CriticalThinkingGames

bicmay, 13 hours ago to random

"After The Markup first reported on how Ohlala regularly translated misleading far-right websites like The Gateway Pundit and Newsmax into Vietnamese, more than a dozen Vietnamese community members asked The Markup to dig further. They wanted to know why she was broadcasting in Vietnamese and why her videos were so heavily pro-Trump. Several community members also shared suspicions that she was a Russian agent..."

https://themarkup.org/languages-of-misinformation/2024/05/22/the-inside-story-of-the-youtube-influencer-who-peddles-misinformation-to-vietnamese-communities#prolific-youtuber-sonia-ohlala-published-as-many-as-14-videos-in-one-week

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CriticalThinkingGames, 11 days ago to Facebook

"Facebook users who deactivated their accounts for six weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election weeks may have been less likely to cast a vote for Trump [...]."

🌐 Article:
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/people-who-got-off-facebook-for-6-pivotal-weeks-in-2020-may-have-been-less-likely-to-vote-for-trump/

📚 Study:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2321584121

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CriticalThinkingGames, 15 days ago to ukteachers

The "SIFT" strategy for spotting mis/disinformation:

(S)top & reflect before reacting
(I)nvestigate source
(F)ind trustworthy sources
(T)race the origin of the claim

🌐 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240509-the-sift-strategy-a-four-step-method-for-spotting-misinformation

[source: BBC]

#misinformation #disinformation #criticalthinking #education #teaching @edutooters

CriticalThinkingGames, 5 months ago to ethelcain

🎉 Wow -- Two of our critical thinking games won awards last weekend!

❤️ Congratulations to all of the winners, including the upcoming games MushWhom? and Figure It Sprout.

🎮 Both games will be released this Winter.

🌐 https://www.ggda.org/news/gratz-to-the-2023-silv-e-winners

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"Congratulations!" Below: a logo for the game "Figure It Sprout" "Figure it Sprout 2nd Place, Best Student Game" Next: a large silver "E" with an attached circuit board. "The Silver Award for Excellence in Indie Game Development from SIEGE" "Awarded at DreamHack Atlanta December 17, 2023" "Developer: David Li, Quang Nguyen, Gaby Sanchez, Kitty Huang, Isaac Orozco" Producer: Jennifer Ann's Group https://CriticalThinker.games/figureitsprout "

CriticalThinkingGames, 8 months ago to VideoGames

📣 Announcing the winning critical thinking games:

⭐ Corporation, Inc.

• KSU Narrative Game Lab

⭐ Figure It Sprout

• David Li, Quang Nguyen, Gaby Sanchez, Kitty Huang, Isaac Orozco

⭐ Mushwhom?

• Collin Lang, Knitwit Studios

The winning critical thinking games and remaining finalists will be published over the next 6 months.

Congratulations to all of the finalists! And a big thank you to the outstanding judges whose expertise and wonderful feedback will help us prepare these games for publishing.

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Collage of screenshots from Corporation, Inc.' a winning game from the critical thinking game design challenge. Top left shows the logo for Corporation, Inc.; top right shows a nicely rendered drawing of a family at the airport, they are tearfully hugging; bottom left shows a phone conversation between Maria and her mother, a dialogue line below shows "We're in America. Speak the language."; bottom right shows a timer at top, below are two resumes with headshots and information about the job applicants.
Collage of screenshots from 'Mushwhom?' a winning game from the critical thinking game design challenge. Top left shows the logo for Mushwhom; top right shows a colorful 3D sky island; bottom left shows a group of "shooms" gathered around a campfire; bottom right shows a journal about "shooms" with record-keeping functionality.

CriticalThinkingGames, 9 months ago to ukteachers

⭐ "Investing in education and the development of critical thinking is more important than ever, as it will help to limit the risks of disinformation posed by the advent of technologies such as the internet and artificial intelligence."

🌐 https://world-education-blog.org/2023/08/11/education-and-critical-thinking-as-tools-in-the-battle-against-fake-news/

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CriticalThinkingGames, 9 months ago to ukteachers

⭐ Wanted: Educators to create classroom resources to use with our upcoming critical thinking video games. We will publish 1 or 2 critical thinking games in the fall semester. Target ages are middle & high school.

We cannot pay much but will pay for your time & expertise.

✔️ Please DM us if you are interested.

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CriticalThinkingGames, 1 year ago to gamedev

What is Critical Thinking?

📚 "Critical thinking is a kind of thinking in which you question, analyse, interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about what you read, hear, say, or write.

"To become a better critical thinker, you therefore need to learn how to:

[1] Clarify your thinking purpose and context;
[2] Question your sources of information;
[3] Identify arguments;
[4] Analyse sources and arguments;
[5] Evaluate the arguments of others; and
[6] Create or Synthesise your own arguments."

🌐 https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/enhance-your-thinking/critical-thinking/what-is-critical-thinking

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