• Navigating the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities

    Crown Point Community Library 122 N Main St, Crown Point, IN, United States

    Join Crown Point Community Library for a panel discussion followed by a Q&A, with community experts exploring the positive and negative aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at school, work, and everyday life. This discussion is presented as part of U.S. Media Literacy Week.

  • Educators: Are You Concerned About AI?

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    Educators: Join this discussion to share your concerns about how GenAl works, privacy, cheating. copyright, bias, chatbots, environmental impact and pressures to use with experts who get it and fellow teachers, librarians and admin who want to share their concerns and ask questions in a supportive, trusted space.

    Free
  • Our Allentown: Youth Voices on AI Power, Impact, and Accountability

    Turner Street Clubhouse 1302 W Turner St, Allentown, PA, United States

    The third session of a three-part youth workshop series led by Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz at the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown, Turner Street Clubhouse. Teen Club members look at how AI shapes their lives and their community: who holds the power, who is affected, and who should be held accountable. As part of a […]

  • Walk the Line to Build Active Listening and Reflective Thinking

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    Walk the Line is an embodied, discussion-based activity in which participants hold a "standing conversation" about media, technology, and society. Facilitators read aloud a series of provocative prompts. Discuss statements like "Social media has done more harm than good for teenagers" or "Companies should be legally responsible for what their algorithms recommend." See how participants […]

  • Teaching with the News: Financial Times and Media Literacy

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    Andrew Jack, global education editor at the Financial Times, will lead a discussion on using high quality media to inform media literacy, and showcase its free access programme www.ft.com/schoolsarefree.

    Free
  • Learning to See Through Media: Finland’s Media Literacy Lessons for America

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    Finland ranks first in Europe's Media Literacy Index, and Finns' trust in news remains among the highest in the world. In the US, trust in news has fallen to 25%. What can American classrooms learn from Finland? Stephen Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Augmented Media Literacy, has lived in Finland for about 25 years. In […]

  • Unlocking Generative AI Safety and Responsibly

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    Cyberlite, with support from Microsoft, is introducing the newly expanded AI Classroom Toolkit: Unlocking Generative AI Safely and Responsibly. Whether educators are AI experts or just getting started, the toolkit offers a practical way to bring important conversations about AI safety and critical thinking into the classroom. The webinar will introduce new classroom-ready resources focused […]

  • 1 Million Cups Lehigh Valley with David Robertson of Joshway

    NCC Follett Family Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 511 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    David Robertson, founder of Joshway, shares his "tech with intention" framework and the story of his entrepreneurial pivot. Free and open to all, in person or virtually. NCC Follett Family Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), Room 605, 511 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

  • Feed Check: Decode Political Content

    HIVE - Event & Performance Spaces 618 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

    Purpose: With the midterm elections just a week away, students will practice working out who is behind a piece of political content, what it’s trying to do, and why it reached them. Come learn to: -Identify the likely source of a political post -Recognize persuasion techniques -Trace a clip back to its original context -Understand […]

  • Navigating the Manosphere: Harmful Online Masculinity Content and Youth

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    What are boys and young men finding online when they search for advice about masculinity, relationships, and fitness — or even just scroll through their “for you” feed? Algorithms and persuasive influencers can quickly guide young men into the “manosphere” — a network of online communities where healthy self-improvement tips often mix with rigid, exaggerated, […]

  • Teaching Students to Think Critically When Chatbots Agree with Them: Metacognition and Media Literacy in the Age of AI

    Virtual Event Anywhere, Canada

    School librarian, Brooke Baker, and Project Look Sharp co-director, Chris Sperry, explore adolescent metacognition and media literacy in the age of AI. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Primary Audience: this webinar is designed for middle school and high school educators and librarians; library media specialists; teacher librarians; school administrators; college faculty; and librarians. It’s easy to question an […]