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General Use: News Literacy: Skills and Habits

Created by Kathy Pearce at Oyster River High School. Used with Permission

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tips to avoid sharing misinformation

Click restraint

 

Learning the skill of CLICK RESTRAINT will help you to sort through information quickly and minimize the chance you'll waste time on a misleading site.

Lateral Reading

 

Professional fact-checkers open other tabs and check their sources. It's called LATERAL READING, and it's a skill we all need to develop. Check out the video below to learn more.

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