What is MisinfoNight?
Background Information for Educators
MisinfoNight, or MisinfoDay Jr., was inspired by MisinfoDay, an annual event for high school students, teachers, and librarians co-hosted by the UW Center for an Informed Public and WSU Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
At MisinfoDay, college faculty, librarians, and students teach high school students at UW/WSU field trip
MisinfoNight (or MisinfoDay Jr.)
Event at your school: “A Social-Science Fair” / School Open House
Your students teach information literacy skills to friends, family, community
Student Work Example:
Skill Presentation
Spring 2018
Lateral Reading
Student Work Example:
Skill Presentation
Oct 2020 virtual event
Live fact check + concepts
Example In-Person Event:
Ballard High School MisinfoNight
“A Social Science Fair”
June 9, 2022
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Freshmen Students at BHS teach families
First up: 20-minute keynote to students’ families (Optional)
Our speaker:
Mike Caulfield, Research Scientist,
UW Center for an Informed Public
Then: Families have an hour to visit student stations
Students teach an information literacy skill or concept in 5 mins or less and ask family members to pull out their phones to practice what they learned
MisinfoNight Reflections
MisinfoNight: Student Reflections
MisinfoNight: Student Reflections
Student Reflection:
I will lovingly seek out relatives who are more prone to sharing unfounded claims (For which my parents are especially inclined, sorry dad.) and arm myself with fact-checking sites. In conclusion, I hope to continue to employ these tricks myself, but most importantly pass them onto others, continuing the positive cycle.
Resources to help you plan your event