9:00AM Keynote Address and Question and Answer Session
Jevin West, Associate Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington and co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public at University of Washington

At the Center for an Informed Public, we have assembled world-class researchers, labs, thought leaders, and practitioners to translate research about misinformation and disinformation into policy, technology design, curriculum development, and public engagement. We want to shorten the cycle between research and implementation. We do this through our strong network of urban and rural libraries, national network of educators, and institutional partners. Our nonpartisan Center brings together diverse voices from across industry, government, nonprofits, other institutions, as well as those from communities and populations typically underrepresented in research and practice in this field.

This interdisciplinary effort at the University of Washington is led by the Information School, Human Centered Design & Engineering and the School of Law, with collaboration from numerous other university and community partners.

9:50AM Break

10:00AM Teaching Students the Fact-Checking Skills No One Taught Us
Liz Crouse and Shawn Lee, Teachers for an Informed Public   

America’s ability to move on from the Covid-19 pandemic has been hindered by misinformation.  The effectiveness of vaccines, masks and public health institutions has been undermined on social media platforms where misinformation spreads to destructive ends.  Misinformation on this massive scale is a new challenge. It presents an urgent need to teach students skills that we as teachers weren’t taught ourselves. We are not powerless, we can protect our communities from this health crisis by teaching our students to determine what’s real and what’s fake. We will demonstrate how we have taught students to evaluate sources and claims online for the past three years, share information literacy resources, and examine student work. 6-12

Misinformation Day Junior Toolkit

10:50AM Break

11:00AM Scenes from a Marriage (between Social Studies & Information Literacy)
Lesley James, Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship Program Supervisor at OSPI

When you set out to teach students how to fight misinformation, you may encounter obstacles. This session is all about overcoming those obstacles—or at least being aware of them so they don’t take you by surprise. The obstacles may be caused by the developmental stages your students are going through; or by errors and assumptions you’re making because they never taught you about this in teaching school and you’re doing the best you can. Also, the world of information is convoluted and constantly changing. The solutions I’ll suggest are ones I’ve figured out the hard way, as well as from experiences, observations, and conversations with students. I’ve also learned what not to do by watching my husband, a high school social studies teacher, make mistakes. This will be an opportunity to really dig into what he’s done wrong.

Leslie has provided a "take away" menu of resources related to her talk!  View it here.

12:10 Optional Lunch Viewing Party

Grab your lunch and get ready to share your thoughts about these video clips!  We'll watch them together and discuss how they could be used in the classroom. This session is not eligible for clock hours.

“If Facebook were a Real Place” - Daily Show (5 min) -  June 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNkuETJTK8 

PBS Newshour “Junk News” (10 min) - May 2018 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/junk-news  and https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-we-should-be-more-like-cats-than-dogs-when-it-comes-to-social-media  

David Pakman Show - Interview with Cailin O’Connor “The Misinformation Age” (15 min) - Sept 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmyiU3_XmX0&t=667s