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Teaching Current Issues in an Age of Misleading Media

Workshop for K-12 Educators and Media Specialists

Event Date

Monday, August 20, 2018 -
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Event Description

How do you teach students about current events with potentially conflicting media?  More info and registration ($25) can be found at http://bit.ly/18CurrentIssues 

high school students with teacher

Teaching ​Current ​Issues ​in ​an ​Age ​of ​Misleading ​Media: ​Bias, ​Sourcing, ​and ​the ​Fake ​News ​Epidemic ​is ​a ​workshop ​that ​WI ​DPI ​Social ​Studies ​consultant ​Kris ​McDaniel ​will ​facilitate. ​Discussions ​will ​be ​about ​sourcing ​and ​bias ​in ​mass ​media, resources on sourcing, ​how ​people ​make ​“fake ​news” ​and ​how ​to ​spot ​it, ​and ​we'll open ​a ​general ​conversation ​about ​how ​to ​connect ​social ​studies ​instruction ​to ​the ​new ​Information ​and ​Technology ​Literacy ​standards. ​There ​will ​be ​time ​to ​analyze ​ready-made ​resources ​for ​your ​classroom, ​as ​well ​as ​to ​brainstorm ​your ​own ​lesson ​plans. ​ ​ ​ 

This ​is ​open ​to ​K-12 ​teachers, ​Media ​Literacy ​specialists, ​and ​anyone ​interested ​in ​learning ​together ​about ​media ​bias ​in ​the ​classroom. 

Location

GEF 3, Room P41
125 South Webster Street, Madison, WI

Parking:Government East or Brayton lots.

Contact

Kris McDaniel, Social Studies Consultant
kristen.mcdaniel@dpi.wi.gov