In mid-July of 1969, William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon, delivered prepared remarks and instructions (In Event of Mood Disaster) to be used in case the Apollo 11 mission failed. In mid-July of 2020, the folks at MIT’s Center for Virtual Reality delivered an intriguing “deep fake” video of Richard Nixon delivering those remarks written fifty one years ago. Take a look…

If you’re teaching information literacy this fall, I can’t think of why this project wouldn’t make it on your short list for inclusion in your curriculum.