Lessons by Dr. Wesley Fryer @wfryer - SIFT Lesson Videos

Lessons by Dr. Wesley Fryer @wfryer

SIFT Lesson Videos

The SIFT web literacy framework and "lateral reading" are two of the most important topics and skills in our media literacy / computer applications course. These are current lessons and units which address SIFT / lateral reading:

InfoPic using the NASA logo, shared to Padlet, created with Adobe Express for iPad using images from our Shared SIFT Images folder on Google Drive.

InfoPic using a Stanley Kubrick photo, shared to Padlet, created with Adobe Express for iPad using images from our Shared SIFT Images folder on Google Drive.

"Teaching the Conspiracies" was/is a 6 week micro-credential course offered through the 2024 MediaEd Institute, by the Media Education Lab.

Moon Hoax Conspiracy Unit Videos

These are videos I'm using (as of Spring 2024) or "have used" in our Froot Loop Conspiracy Theories (Moon Landing Hoax Investigation) unit. Many of these are also available as a YouTube Playlist.

Introducing Media Manipulation, Conspiracy Theories and SIFT

Meet a puppeteer with a gift for pulling strings (4 min)

Conspiracy Theories and Crazy People (8.5 min)

National Treasure (2004) Trailer (2.5 min)

Alice in Wonderland Trailer (2.5 min)

Introducing Lateral Reading

Most INSANE Football Laterals (NFL & College) 4.5 min

Sort Fact from Fiction Online with Lateral Reading (3.5 min)

Lateral Reading - PowToon (3.5 min)

Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3 (14 min)

JP Sears "13 Reasons the Moon Landing Was Fake" - (Lateral read with WikiPedia)

13 Reasons Why the Moon Landing was FAKE (7 min)

Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk (3 hours)
just show a short part

Astronaut Eugene Cernan runs and jumps on the Moon (30 sec)

2001: A Space Odyssey (2 min)

SG Collins - "Moon Hoax Not" (Lateral read with Everybody WikiPage of SG Collins)

Moon Hoax NOT (13 min - 4 sec removed)

70mm IMAX Film (8.5 min)
just show a short part

In memory of SG Collins (4 min)

diary 2023-04-03

Birds Aren't Real: Official Website - Wikipedia

Birds Aren't Real 1987 (1 min)

CIA Agent Confesses to Bird Drone Surveillance (3 min)

Birds Aren't Real: The conspiracy theory that satirizes conspiracy theories (13.5 min)

Birds Aren’t Real? How a Conspiracy Takes Flight | Peter McIndoe (13.5 min)

Other Related Videos

Why the Moon Landing COULDN'T Have Been Faked (5 min)

When the U.S. recruited Nazis for 'Operation Paperclip' (6 min)

Disneyland 1955 - Man in Space - Wernher von Braun (4 min)

Dr. Fryer's Videos

Why are We Studying about Conspiracy Theories in Media Literacy Class? April 2023 (3.5 min)

A Message for 6th Grade Parents on our “Conspiracy Theories” Unit - Sept 2022 (5 min)

Conspiracy Theories, Apollo Moon Landings and SIFT (8 min)

SIFT Day 3 Lesson - "Moon Hoax Not! (47 min)

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