Classroom Resource

Clicks for Cash

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Well-crafted headlines benefit everyone. They help readers digest information and publishers sell news stories. But what if the headline is misleading? What if it's crafted just to get clicks and not to inform? "Clickbait" headlines may benefit advertisers and publishers, but they don't benefit readers. And when they go viral, they can badly misinform the public. Help students recognize and analyze clickbait when they see it.

Students will be able to:

  • Describe how advertisers and publishers make money through online advertising.

  • Describe how clickbait can contribute to the spread of fake news and misinformation.

  • Take a position on whose responsibility it is to fight fake news and misinformation.

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Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.R3

Assess the validity and identify the purpose of digital content.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.HS.R3

Knowledge

Students know:
  • not all information found online is valid.
  • some information is shared online to promote an agenda.
  • all information has a purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • assess the validity of digital content.
  • identify the purpose of digital content.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • not all information available digitally is accurate, valid, and/or unbiased.
  • some users/groups misrepresent information in an effort to skew perceptions.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.21

Explain how technology facilitates the disruption of traditional institutions and services.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.HS.21

Vocabulary

  • uber
  • rideshare
  • digital currencies
  • retail
  • college
  • university

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that is important to assess the economic impact of technology on tradition institutions and services.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify technology changes in everyday life that have changed how people interact with the world (example: music on CD and radio
  • > streaming music services like Spotify and XM satellite radio).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • technology changes quickly in an attempt to improve the quality and efficiency of life but may cause some disruptions as transitions to new methods take place.
Link to Resource
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/clicks-for-cash

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Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Common Sense Media
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