Elementary school students will build their own "detector" to filter out false information. The Incheon Library is launching a program for the summer vacation that combines reading with artificial intelligence (AI) and coding.
The program will have 10 students in grades four through six build a fake news detector at the Incheon Library's computer room over four days, from Aug. 10 to Aug. 13. Titled "Digital Investigation Squad: Building a Fake News Detector," the program was created after the Incheon Library was selected as the operating institution for the National Library for Children and Young Adults' "2026 Coding with Stories" project.
The class begins with reading. Participating children will read "Deep, Deep Thinking Training for Children: Reasonable Doubt" in advance and discuss with a librarian what "reasonable doubt" means. Under the guidance of a specialist instructor, they will then translate this concept into code, using AI tools to develop the thinking skills to judge the authenticity of information for themselves.
Before the class, a digital aptitude test (L-DAT) will assess where the children start. The plan is to combine reading, logic and coding to boost computational thinking and creativity together.
Han Su-mi, director of the Incheon Library, said, "I hope children will have the experience of expanding the ideas they gain from books through artificial intelligence and coding and expressing them creatively."
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis on the Incheon Library website starting at 10 a.m. on the 7th.
