The Checkington Daily News
SMILES is a media literacy project that is all about helping young people learn how to combat fake news and disinformation. The project brings together partners in the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van Nederland, Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, The Hague University of Applied Sciences), Spain (Fundacíon Goteo / Platoniq) and Belgium (Media & Learning Association, Public Libraries 2030) who work in libraries, media literacy organisations and research institutes to develop and test an innovative approach to combating the spread of disinformation.
The Checkington Daily News
How to detect and resist disinformation? (available in Dutch by the end of August with the rest of the resources produces by the SMILES Team)
This pedagogical online game will help your students acquire the necessary skills to understand, identify, resist and stop false information.
Time and material
The completion of the game takes about 1h on average - all you need is:
- pens & paper
- computers for every/group student. The game can be played alone or in group. The game can be played at home.
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- free learning resources;
- for all ages and subjects;
- easily searchable on lesson topic.
