CLIP Quick Guide: Virtual Handout Jirout 2025

You have 15 minutes to decide what you think about a source!

Step 1:  Using ChatGPT.  Your group will agree to use one 1 prompt and use it to find 4 legitimate resources about student loan debt forgiveness. Write these 4 sources down on your white board.

Step 2:  Fact-Check using ACT UP.  Consider the following questions, and use Google and other web based resources to help you evaluate sources.  You don't have to answer all of the questions - just enough to decide whether this is a trustworthy source or not:

• AUTHOR: Who is the author? What are their qualifications and experiences?
• CURRENCY: When were these sources first published? How up to date is the information? Anything happening in the world that may have made any one resource obsolete?
• TRUTH: How accurate are the data and assumptions in the source? Are there blatant grammatical and/or spelling errors?
• UNBIASED: To what degree is the resource unbiased? Was the research done by the author funded somehow?
• PRIVILEGE: Some publishers wield more power and influence than others which could negatively affect its reporting. Who is the publisher? What voices are present in the source and which do not appear?

Step 3: Create a March Madness style bracket evaluating the sources Interrogate each of your selected 4 resources and bracket them out on your white boards against each other figuring out which source best fits ACTUP and therefore is the strongest source in your pool of 4.

Activity: Use this text as an input into ChatGPT and each table do the following experiments:

Student loan debt in the United States has grown enormously in recent years and is now one of the largest forms of consumer borrowing in the country. Though the benefits of a college education outweigh the costs in most cases, many graduates are concerned about entering a weak job market and worry that lingering debt could hinder their financial futures. 

Most economists see student loan programs as a sound investment in U.S. workers and essential for maintaining the country’s competitive edge, but questions remain about the appropriate level of federal involvement. A debate has also emerged over whether the government should forgive student loan debt and, if so, how much it should forgive. The Joe Biden administration has introduced several student debt forgiveness plans, but its most sweeping proposal was struck down by the Supreme Court.

TABLE 1: Increase the reading level of this text.

TABLE 2: Make this text easily understandable for a student in elementary school.

TABLE 3: Ask ChatGPT to change the tone of this piece more positively

TABLE 4: Change the tone of this selection to be less professional