Common Sense Media at Spring CUE

Common Sense Media will be taking Spring CUE by storm this year, with three sessions organized by the agency to get the word out about digital citizenship. “Talk Before They Post: Using Video to Spark Digital Citizenship Discussions” Friday, March 20th from 2:00-3:00...

February 26, 2020

Kristin Oropeza

Do you have Common Sense?

You may have heard of Common Sense, but you may not be familiar with everything they offer. They are an “independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology,” and they have a plethora of completely free resources for...

September 14, 2018

Nancy Minicozzi

I Saw it on Facebook! Focusing School Communities on Literacy with Social Media

The jury is in. Building relationships matters. In fact, it may be the thing that matters most in teaching and learning. If you want to build relationships, you’ve got to go where the people are. In my neck of the woods, the people are on Facebook , which means so am...

June 18, 2017

Rita Platt

Teaching Truth in an Age of Misinformation and Fake News

Studies show that Americans are now spending up to eleven hours per day with electronic mass media. (source) While media content is not always produced to educate us, much of it does indeed educate our students about the world around them. How do we teach truth, then,...

May 28, 2017

Julie Smith

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