As #dataprivacy concerns grow, it's crucial that libraries remain safe havens where your reading habits aren't tracked. 🔍 Learn how librarians are fighting back against data analytics firms to safeguard your freedom to read without surveillance 👇 themarkup.org/hello-world/20…

1 out of 3 webpages from a decade ago are no longer accessible. Thank goodness for projects like the Internet Archive.

#dataviz source: pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024…

Do you have a tried & true #MediaLiteracy resource or activity? Showcase your resource during our first-ever virtual Media Literacy Resource Showcase ahead of #MediaLiteracy Week 👏 Submit before 8/1 at 11:59 pm PT 🔗 ow.ly/iih250Riu7L. Learn more 👉 ow.ly/YErT50Riu7J

Hot take: AI will not transform education because education is not primarily about explanation.

No other previous technology or pedagogy focused on improving explanations has made much of a dent.

PRESS RELEASE: In response to @sflecce’s announced #OntEd cell phone & social media ban, AML is compelled to highlight the contradiction inherent in mandating #DigitalLiteracy education while simultaneously banning the tools necessary for effective implementation #OnPoli #EdChat

Is there a middle way on children and #smartphones ? This researcher thinks so.

LSE Media & Communications's social psychologist Sonia Livingstone says there are alternatives to banning the young from #socialmedia in Financial Times

Read more:
ft.com/content/c12277…

It’s true that everyone has a right to opinion. However, “I’m entitled to my opinion,” is often used to shield an unsupported position. And being entitled to your opinion doesn’t mean you’re right, or that anyone needs to take your opinion seriously.

thinkingispower.com/logical-fallac…

Yes! ❤️ The simplistic response to #CriticalLiteracy is too often #PostTruth cynicism. We need to also teach kids that the appropriate response is to cultivate a healthy #skepticism . Here’s some tools to point kids in this direction from our friends at the News Literacy Project.

Yes! ❤️ We have been supplanting “essayism” with #MediaProduction for quite some time - allows students to demonstrate the same thinking skills with more engaging text forms!

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**Keynote Panel: David Buckingham-Sally Reynolds- Antonio Lopez.

Do smartphones really cause mental illness among adolescents?

Ten problems with Jonathan Haidt’s book

#DigitalParenting #ScreenTime #MentalHealth #Adolescence #evidence

Source: Parenting for a Digital Future search.app/5mtYKbxowzuowM…

It’s the Day of Living Together in Peace!

When we’re online, it’s much harder to tell how someone else is feeling since we can’t see or hear them. Practice extending empathy to the online context with your students using our lesson plan: mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resour…

Educational use cases & #MediaLiteracy opportunities for #AI have been dominating our thoughts lately. We had so many thoughts to share that we added an AI Extra to our April newsletter. Check it out and share your thoughts below. aml.ca/april-ai-newsl…

Tricky learning appropriate use when it’s banned.

We love this concise academic takedown of the moral panic du jour: 'the book is compelling for parents [and educators!], but it falls short because it values story over science'. #CellPhoneBans #MediaLiteracy #Adolescents #MentalHealth

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