peer-review – WRT | Spring 2020

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Unit 1 final project: Truthometer

Today we are preparing you for the final assignment in Unit 1 — Truthometer — by looking over the materials, talking about ways of assessing fact-checking, and practicing assessment by using a rubric to provide feedback to our helpful volunteers.

February 13, 2020February 12, 2020

Move 3: Reading laterally (Day 2)

Sources, social media, and a really bad coronavirus

Many of you have been using the current coronavirus crisis to fact-check a number of stories that circulate with suspect statements of fact. So let’s begin today by taking a look at this tweet from @DrEricDing, a Harvard-affiliated researcher who studies epidemics and pandemics.