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Q.4 Clickbait: Introduction

19. Buyer Beware

Introduction 

Ever clicked on a video that claimed something wild, like a cat doing karate, only to find out it was totally fake? That’s clickbait! It’s designed to grab your attention, but sometimes it can be misleading or even sneaky. In this Quest, you’ll become a Clickbait Buster! You’ll learn to spot the tricks and even try making your own fun (and safe!) clickbait. Let’s jump in and outsmart the internet!

learning objectives

I can:

  • Create an artifact that would be considered clickbait.
  • Define clickbait.
  • Identify clickbait and refrain from clicking on it.


Before moving on to the vocabulary page, list what you may already know about the word clickbait. Have you or anyone you know experienced clickbait? What happened? Based on your teacher's instructions, share what you already know as a whole class or with a partner.

A computer screen with a cartoon cat doing karate.  There is a big red alert icon next to the cat.


MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes

2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices
d. Manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online

3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
b. Evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions

7. Global Collaborator
b. With guidance from an educator, students use technology tools to work with friends and with people outside their neighborhood, city and beyond
c. Contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal
d. Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions

Websites

Videos from Outside Sources

21t4s Documents & Quizzes

21t4s Digital Breakout Challenge