M7- Blog Post 6: Reimagining Our Classrooms Through Gaming Integrations
Play NewsFeed Defenders! What is NewsFeed Defenders? NewsFeed Defenders is a challenging game that engages students with the standards of journalism, showing them how to spot examples of fake news and deception. Students join a fictional social media site focused on new and information and try to protect the site's integrity. Keeping the site's integrity is done by finding dubious posts that try to sneak in hidden ads, viral deception and false reporting. Students have to maintain the high quality site and grow traffic while keeping the posts on topic. Why is it compelling? How does it work? Social Media is everywhere. It can be a great source for news and information, but not all content is created equal. NewsFeed Defender aides students in learning how to separate good information from bad. NewsFeed Defenders sharpens students' news literacy skills. Welcome to Newsably, a fictional social media site focused on news and information. As NewsFeed Def...
