Reading Laterally

A response to the Find Your Fit Activity
created by Kymberly Ash (@kash)

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For my topic, I decided to focus on evaluating online information for reliability and credibility. As a part of this process a new-ish strategy has been gaining traction called lateral reading. I wanted to find resources that I could use with students, specifically on this strategy.

I started with an OER textbook I’m familiar with Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers by Mike Caulfield. This title is findable through eCampus Ontario’s Open Library. The content is primarily text based with some images. For my lateral reading purpose, I would make use of content from section 4.

The second resource I found was actually linked in the previous resource I identified. It’s titled Check, Please! Starter Course also by Mike Caulfield. I would make use of Lesson Two. This resource has some text, but also activities and videos which make the first textbook a good supplemental reading along with this lesson.

Finally I used OASIS to locate a lesson plan and activity for reading laterally. The one I liked the best was Evaluating Online Sources with Lateral Reading by Jenifer Masunaga. This activity could be used in a class or could be assigned for students to do on their own. I appreciated that there was a space for reflection on the activity.