Common Sense Education

Tech Tip Tuesday (February 28, 2023)

Prepare your students for success in a connected world.

What is Common Sense Education?

Common Sense Education is an approach to teaching and learning that emphasizes the use of technology to enhance the learning experience. It is a practical and straightforward approach that aims to teach students critical thinking, digital citizenship, and media literacy skills. Common Sense Education aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to navigate the digital world responsibly.

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How can you use it today?

Digital citizenship is all of our responsibilities to ensure we have students safe, productive, and empathetic while online, but we don't know where to start or can't figure out how to reach them. Try any of their resources that range from kindergarteners all the way up to seniors! Check them out here!
Not sure of what to think of a new educational app that you may want to put in for approval? Check out Common Sense reviews!
Have a project coming up, but not sure where you can find credible resources to find research websites or even new tools? Check out their curated lists!
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🔽 Check out some of their recent blogs for more! 🔽

Keeping Your Students (and Yourself) Safe on Social Media: A Checklist | Common Sense Education

Social media is an increasingly important part of students' lives. In fact, the average teen spends nearly an hour and a half a day using social media. Unfortunately, the same study reveals that tweens and teens spend on average just 7 to 12 minutes per day on creative activities.

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ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools | Common Sense Education

Have you ever heard anyone joke about robots taking over the world? Those quips were based on a reality that felt impossibly far ahead, but now there's a certain anxiety behind them. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is very real and pretty powerful. And while tools like ChatGPT have captured headlines, we interact with AI every day we're online.

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Easy Ways to Connect SEL to Common Digital Dilemmas | Common Sense Education

You don't have a ton of time or unlimited resources. You do have tons of content to teach and objectives to meet. Teaching social and emotional learning-and especially SEL as it relates to technology-can feel like a burden. We also know that kids' digital lives impact their well-being, their relationships, their behavior, and, ultimately, their learning.

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