Whether it’s young kids watching YouTube videos, older ones logging on for games or teens scrolling TikTok, students today encounter all manner of content online and often simply accept it as truth, according to 13-year-old Ainara Alleyne.
“I don’t think [younger kids] really know the difference between misinformation, disinformation and true news … These are just things that people are saying. You don’t really know that people can have hidden agendas or misinterpret different things,” noted the Hamilton-based Grade 8 student.
It’s part of why the teen has joined one of a growing wave of initiatives hoping to boost students’ digital literacy and critical thinking skills, so they can better distinguish what’s what
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