, stared at me with his beady red eyes.
The creepy monster growled loudly, took one step towards me, or stared at me with his beady red eyes.
The grocery store is good for fruit, vegetables, and _______.
meat
to buy meat
buying meat
Smith likes camping, running, and __________.
drive
to drive
driving
To lose weight, eat small portions and _________.
limit second helpings
limiting second helpings
to limit second helpings
What is the most effective way to combine these sentences?
Our cat hunched his back. He hissed at the helpless puppy.
Our cat arched his back, hissed at the helpless puppy.
Our cat arches his back, and hissed at the helpless puppy.
Our cat arched his back, and hissed at the helpless puppy.
Our cat arched his back and hissed at the helpless puppy.
What is the most effective way to rewrite these sentences?
Bella dropped her ice cream cone. It landed on her new shoes.
Bella dropped her ice cream cone, nor it landed on her new shoes.
Bella dropped her ice cream cone it landed on her new shoes.
Bella dropped her ice cream cone, but it landed on her new shoes.
Bella dropped her ice cream cone, and it landed on her new shoes.
What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
Tomorrow may be sunny. Tomorrow may be partly cloudy.
Tomorrow may be sunny, or tomorrow may be partly cloudy.
Tomorrow may be sunny, or partly cloudy.
Tomorrow may be sunny, and it may be partly cloudy.
Tomorrow may be sunny or partly cloudy.
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At my school, we cannot write or highlight in our textbooks.
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I use small sticker flags to mark important passages I write notes on larger self-stick slips of paper.
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