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Showing posts with label Factitious. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Game about Fake News

Something that may be of use in your class - 

Factitious is a game that is designed to help students practice identifying real and fake news stories. The 2020 version of the game features stories about COVID-19.

To play Factitious simply go to the site and select start. You'll then see an article appear on the screen. Read through the article, click the source listed at the bottom, and then select either the green check mark or red X to indicate whether or not you think the article is a real news story. After you make your selection you'll get instant feedback and an explanation of how you can tell if the article was a real or fake news story.

Points are awarded in Factitious based on accuracy, speed, and whether or not you viewed the source link before making a guess at the legitimacy of the story. The 2020 version of Factitious contains three rounds with five stories in each round.

http://factitious-pandemic.augamestudio.com/#/

I have posted this one before - but it appears that this is the updated link.  

Friday, 17 August 2018

Real or Fake news? Play the game!

Check out the link below to test the online game 'Factitious' - about being able to judge news articles for authenticity. I found this one on the Australian Teacher Librarian Network.
You read the news articles and then make a judgement call as to whether it is real or fake news.  I managed to score 87% in the 4 rounds.  

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/factitious-game-testing-your-ability-to.html

Hint:  check the sources page BEFORE making your decision - that can help a lot.