How do we deal with truth and bias in the classroom? These are real challenges and I believe first addressed by educating our students about the origin of truth and how they can be certain of anything - TOK stuff. The tools shared by Chis Betcher will be invaluable in my classroom where we are always searching for information and reflecting about the truth we have found.
Websites like factcheck.org and others may be helpful tools for teachers and students to verify resources. Getting students to keep bias out of their research is also a matter of educating them about the types of biases they may be succeptable to that may be present in others. It really does come down to education and experience.
I agree and I think these should be on-going conversations in our classrooms. In this new media landscape we must continue to ask ourselves where we get information, how do we know we can trust it, and what does it all mean.
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