A memo from God- Prepare for the coming of Christ

Astria: Countdown to Impact-Top 5 things to know if a news source is providing false information

With increasing online and digital content, it is difficult to know real information from 'fake news'. Using evidence from the game you played (Astria: Countdown to Impact) write a blog to list .the top 5 things you think people should watch out for to help identify fake news

From the critical thinking game that I have recently played with a partner, these are my ideas that I had gathered using the evidence I have collected. 

1. Spelling Mistakes

Usually if a news source has certain spelling mistakes or the words are grammatically incorrect, it looks as if though the news source had rushed to get their source of information out and didn't take time to re-read and check the evidence that is given out to the world. Keep a look out for these types of news sources...😳

2. Check the sources

There are many popular sources that release news and most of them release factual and true information. If your reading a news article and the source is not that well known or if their is no detail of a source, it is probably false. 

3. Check other news articles

When reading a news article and it seems a bit sketchy or false, check maybe two or more  news source's latest headlines and see if they have an article with the same event that happened. 

4. Check if it's recycled news

Sometimes news sources that are desperate for people having to read their articles, recycle old news from the past and change the people that are involved or the area that the event is located. Remember to check for that!

5. Sketchy and unrealistic

It is very obvious to tell if a news article is fake. If an article sounds really sketchy and doesn't have enough evidence to back up their information, then the best option is to carry on reading articles from another news source that is factual and provides real information.

Astria Argument

“Students don’t learn much playing this game called Astria – Countdown to Impact: Their time could be better spent doing other things”.

Do you agree, disagree or partly agree/disagree?

I disagree that students don't learn anything from this game. This game involves certain problems or questions that you would face by using your problem solving skills and it is also a good game to play collaboratively with others as you can use different perspectives to provide more information to answer the questions correctly. The interactive also includes collecting evidence of all sorts to solve challenges that you come across. Personally I think that this game is very useful for student's thinking and problem solving. 

Choices, Judgement and Life After Death

Get a Face Painting - Mission Day

To take part in Our Annual Mission Day, each group created an advertisement to advertise the different things that we were selling on Mission Day. Our group was doing face painting and we made a video to show what we were doing.