Scott Bedley: Discernment in the era of fake news

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Educator Scott Bedley wanted to do more for his students than just to give them instructions how to check the truth in their sources. He created a game to let them experience how easy it is to fool someone with fake news and how to become discerners of truth.

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Scott Bedley is a “punk-rock” educator looking to question the norms of how education works. He is a deeply passionate educator on the west-coast of the United States. This award winning teacher has been working to create researched based learning formats to support education globally for the past 23 years. He is a founding member of Skype’s Master Teachers group focused on connecting classrooms around the world in an effort to create a more collaborative global community. He was highlighted for his efforts in Microsoft’s Global #Empowering Campaign as well as featured by top news sources across the United States such as the Wall Street Journal, O Magazine, Vox, NPR, The NY Times, The LA Times and on CNN. He’s the co-founder of Global School Play Day www.globalschoolplayday.com and the Technology Applied Science Fair. Scott is looking to change the world by impact students lives by reaching their hearts and minds.