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Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the pedagogical challenges of digital learning and innovation for the iGeneration
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The Internet is Smart, But It Still Fell For These Hoaxes

The Internet is Smart, But It Still Fell For These Hoaxes | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
We, as a collective Internet are a smart bunch. Together, we've figured out how to make our computers run faster, how to make awesome man caves, and even how to fix our iPhones. But as smart as the Internet is, it's fallen for some hoaxes in its time. Sure, in retrospect, these seem like obvious…
GwynethJones's curator insight, October 10, 2015 2:16 PM

This stuff makes me smile!

Joanne Schmidt's curator insight, October 12, 2015 1:08 PM

Can't wait to use this with my lesson on web versus databases

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Six Easy Ways to Tell If That Viral Story Is a Hoax

Six Easy Ways to Tell If That Viral Story Is a Hoax | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
“And so it begins … ISIS flag among refugees in Germany fighting the police,” blared the headline on the Conservative Post; “with this new leaked picture, everything seems confirmed”. The image in question purported to show a group of Syrian refugees holding ISIS flags and attacking German police officers.
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Why Do We Fall for Internet Myths? "If you Google long enough, anything becomes the truth!"

Why Do We Fall for Internet Myths? "If you Google long enough, anything becomes the truth!" | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
We are more connected than ever, and yet people will still accept myths as facts. So, when the truth is just a Google search away, why do we continue to circulate internet myths?
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Media/news literacy resources - credible, reliable, or hoax?

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Charge Your iPhone With an Onion, And Other Elaborate YouTube Hoaxes

Charge Your iPhone With an Onion, And Other Elaborate YouTube Hoaxes | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Viral videos are a lot of fun — they give us something to watch over and over, share with our friends, and talk about on Facebook. But not every video is as genuine as we first believe; sometimes we find that we've been the victims of elaborate hoaxes. And even though these aren't as potentially dangerous…
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