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A must-read report for anyone working with, teaching, or raising young children. Short version: If you're thinking of purchasing an AI toy for a child this holiday season, DON'T. There are no educational benefits, lots of dangers, and they create extra work for conscientious adults. #EduSky #EdTech

But the phones... and "ruined" childhoods... 🙄 #MediaLiteracy 🍎 📚 This stat would make an awesome discussion prompt for upper elementary and middle school students. Let's stop telling them what they think and model critical thinking by asking them what they think and what their evidence is!

It’s here! Check out the 3-part series High Horse: The Black Cowboy streaming on Peacock now!

A must-read report for anyone working with, teaching, or raising young children. Short version: If you're thinking of purchasing an AI toy for a child this holiday season, DON'T. There are no educational benefits, lots of dangers, and they create extra work for conscientious adults. #EduSky #EdTech

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

This article provides a nice consolidation of a must-include topic from this point forward for anyone teaching hs/college level #propaganda, digital citizenship, #MediaLiteracy, civics, poli sci, sociology, #EdTech, US history, law. #EduSky #AcademicSky #TLSky #Skybrarians #SSChat 🗃️

Reporters: Next time anyone from the current administration claims that their policies are leading to great economic success, please ask "For whom?" Small business owners in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood are Americans, too. substack.com/home/post/p-...

#EduSky #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy

It's trans visibility week. If you haven't been able to attend an in-person screening of Heightened Scrutiny, you can watch from home here: gathr.com/films/height...

#MediaLiteracy, #ELA, #journalism and #civics educators have lost an incredible resource because the MAGA honchos at Conde Nast were afraid of some powerful young women's voices. If you're able, please help those women find their way back to being paid journalists. 📚 #EduSky 🍎 #AcademicSky

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Join us Monday @ 4pm ET for a deep dive on translating complex critical thinking skills into age-appropriate, practical #MediaLiteracy #InfoLit #DigitalLiteracy lessons designed for librarians (& teachers) to teach about misinfo in K-5. Click for more info & to register. #EduSky #TLSky

For #MediaLiteracy / #NewsLiteracy educators, the task isn't to have students discuss the deception, it's: Would your students be able to do what the reporters on this story did to assess the credibility of the images?

Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over? Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen. www.ft.com/content/4855...

Join us for what is sure to be a spirited and informative discussion! To register: bit.ly/Family-AI-Use #EduSky #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy @dianagraber.bsky.social

If you're teaching #civics or you are a voter in the U.S., here's a fabulous resource from the League of Women Voters: www.vote411.org #EduSky #Skybrarians #SSchat

Happy to boost this post. I've said it before and I'll say it again: GRAM AND GRAN SAVE THE SUMMER is one of the best #MediaLiteracy books for kids I have ever encountered. This is a perfect chance to check it out for free so you can decide which kid(s) in your life to give it to as a holiday gift!

1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency. Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals. 🧵

Teaching gr 9-16 #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #NewsLiteracy or #InformationLiteracy? Discuss w/ students this @wired.com article. What questions do students routinely ask to determine credibility of AI summaries or chatbots? Is lateral reading an effective tool for this? #EduSky #AcademicSky

Shout out to AML, Chelsea Atwell and the fabulous elementary librarians who were guests on the latest Mediacy podcast. Listen in on a convo about the librarians' recent JMLE article describing their work with ProjectLookSharp.org. Lots of practical ideas. #EduSky #Skybrarians #TLSky #MediaLiteracy

6-7 is the middle school version of a Rickroll. 🍎

Ouch. AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca... "...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."

Our team presented five papers at the CSCW (computer supported cooperative work and social computing) conference this week in Bergen, Norway. (CSCW is an ACM conference and a “home conference” for my team.) I’m going to share a few highlights in a thread here.

It is worth noting that according to even the most conservative estimates, there was no violence and fewer than 50 arrests (less than .001%) of the 5-7million No Kings protestors on Saturday. That includes a woman accused of lewdness for her penis costume holding a sign that said, "No Dick Tators."

