Escape The Echoes Teacher’s Guide

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Critically analyze media to determine the credibility of the media sources and trustworthiness of the content
Describe a media filter bubble and its effect on people and society
Develop strategies to identify and counteract the effects of filter bubbles
Metacognitively evaluate their own media literacy skills

Classroom with computer, projector, and screen
Prior to class, divide students into two sides (Pro and Anti – do not tell students that there are two sides) and divide each side into teams of 2-4 (3 recommended)
Make a copy of this document to create the teams:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CKmgXAZv2w0hid8jUFsNgNgmEvP2YkiY5PVk08nhwDg/copy
Separate tables for each team

For Teacher

Prepare an email (or other messaging) draft:
- Subject line: “Escape the Echoes”
- Body: https://escapetheechoes.com/cast-your-vote-721/
- To: (yourself)
- BCC: All students on the Pro side
Prepare an email (or other messaging) draft:
- Subject line: “Escape the Echoes”
- Body: https://escapetheechoes.com/cast-your-vote-722/
- To: (yourself)
- BCC: All students on the Anti side
Setting up the Menti voting platform:
- Join the Mentimeter team, “Escape the Echoes” using this link: https://www.mentimeter.com/app/join/6de27fc842dabc69cf7060f3
- Select the “Nuclear Power Plant Vote” presentation and click the three dots on the right hand side. Duplicate the presentation.
- Click on the three dots next to the duplicated presentation and click ‘Move to my presentations”
- Go to your presentations and click on the title of the newly duplicated presentation. Delete the “copy (1)” at the end.
- Go into the presentation and click share at the top right. Next to access code expiration at the bottom of the share window, change “2 days” to “14 days”
- Write down the Menti join code to share with students.

For Students

Starting Pages

Pro Side	Anti Side
Start page (sent to Pro side teams): https://escapetheechoes.com/cast-your-vote-721/	Start page (sent Anti side teams): https://escapetheechoes.com/cast-your-vote-722/

During The Investigations

Teams proceed through the three investigations
Teacher can monitor progress and announce the remaining time
Solutions to all of the puzzles are on this document (do not share with students): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IfOdeoGh8ZXEtvABC5L8VZIyl0_N05vIQU4j7iZEg08/edit?usp=sharing

After The Investigations

When each team completes the final (third) investigation, they need to provide the final code (“835”) to the teacher
If the code is correct, the teacher provides the team the Mentimeter join code and directs them to mentimeter.com.

After all teams are finished with voting on the Menti, project the Menti results on the projection screen
Have a discussion and reflection session.

Why do you think there were different opinions on this issue?
What is a media filter bubble?
Show this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z2kiU13Axc
What filter bubble was your team in? Did it occur to you that you were in a filter bubble?
How did you get into that filter bubble?
What are some real life examples of filter bubbles?
What filter bubble might you be in right now?
What effect could filter bubbles have on a person or society?
How do media literacy skills expertise help you recognize filter bubbles?
What can you do to stay aware of filter bubbles?
How can you help others stay aware of filter bubbles?

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