A class activity
Read the receipts
Eight questions to ask of any reading. Everyone answers on their phone; the answers go up on the class screen side by side.
Step 1
Name the reading
Or leave it open: each student brings one.
Step 2
Show the QR code
Students scan it; nobody signs in.
Step 3
Everyone answers
Any of the eight, blank is fine. Student number optional.
Step 4
Show the class screen
All answers, in eight columns, as they come in.
The eight questions
1
Who wrote it?
Check for conflicts of interest: where do the authors work, and who else do they work for?
2
Who sponsored the research?
Look at the acknowledgments and the funding note.
3
Where was it published?
The politics of funding: who owns or pays for the journal, press or outlet?
4
What kind of research was done?
Interviews, fieldwork, surveys, archives, data analysis, or a review of other texts?
5
Did the researchers or writers use AI? If so, how? Was it necessary?
Look for an AI or LLM disclosure. If there is none, say so.
6
Are they showing applicable test cases?
If relevant: is anything shown working, measured, somewhere named?
7
Other comments?
Anything else you noticed.
8
Add the link here
The web address of the reading.
Nothing is open right now. Your instructor will show a QR code when a round starts.
