{"id":2358,"date":"2025-02-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2025-02-24T04:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:03:51","slug":"bestology-2025-lesson-1-the-truth-is-rarely-pure-and-never-simple-oscar-wilde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/bestology-2025-lesson-1-the-truth-is-rarely-pure-and-never-simple-oscar-wilde\/","title":{"rendered":"bESTology 2025 &#8211; Lesson #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screencap_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2356\" width=\"496\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screencap_Logo.jpg 661w, https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screencap_Logo-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"2025 BEST Robotics Teaser\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AuUajRmRsPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome to bESTology 2025 <\/strong><br><strong>fACTOIDS<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your team is about to embark on an invaluable journey that will further the use of technology and human interaction for the future.&nbsp; Knowing the importance of your mission, your team recognizes that your investigators, known as Librarians, will conduct investigations and research to uncover this new technology breakthrough and learn how to facilitate the positive use to benefit humanity. Are you ready for this Mission? Is your team of Librarians ready? Lets begin by moving to the topic shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #200ee6;\"><strong>Week&nbsp; #1- &nbsp;&#8220;The truth is rarely pure and never simple&#8221; \u2013Oscar Wilde<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that your Librarians are gathered and ready for your first mission, using the questions and links below, you will discover how your team can understand the Oscar Wilde quote and begin to use critical thinking to complete your mission.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/library-staircase.jpg\" alt=\"a dark spiral staircase in a library\" class=\"wp-image-2362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/library-staircase.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/library-staircase-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jkannenberg\/52279189196<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><b>RESOURCES<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever tried to determine the reliability of memes, social media or media posts before? If so, what method did you use? How accurate were the results? How did your feelings or thoughts influence your decision to determine if the item was True or Fake?<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools You Can Use:&nbsp;<br><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinitiative.withgoogle.com\/resources\/trainings\/verification-google-image-search\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verification: Google Image Search Tools<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.gvltec.edu\/c.php?g=384072&amp;p=5856559\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News: Fact or Fiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"height: 213px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #200ee6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.8333%; height: 24px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Resource Title&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0476%; height: 24px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Website URL&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.8333%; height: 46px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Begin the Reality Check Media Smarts&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0476%; height: 46px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mediasmarts.ca\/sites\/mediasmarts\/files\/games\/reality-check\/index.html#\/sites\/mediasmarts\/files\/games\/reality-check\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Smarts: News You Can Use<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 54px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.8333%; height: 54px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluating Resources and Misinformation&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0476%; height: 54px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resource&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uchicago.edu\/c.php?g=1241077&amp;p=9082343#:~:text=The%20CRAAP%20Test%20is%20an,%2C%20Authority%2C%20Accuracy%20and%20Purpose.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CRAAP Test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.8333%; height: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Good Are You At Spotting Fake News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0476%; height: 50px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaltattoo.ubc.ca\/quizzes\/quiz-how-good-are-you-at-spotting-fake-news\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fake News Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 55.8333%; height: 39px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PBS Fact VS Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0476%; height: 39px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/classroom\/daily-news-lessons\/2020\/10\/fact-or-fiction-how-can-students-sort-through-the-misinformation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sorting Through Misinformation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><b>RESEARCH<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"height: 226px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #200ee6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 39.7619%; height: 22px;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Resource Title<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.119%; height: 22px;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Website URL<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 68px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 39.7619%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critical Eye for the Critical Brain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.119%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britannicaeducation.com\/blog\/quiz-real-or-ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can You Tell the Difference<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 68px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 39.7619%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which Is True<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.119%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2023-opinion-google-ai-images-quiz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which Is Real<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 68px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 39.7619%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t Believe Everything You Read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.119%; height: 68px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1306175.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Coast Octopus<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>ACTIVITY<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge! Can you make decisions to find the Real Image or the Truthful information? Click the link to begin &nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zxf6cxs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fake News Stories of 2024<\/span><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zxf6cxs\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/z86xjsg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can You Spot the Fakes <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><b>GOING FURTHER<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being human influences what we choose to believe as real or true. What human thoughts, behaviors, or ideals have influenced your choice for truth?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>INQUIRY PROJECT<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar Wilde created a comedy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Importance of Becoming Ernest. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quote at the beginning of this lesson is from his play. Learn about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/video\/Top-questions-answers-Oscar-Wilde\/-247522\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar Wilde<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and using what you have learned in this lesson share why his quote <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The truth is rarely pure and never simple<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is very relevant for society today<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>BEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your community there are places you can go to investigate information about a variety of topics\u2013 Libraries. How many libraries are in your community? Connect with a librarian near you. Find out how they help your community. How could a library help you with your team completing these missions?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-header-gradient-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>BASED ON A TRUE STORY<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many ways humans are tricked into believing something fake is real or true. Use this website to see different ways we have been tricked into believing misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library-nd.libguides.com\/fakenews\/examples\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fake News Examples in Real Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #200ee6;\">Teacher\/Mentor Info:<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy-Lesson 1 Addresses the following Taxonomy Levels<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources-\u00a0 Remembering and Understanding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research-Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activity-Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEST in Your Community- Analyzing, Evaluating<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based On A True Story-Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workforce Skills-Lesson 1 has students utilize the following Workforce Skills:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication-effectively communicate ideas and information to others<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptability-understand how to change and adapt thinking and behavior<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to bESTology 2025 fACTOIDS Your team is about to embark on an invaluable journey that will further the use of technology and human interaction for the future.&nbsp; Knowing the importance of your mission, your team recognizes that your investigators, known as Librarians, will conduct investigations and research to uncover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[451,447,389,450],"class_list":["post-2358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestology-2025","tag-decision-making","tag-facts","tag-human-interaction","tag-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}