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Curated Video
Navigating the Blurred Lines: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in the Media
This video explores how the Internet has blurred the line between fact and opinion in media, leading to challenges in distinguishing between the two. It highlights the importance of being able to differentiate facts from opinions, as...
Curated Video
What is a Statistical Question?
In this math video we will determine what is a statistical question. A statistical question is a question you ask that has more than one possible answer. A question that has only ONE possible answer is NOT a statistical question! A group...
Curated Video
A fact-checked debate about legal weed
2 opposing perspectives and 6 true facts about cannabis legalization. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos 00:00 - Introduction to format...
Big Think
Facts Don't Win Fights: Here’s How to Cut Through Confirmation Bias | Tali Sharot
If you want someone to see an issue rationally, you just show them the facts, right? No one can refute a fact. Well, brain imaging and psychological studies are showing that, society wide, we may be on the wrong path by holding evidence...
Curated Video
Who Gets the Best Answers? The Wisdom of Crowds
There aren't many books I recommend unreservedly to professional and business people I work with. But the Wisdom of Crowds is one of them.
So, Who does Get the Best Ans
wers?
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So, Who does Get the Best Ans
wers?
It...
Curated Video
What is Group Think? ...and How to Prevent it
Group Think is nasty. It leads to poor decisions... sometimes dangerous ones. So Project Managers need to know what it is, how it happens, and how to prevent it.
Group Think was first...
Group Think was first...
Curated Video
Exploring the structure of a journalistic report
Pupil outcome: I can identify the structure of a journalistic report and I can distinguish between statements of fact and different perspectives. Key learning points: - A journalistic report is a non-fiction text that informs the reader...
Curated Video
Our changing place
Pupil outcome: I can create enquiry questions about how my local place has changed. Key learning points: - Places change over time and we can investigate this change in a variety of ways. - People have different opinions about a place...
TED-Ed
On Reading the Koran
"The fact that so few people do actually read the Koran is precisely why it's so easy to misquote." How much are our ideas based on our own reasoning and evidence rather than secondhand information and the opinions of others? Lezley...
TED-Ed
History vs. Henry VIII
How does Henry VIII hold up in the court of public opinion? An interesting animation takes Henry to court and lets a prosecutor and a defense attorney have at it. In the course of the lively courtroom drama, learners hear about the key...
Crash Course
Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4
The best way to understand a website is (drumroll, please) ... to leave the website? Scholars make sense of some strange advice by watching part four in the Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information set. As they watch, they learn...