“The attacks on transgender Americans are not happening in isolation,” former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management Shawn Skelly told me. “They’re a test run for dismantling democracy itself.” www.advocate.com/news/pentago...

Everyone should read this as a reminder of how protecting the rights of "others" is the only way to also protect our own rights. FYI for Educators: This article also describes reporters' investigate methods. Let your students see how real journalism is done. #NewsLiteracy #MediaLiteracy 🍎

New K-5 curriculum on disinfo is now live online for free! To learn all the best tricks about how to use it, join us Oct 27, 10:00-11:30 ET. Spread the word to the K-5 librarians & teachers you know! Everybody welcome. See ALT text for more detail. To Register: tinyurl.com/MLWevent. 🍎 #SSChat 📚

Freedom unless you want to criticize: Trump, Charlie Kirk, ICE, Christian nationalism, white supremacists, or anything MAGA. Or truth about: Palestinians, U.S. history, climate science, LGBTQ people, gender-based violence, banned books... list is far too long for one post. 🍎 #SSChat 📚 #AcademicSky

Everyone should read this as a reminder of how protecting the rights of "others" is the only way to also protect our own rights. FYI for Educators: This article also describes reporters' investigate methods. Let your students see how real journalism is done. #NewsLiteracy #MediaLiteracy 🍎

CMD is offering a free webinar addressing violence against journalists getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev... #NewsLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #AcademicSky 🍎 📚

For those following / effected by the NYC campaign for mayor...

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📢 Tonight’s the night! #TLSkyChat dives into #BannedBooksWeek at 8pm EST / 5pm PT. Join me and @techielibgrl.com to chat about the freedom to read. Questions are already posted here: www.tlskychat.com/schedule #TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people." Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO.

1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone. Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.

An important piece from @lutzfernandez.bsky.social on the MAGA campaign to replace education with propaganda: "...teachers need us to fight for them like we fought for Kimmel..." 🍎 #AcademicSky #TLSky 🧪 #sschat 📚 Too many people outside of schools don't have a clue about what's happening.

Awesome resource for #civics #education! Thanks PBS Learning! (Another good reason to support your local station if you haven't already) 🍎 #sschat #TLSky 📚 🗃️ @pbs.org @wgbh.org

President Trump is threatening to declare "antifa" a terrorist organization. Your survival may require you to be clear about this: antifa is an idea, not an organization. If you oppose America's descent into fascism and authoritarianism, what he is proposing to make illegal is you. Resist.

For decades, #MediaLiteracy educators have been teaching about media ownership, so... 1) Important to continue that tradition, now more than ever; and 2) Support a media literacy education org/project/teacher - they have tools to help students understand why the current consolidation matters. 🍎

Whether or not you use the label "filter bubble," this is a reality that is so important for students to understand. It's why, if we value democracy, we need to help them develop the habit of looking at multiple DIVERSE sources. #MediaLiteracy #InfoLit #DigitalLiteracy #EdTech #SchoolLibrarians 🍎📚

It needs to be said over and over. Police violence is “political violence.” Military violence is “political violence.” Dying of preventable disease because you couldn’t afford medicine is “political violence.” Domestic violence is “political violence.”

The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.

I just saw the video of Charlie Kirk being shot—shared by Rep. MTG. It left me sick. Horrified. We should never normalize turning violence and trauma into content. That is not leadership, it’s exploitation.

Save the date... Tara Zimmerman and I will be talking folks through the ACT's design and teaching strategies in a Media Education Lab webinar on Nov 3. Register here: mediaeducationlab.com/events/aware... #MediaLiteracy #InformationLiteracy 🍎📚 #SchoolLibrarians #TLSky #EdTech #DigitalLiteracy

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places: California Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area Florida Massachusetts NC Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Zine request form in folder. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Beautiful Autumn By David Zinn! (8 Photos) David Zinn has been bringing smiles to faces worldwide with his delightful street art. Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Zinn is a self-taught artist whose unique brand of creativity has given rise to a diverse collection of creatures that peek out from…