Why We Need to Teach Kids to be Skeptical of Everything

Mary Beth Hertz
3 min readOct 31, 2019

Just last week, a relative of mine posted an image on Facebook that grabbed my attention. I teach juniors and seniors in a Media and Design class, and our first project was based around image editing. At first glance, the photo just didn’t look right.

The next day, I showed the image to my students, explaining that I had seen it on Facebook. Immediately, one of my…

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Mary Beth Hertz

Mom, author, Director of Educational Technology. Guiding kids through digital and media literacy. Here to learn & share. http://marybethhertz.me