Here’s a simple activity you can try in your class: Have students execute a Google search that is a question. Then have the students look at the top five results, and using lateral reading pick the source that is most likely to be authoritative and the source they think is least authoritative. Have them talk Continue reading

So this is not a photo assignment (reverse image search will get you nowhere!). But here’s a photo anyway, for aesthetic reasons: It’s a quote from current U.S. Defense Secretary General Mattis emblazoned on a coffee mug: “I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading you with tears in my eyes: if Continue reading

OK, I’m still on a photos kick, but this showed up in Twitter this morning: Here’s the photo alone: And the tweet: https://twitter.com/President_Mommy/status/874617025821368320 Was this really taken aboard the Titanic? What else can you tell us about the photo? Go to it. As usual, don’t read the comments until after you do the assignment. I’m Continue reading

I have a question I’d love others to answer for me. So I was looking at longer term declines in trust in the press. And what I expected to see was a long steady fall-off from the peak trust of Watergate and if you look at some charts you see that. But when you look Continue reading