Lesson plan

Broadcatching

Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content that has been made available over the Internet using RSS. The general idea is to use an automated mechanism to aggregate various web feeds and download content for viewing or presentation purposes.

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Article summary

Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content that has been made available over the Internet using RSS. The general idea is to use an automated mechanism to aggregate various web feeds and download content for viewing or presentation purposes.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356839598

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.