Navigating Digital Information

In 10 episodes, John Green will teach you how to navigate the internet! We’ve partnered with MediaWise, The Poynter Institute, and The Stanford History Education Group to develop this curriculum of hands-on skills to help you evaluate the information you read online. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Examine information using the same skills and questions as fact-checkers
• Read laterally to learn more about the authority and perspective of sources
• Evaluate different types of evidence, from videos to infographics
• Understand how search engines and social media feeds work
• Break bad internet habits like impatience and passivity, and build better ones

Crash Course Navigating Digital Information Preview.
Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1.
The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2.
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3.
Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4.
Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5.
Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6.
Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7.
Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8.
Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9.
Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10.