“Veteran special education staff in Del Norte tell NPR they’ve seen what happens when students with disabilities don’t get consistent, quality support: They lose skills.” Why Children with Disabilities Are Missing School and Losing Skills connectedlearning.news/why-children-a…

'One of the things I learned was that there is an order of operations to connecting with someone and communicating effectively with them…. It starts with a more human emotional connection.” Using Humor to Connect and Teach connectedlearning.news/cla080618

New survey results from 1400+ audience in the library and education space, check out AI Survey Results | 'ChatGPT + AI Bootcamp for Libraries and Librarians': connectedlearning.news/survey-librari…

@stevehargado #Libraries #Librarians #AIinEducation

“[T]oday’s young women – the ones they relentlessly stereotype as ‘rewired’ and ‘destroyed’ by screens and phones – are racing ahead.” Today’s supposedly “depressed, miserable girls” are outrunning everyone connectedlearning.news/todays-girls-9…

Young people rarely have a seat at the table in design new tech solutions. How can adults support them in addressing challenges and create a space for youth voice? 🤔

Check out Susan Crown Exchange’s “For Youth, By Youth” resource site and learn more in CLA Blog: connectedlearning.news/cla120622

ICYMI - UNICEF Innocenti explores how video games can contribute to the well-being of children.

”The research suggests the greatest gains for children occurred when digital games helped fulfill important needs that were otherwise not met in their lives.“

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🆕Just launched: #digital #technologies and #MentalHealth #vulnerabilities in #adolescence

👀Watch discussion: fb.watch/9VxHz3obY-/
⬇️Full report: eprints.lse.ac.uk/112931/
✨Blog: bit.ly/15Dec-blog

w LSE Media & Communications CO:RE H2020 🇪🇺 ExPAND Research Group @ King's College London 🧠🚸 Sonia Livingstone LSE

“[I]t’s been a weird kind of push and pull of like, okay, like, do I want to spend all my time and energy being the number one news source today, or do I wanna be a student?” Student journalists on the frontlines of protest coverage connectedlearning.news/student-journa…

📢 In recognition of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth , SchoolSafety.gov has released a new brief on the impact of trauma on children and youth. It includes strategies & resources for creating trauma-informed schools that foster student well-being and safe learning environments

“…[U]nlike the expert/novice power structures that tend to dominate in formal schooling, on digital platforms there is greater opportunity for learning relationships to form based on shared passions and interests.” Let’s Players & Peer Pedagogies connectedlearning.news/cla111620

“Ethnomathematics advocates say… there’s an urgent need for new approaches that recognize mathematical knowledge as it’s practiced outside of textbooks.” To engage students in math, educators try connecting it to their culture connectedlearning.news/engage-math-fa7 #EthnoMathematics

Join us TODAY @ 5PM ET / 2PM PT, for 'From Commodification to Connection: Celebrating Youth Cultural Wealth'! 🎉

Register now: bit.ly/4aAQb3v #YouthCulturalWealth #Innovation #YouthMentalHealth #Webinar ' 🌍✨ Sidrah Durrani Sabrina Abdalla jose caballero

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…

The research shows that you probably have less effect on your kids than you think—with one major exception: Your love will make them happy. Arthur Brooks The Atlantic

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Featured at the #CLSummit2023 , Eddy addresses challenges faced by educators during technology adoption. It incorporates a Maker-centric method of using tech to support teachers and promote student learning through constructivist lens. More in CLA Blog: connectedlearning.news/cla012424

“A curriculum focused on responsible tech and ethical AI helps students address long-standing social and economic challenges, enabling them to think beyond coding to how technology can positively impact society' Educating Next-Gen Responsible Technologists connectedlearning.news/driving-equity…

“I am not your data. I am abundant.” Explore this reflection on memory histories by @garam.hawa, excerpted from her recent book from Duke University Press. Part of UCHRI's Foundry series on Care & Repair.

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Join CSS, Storyline Partners, and @nrdc for “Intersectionality in Climate Storytelling,” a virtual event exploring how writers can approach climate stories that reflect the impacts of the crisis across communities and help imagine alternative futures 💙🧡on.nrdc.org/ClimateStoryte…

Did you know❓

The late Brother Mike was a Chicago-based mentor, activist, digital media educator — and also a part of #ConnectedLearning ’s origin story. A firm believer in making “learning a lifestyle”, he connected hundreds of youth to opportunities.

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“When we teach about power and oppression, we need to highlight people’s agency, resistance, and solidarity,” -Dr. Sohyun An, Professor at Kennesaw State

Not just oppression: Lessons from one state on how schools can get Asian American history right

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