Educators must sift through a sea of digital media to determine what apps, websites, and games are of high quality for student learning. In this session, learn how to discover, use, and integrate the best digital learning products using the free resource Graphite by Common Sense Education. Teachers can find rigorous reviews of learning products, covering a broad range of core academic subjects such as math and ELA, and all products are aligned to Common Core State Standards.
Born and raised in Texas, became a teacher and then decided to move to South Korea. While there I became the head teacher of my academy responsible for creating and instilling a 1:1 tablet classroom environment while training new teachers. I moved to Chicago almost a year ago and... Read More →
As young people participate in digital spaces, they need guidance in how to participate safely and ethically. In this session, learn about nonprofit Common Sense Education’s free digital citizenship interactives and games for students: Digital Passport (grades 3-5), Digital Compass (grades 6-8), and Digital Bytes (grades 7-12). Students practice with decision-making, perspective-taking,and reflecting on their own participation in digital spaces. See how you can engage students with these interactives to teach digital citizenship skills, and how you can combine with instruction from Common Sense’s free Digital Literacy & Citizenship curriculum.
