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Hello and Welcome to DLE Distance Learning

Week Eight of Shelter In Place
Google Classroom CODE for Distance Learning: g5hp774

Instrucciones en español

This week:

• This week we will be continuing our Web Publishing unit by  examining the Covid-19 Pandemic through the lens of Scams, Villains, Conspiracy Theories, or Misinformation (SVCM) and create an informational page to educate and warn our visitors.

Announcements/Resources/Learning Targets are @ the END of the blog now

Work Order for this week

Step ONE: Explore & Collect Information

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• TASK 1: Listen to the podcast Skeptic Check: Covid Conspiracy 
•  You need this podcast's information or else independent research to do this week's web page 
• Take notes about the scams they are talking about.
• What is the Scam, Villain, Conspiracy Theory, or Misinformation (SVCM)  that they are talking about? ?
• Who is falling for it?
• WHY are they falling for it? What "makes sense" about it?
• Is there anything than can or did STOP this scam?
• You must find a minimum of FOUR different SVCM's 
• You must find at least ONE SVCM of each type [Scams, Villains, Conspiracy Theories, or Misinformation]
• You must find at least one SVCM in each segment of the podcast
• Find at least one SVCM in each of the segments:
  Part 1: Joan Donovan - Pandemic Opportunists
  Part 2: Joan Donovan - The 5G Conspiracy
  Part 3: Whitney Phillips - The Gates Gambit
  Part 4: Whitney Phillips - Conspiracies Abound!

Step Two: Synthesize & Incorporate

• DUE: Mother's Day. Sunday 5/10/20 at NOON
• If you haven't created your Digital Portfolio site click HERE and complete STEP THREE before you return to compete this week's work


• TASK:
• Create a CV-19 SCAMS page on your digital Portfolio site
• If you didn't listen to the Podcast above you will need to research current Scams, Villains, Conspiracy Theories, or Misinformation about the pandemic
• Requirements:
• Requirements & Example are on John's example site LINKED HERE

COME to "Class" or Office Hours for HELP!

Announcements:

• Always look at the calendar HERE for the most current schedule each week!
• You must attend one live learning experience per week per class
• Friday Office hours no longer exist.  Instead email John for a 1-on-1, especially if you are just getting started  

Resources:

• The Unit Learning Targets can be found HERE
• The Unit Syllabus can be found HERE 

Weekly Learning Targets:

• I will better understand how media we post online can be used to identify and locate us
• I can choose which information to put on the internet myself
• I can reflect those choice on my Personal Digital Portfolio