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Spotting AI misinformation and deepfakes
Students learn how generative AI produces text, images and video, why AI output can be wrong, out of date or biased, and a simple set of steps for checking a claim before they trust it or share it.
Primary 4 to Secondary 6 (adjusted by year level)
Cantonese or English
- Talk 30 to 60 minutes for a whole year group or several classes, in the hall or a classroom.
- Workshop 60 to 90 minutes for one class of about 20 to 40 students, with group activities.
- Series 2 to 4 sessions, planned around your teaching schedule or activity week.
Goals學習目標
Learning goals
- Explain in simple terms how generative AI produces content, and why it “hallucinates”
- Name the common limits and biases of AI-generated information
- Use a set of checking steps to verify a source, and look at one story from several angles
- Spot the common signs of a deepfake image or video, and check before sharing
Outline流程
Sample talk outline (35 minutes)
- 0 to 5 min“Real or AI?” vote: students judge a handful of images and headlines.
- 5 to 15 minHow generative AI works: it predicts likely words and pixels and does not check facts, so it can be wrong, dated or biased.
- 15 to 27 minFour checking steps: stop, check the source, look for other coverage, trace the original. Demo of reverse image search and date checks.
- 27 to 33 minWhole-group practice on one real online claim, looked at from different angles.
- 33 to 35 minKey points and next steps.
Curriculum課程配合
How it links to EDB’s curriculum documents
EDB’s AI Literacy Learning Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools asks students to think critically, stay sceptical and fact-check what AI gives them. Its worked examples use deepfakes as a media and information literacy topic in junior secondary Citizenship, Economics and Society, and its upper primary examples in Humanities and Mathematics also ask students to check what AI tells them. This session is built on that, for Primary 4 upwards.
Source: EDB Digital Education Development Blueprint website ↗FAQ常見問題
Frequently asked questions
Do you use political or current-affairs examples?
No. We use everyday, neutral examples such as food, health rumours, scam messages and weather news. All materials meet the requirements for national security education.
Do students need their own devices?
Not for a talk. In a workshop, tablets or laptops let students practise checking on the spot; without them we use paper-based activities.
More sessions其他課程
Other sessions
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- Using AI responsibly: privacy, copyright and academic honesty
- AI co-creation: build an app prototype with no coding experience
- AI and career planning: future jobs and skills
- Post-exam and STEAM week: AI hackathon
- AI literacy for non-Chinese-speaking students (in English)
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