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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news.

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How to Help Students Avoid Getting Duped Online — and by AI Chatbots

Edsurge

Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. Instead, they just need a little bit of guidance on how to approach the flood of text, images and websites they encounter on a daily basis. How should people approach information online or in social media?

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OPINION: Our college students are struggling emotionally. We need to understand how to help them

The Hechinger Report

While the news articles are alarming, it is worth noting that much of the data they cite comes from self-reporting by students. This self-reporting gives us important insights into how our students are feeling, but it is not equivalent to clinical diagnoses. Being a young adult today is not easy.

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Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future

EdTech Magazine

Kids aged 8–18 years old are in front of screens for seven hours every day on average, CBS News reports. With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . This part of the curriculum, too, should expand beyond the negatives.

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When Reopening Schools Safety Must Come First

A Principal's Reflections

Early lessons can be learned on how to do this successfully where this has already happened abroad. After receiving feedback from several educators on social media, I rectified this oversight, but it also got me thinking a great deal more about what is on every educator's mind. When school does reopen will it be safe?

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Teaching About Generative AI Art Creation

The CoolCatTeacher

“As Actors Strike for AI Protections, Netflix lists $900,000 AI Job” The Intercept – Reporting on Hollywood's Controversy on AI – a reading assignment worth discussing Medium: Oil painting of __ (pastels, acrylics, watercolor, pencil sketch, charcoal drawing, photograph, 3d rendering, cyanotype, linocut etc.)

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8 Important Generative AI Use Cases in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media.

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