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What Writing Wikipedia Entries Can Teach Students About Digital Literacy
Fake news has been, well, in the news a lot lately. But for the world’s largest crowdsourced encyclopedia, it’s nothing new. “Wikipedia has been dealing with fake news since it started 16 years ago,”...
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4 Tools For Kids To Help Develop Compassion and Social Change
It’s important to understand the distinction between “empathy” and “compassion.” Empathy allows us to sense other people’s emotions, like grief or joy, and imagine what someone else might be thinking....
View ArticleHow Online Camps Help Kids Stay Connected to STEM Skills and Mentors Year-Round
Earth’s molten core and the lost city of Atlantis are not traditional summer destinations for kids, but intrepid young campers can now contend with lava or rebuild the underwater metropolis as they...
View ArticleThree Ways Parents Can Make Digital Media a Positive for Young Kids
Digital technologies have added a new element of anxiety to family life for many parents. A lot of kids now have access to mobile devices, which brings up parent concerns that kids aren’t learning to...
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One Gut Check and Four Steps Students Can Apply to Fact-Check Information
Which of these statements seems more trustworthy to you? 1) Americans are drowning in a tsunami of ignorance! There is a conspiracy at the highest levels to replace all knowledge with propaganda and...
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5 Things To Know About Kids and Their Screen Time
After another round of holidays, it’s safe to assume, a lot of children have been diving into media more than usual. They may have received new electronic toys and gadgets or downloaded new apps and...
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Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says
The overuse of technology has overtaken drugs, sex and bullying as the biggest parental worry, according to the annual Brigham Young and Deseret News American Family Survey. But what are we actually...
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Now Starring In Children’s Cartoons: Authentic Indigenous Characters
For decades, animated children’s stories included negative stereotypes of Indigenous people. There was Disney’s Pocahontas, which presented the daughter of a Powhatan chief in a romantic love story...
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How One Mom Talks To Her Sons About Hate On The Internet
Joanna Schroeder started getting worried when her sons were coming to her with loaded questions. “One of my kids said: If you can be trans and just decide what you are then how come you can’t just...
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It’s A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One
Just over half of children in the United States — 53 percent — now own a smartphone by the age of 11. And 84 percent of teenagers now have their own phones, immersing themselves in a rich and complex...
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Five Apps Students Can Use To Make Podcasts
Karen Keating’s eighth-grade English students at Lower Dauphin Middle School in Hummelstown, Pa., fire up their laptops and gather a bundle of snowball microphones. With the click of a mouse, their...
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‘National Emergency Library’ Lends A Hand — And Lots Of Books! — During Pandemic
Concerns over the coronavirus have shuttered public and school libraries around the world, depriving their regular patrons of free access to the Internet, shelter and, of course, books — just when many...
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Fandom Can Be A Lot Like High School — Here’s How To Avoid The Bad Stuff
The first thing Kristen Lopez remembers being a fan of is Disney, specifically the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. “I remember celebrating my birthday … and we all went and saw it, full disclosure, I...
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In Print or Onscreen? Making The Most of Reading With Young Children
Reprinted from How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio by Naomi S. Baron. Copyright © Oxford University Press 2021. All rights reserved. By Naomi S. Baron Do you believe that...
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