Slides from Day 2

1. EWRT 2
Day 2
ONLINE LITERACY, PANNING FOR GOLD, AND SYSTEM 1 THINKING

2. Checking in
1. Got the book?
2. Sign up for NYT Evening Briefing?
3. How did the Discussion Forum post thing
go? (Why you can’t delete.)
What’s a reasonable time for responses to be
due. I propose 8:00 AM.
4. Hey, how is math?
5. Sign up for Office Hours for HW #2. There is
a deadline (next Thurs). Also, if you can’t make
my afternoon office hours: let’s schedule an
appointment. I actually have M-Th mornings.

3. HW Worksheet
Go over it in groups.
Talk about what you got for each answer and
why.
Do not change any answers! You’re mostly not
being graded on the “right” answer here.

4. What’s participation
going to look like today?
-I will give up to 2 discussion points for talking in class today. That means saying 2 things out
loud. This could mean asking a question or answering a question.
-It doesn’t have to be “right” or “brilliant.” It just needs to be a contribution.
-If you say more than that, it won’t “count,” but please don’t let it stop you.
-I will go out of my way to make sure that new voices get to speak.
-At the end of class, you should turn in a sheet with a brief list of the two best things you said in
class.
◦ Ex.: 1. I explained why I said in the homework that the picture of the daisies was good evidence.
2. I asked a question about the difference between System 1 and System 2 thinking.

5. First off…
DID ANYONE LOOK UP THE
“STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP”?

7. “Sponsored Content”
What does “sponsored content” mean?
What might sponsored content look like?
Why should we be suspicious of sponsored content?

8. Sponsored Content vs. Native Advertising.

10. How might you approach a pic
like this?
WHAT QUESTIONS MIGHT YOU ASK?

11. Potential Questions
Who took it? Can I tell?
Where was it taken?
How do I know?
Was it manipulated?
Can I tell?
Who might want me to
believe this is real? Why?

12. Part 3
Is this tweet a useful source of information?
What did you say and why?
What do you do need to do to evaluate
whether this tweet seems reliable?
What are the right questions to ask?

13. Strong vs. Weak Critical Thinking
(Browne and Keeley 8)
Strong-sense
Using critical thinking to question
all beliefs and opinions—
especially your own.
Weak-sense
Using critical thinking to defend
beliefs that you already have.

14. Part 4: Website Evaluation
Which did you evaluate as more reliable? And why? How did you come to that conclusion?

15. American Academy of Pediatrics
-Founded in 1930
-64,000 members
-“It has the largest pediatric publishing program in the world, with more than 300 titles for
consumers and over 500 for physicians and other health-care professionals. These publications
include electronic products, professional references/textbooks, practice management
publications, patient education materials and parenting books.”
-Including a flagship medical journal, Pediatrics, that (as far as I can tell) has a respectable
“Impact Factor” (not much lower than the Journal of the American Medical Association).

16. American College of Pediatricians
-Founded in 2002
-Est. 500 members
-Founder Joseph Zanga has described it as a group "with Judeo-Christian, traditional family values
that is open to pediatric medical professionals of all religions" provided that they "hold true to the
group's core beliefs: that life begins and conception; and that the traditional family unit, headed by
an opposite-sex couple, poses far fewer risk factors in the adoption and raising of children."
-Support for (among other things):
◦ Abstinence-only sex ed.
◦ Spanking
-The Southern Poverty Law Center (an organization that tracks white supremacist and other hate
groups) notes that the ACP has "a history of propagating damaging falsehoods about LGBT people,
including linking homosexuality to pedophilia"

17. Expertise
I think there’s potentially a difference in emphasis between B+K and Weaponized Lies when it
comes to expertise.
--How does Levitan (Weaponized Lies) talk about experts?
--How does B+K talk about experts?
Do you think they disagree?
What kind of position should we take?
See: Browne and Keeley, p. 4.

18. Thinking and Learning

20. System 1 vs. System 2
System 1
Fast/automatic
Intuition
Emotion
System 2
Slow
Reasoning, deliberation
Thought
Where does critical thinking happen?

21. Sponge vs. Panning for Gold
Sponge vs. panning for gold.
-What are the two different processes here?
-What is the relationship between them when it comes to critical thinking?
Talita had an essential question about why we teach children to learn like sponges: is it doing
them a disservice? Why do we teach that? How were you taught?
A number of people were concerned about critical thinking skills in kids.
◦ Karen wondered why we don’t teach this to kids.
◦ Esmeralda had some thoughts about how to teach it.
What are some other ways we could put critical thinking into K-12 curricula?

22. Stuff to do.
-Go over Journal 1
-HW #3
-Check Canvas for the reading and homework for Monday.
-Fill out your participation log for today (don’t forget to put
your name on it!).