How to Fact-Check the Internet | Real Simple

How to Fact-Check the Internet | Real Simple:

1.  Which three pieces of advice from the article linked above were your favorite?

2.  What do you already do to fact-check information?

3.  What are your favorite things to fact-check?

4.  Did you do this during the presidential debates?



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Study finds Wikipedia as accurate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica

"Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature."

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica

 

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Instructions:  
Read the article linked above.  Answer the following questions in a comment below.  Do not repeat what others have already said.  Contribute your own relevant, unique viewpoint to the conversation.

1. Does this study change your opinion of Wikipedia as a source?
2. Did you notice the year that the article on the study (above) was published?  Do you think Wikipedia has become more or less accurate since then?
3. Summarize what Wikipedia says about itself in terms of reliability:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

N.B.  Everyday reference is different than academic research.  For more on how this difference applies to you (as a student):   Wikipedia:Academic use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Public’s Knowledge of Science and Technology

Public’s Knowledge of Science and Technology:

"...Do you know more about science and technology than the average American?  Take our 13-question quiz to test your knowledge of scientific concepts. Then see how you did in comparison with the 1,006 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine."

1. Take the quiz 
2. Review the full report
3. In a comment below, share how you did and your thoughts on the results of this national poll.  What surprised you the most about the results?
4. In this study, what was shown as the strongest predictor of a person's knowledge of math and science?

Mobile game speeds cancer research - Mobile Games

Mobile game speeds cancer research - Mobile Games:

Play to Cure: Genes in Space is available now for free for iOS and Android.

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• What are your thoughts on this article?

• Will you download this game?  Why or why not?

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica - CNET News

"Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature."

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica

 

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1. Does this study change your opinion of Wikipedia as a source?
2. Did you notice the year that the article on the study (above) was published?  Do you think Wikipedia has become more or less accurate since then?
3. Summarize what Wikipedia says about itself in terms of reliability:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

N.B.  Everyday reference is different than academic research.  For more on how this difference applies to you (as a student):   Wikipedia:Academic use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia