Fake News Check 1.0.2
Free Version
Publisher Description
New ways of learning e. V. supports students and teachers in the use of digital media in the classroom. A particular concern of the association is to support itself constantly and networked learning with digital tools.
The debate on so-called Fake news is all the rage in recent months. Fake news are a special form of counterfeit messages on the Internet, especially on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) are common. The mass distribution of fake news leads to uncertainty and mistrust grow over messages and over journalistic media in particular.
In cooperation with the Lower Saxony Institute for School Quality Development (NLQ) developed Fake News Check can assist students in recognizing fake news on the net. to learn the app does not recognize fake news automatically, but it will help to ask important questions, and fake news by being initiated reflection of real news to distinguish. In this way, the app should generally raise awareness of the critical approach to news.
To check through a total of 19 questions. Each question is listed on a map. About regulator and buttons, the student or the student can give to each question an assessment.
On the back of each card there is any question right background information and assistance. In addition, to get from here to the glossary, which provides comprehensive explanations of many terms from the fields of journalism, politics and net culture.
The evaluation of Fake News checks based on the classic traffic light colors. Depending on whether an answer rather speaks for or against a fake news, the background of the app will change towards red, yellow or green.
the student or the student receives a detailed feedback on the last card. Depending on the results can be found on the back of various guidance on how it should be dealt further with the news.
features:
- Fake News Check for comprehensive review of possible Fake News
- Detailed help and background information on each issue of Fake News checks
- Glossary with extensive explanations of 29 terms from the fields of journalism, politics and culture network
- List of links to various resources for further reading and reviewing Fake News on the Net
About Fake News Check
Fake News Check is a free app for Android published in the Teaching & Training Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Fake News Check is Neue Wege des Lernens e. V.. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0.2.
To install Fake News Check on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2017-03-30 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Fake News Check as malware as malware if the download link to de.nwdl.fakenews is broken.
How to install Fake News Check on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Fake News Check is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Fake News Check will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Fake News Check will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
