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Common Sense Media: Best Media Lists: Recommendations for Families

Find all of Common Sense Media's recommended media for families here, including lists of books, video games, movies, and podcasts.

Common Sense Media: Tweens, Teens, and Their Always-On Digital Lives - ages 11-18

Common Sense Media has developed workshops to be used by families with children between the ages of 11 and 18. Topics include social media, text...

Common Sense Media: Parenting Tips Videos

Common Sense Media has created videos to support parents navigating media with their children. Videos can be sorted by age and/or topic.

Creating a Digital Environment with Intention: Synchronous Learning

Join a panel of classroom teachers, led by the Digital Learning Leadership Cadre, as they share tips for intentionally setting up your digital...

Creating a Digital Environment with Intention: Asynchronous Learning

Tips from the Field - Led by the Digital Learning Leadership CadreJoin a panel of classroom teachers as they share tips for intentionally setting up...

From Cheating to Innovating

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning Conferences.Are...

CyberStart: A Cybersecurity Challenge

Cybersecurity is a profession growing at an exponential rate. But, how do we as educators expose our students to this field and inspire them to learn...

Applied Digital Skills - An Introduction

Applied Digital Skills is a free, flexible video-based curriculum from Google that prepares students for the growing number of jobs that require...

YouTube's Royalty-Free Audio Library

Did you know that YouTube isn't just for watching and sharing videos? In fact, YouTube has many useful features that make it a wonderful creation...

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusivity Resources

Diversity, equity, and inclusivity are topics at the forefront of educators' minds. If you are looking to expand your students' understanding of...

Digital Citizenship in Your Classroom

Digital citizenship is important, but where do we start? Teaching all the necessary skills can be overwhelming. This article from the people at ISTE...

Digital Citizenship Week | Lesson Plans for Grades K-2

It is important to teach students how to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world. "Building a culture of positive digital...

Eight Tips for Creating Quality Video Responses

With the surge of virtual learning, video usage has become increasingly valuable. We want to make sure the videos that are being produced are...

Public vs. Private: Publishing Student Work on the Web

We all want to keep our students safe. Navigating the pitfalls of the internet is tough as a teacher and parent, however. Most will agree that...

Ideas for Teaching and Learning About Fake News

According to the Oxford Dictionary, post-truth is defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential...

Royalty Free Music: What is it and Where Can I Get It?

Technology can be an amazing resource. However, we need to be careful about our sources of information and if we are following proper copyright laws....

Shifting from Engagement to Empowerment

We often talk about what it means to move from compliance to engagement. It’s the idea of creating an environment where students want to learn...

Video Conferencing Etiquette

Are you meeting with others virtually? Navigating synchronous learning through the virtual space can be difficult. Check out this resource from Five...

Interactive Media Bias Chart

This Interactive Media Bias Chart® is a data visualization that displays measures of news (and “news-like”) articles and sources generated by...

Clanbeat

Do you wish for apps that you can use on your phone that provide students with feedback based on real-time data, communicate with students, and more,...