NLP Educator Booklet - Flipbook - Page 10
For teachers
For students
Checkology includes engaging lessons and
game-like exercises in which students can
practice their skills. Teachers can customize and
sequence lessons based on learning objectives.
Through the teacher dashboard, educators can
monitor student progress and view completed
work. Checkology encourages both independent
and collaborative learning and allows students
to progress at their own pace.
Interactive features enable students to learn the
skills and tools of professional fact-checkers and
apply them to debunking missions. They can play
the role of reporter in a simulation of a breaking
news scene as they learn the standards of quality
journalism. Or they can click on an interactive
map of the world to “travel” to a country to hear
about press freedoms from a local journalist. Other
lessons and supplemental activities offer additional
hands-on practice with lateral reading, reverse
image searching and more.
What educators say
During the 2023-24 school year:
98%
of educators rated their
overall impression of
Checkology as either
good or excellent.
91%
of educators rated their
students’ overall experience
with Checkology as
good or excellent.
“Checkology clearly resonated
with our students, sparking their
interest and encouraging them
to strengthen their news literacy
skills. We even had a student
ask if they could access more
Checkology content after the
course concluded!”
— Josh Thorud, multimedia teaching and
learning librarian, University of Virginia
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Teaching news literacy
Checkology helps students
develop news literacy
knowledge, skills and
habits of mind.
