In school, students read carefully selected materials. Outside, they scroll through a flood of unfiltered information. How do we bridge this divide? By bringing the digital world into the classroom, not to replace the curriculum, but to make it better. #MediaLiteracyWeek

Skilled users of the internet don't begin with critical thinking. They begin with critical ignoring. They ask, “Do I really know what I’m looking at?” Then, they use the internet to check the internet. #MediaLiteracyWeek

AI chatbots cite articles that don’t exist and draw on studies that say the opposite from what they claim. The most important thing for students to learn about AI? Information is always wedded to a particular source. #MediaLiteracyWeek

We’ve asked thousands of students to evaluate online sources. Here are the five most common mistakes they make: #MediaLiteracyWeek

Young people are online almost constantly — yet struggle to make sense of the content that streams across their screens. Our Civic Online Reasoning curriculum offers evidence-based resources teachers can use to help students make better decisions online. #MediaLiteracyWeek

How can students learn what to trust if schools never show them the kinds of information they see on their phones? DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg joined The Squiz to talk about the shift from an analog to a digital age, and how schools need to respond.

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Students spend 8+ hours a day online. Curriculum hasn’t kept up. Hear more from DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg in this clip from his Cubberley Lecture at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social

[Video courtesy Stanford Graduate School of Education]