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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy

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In social studies , students can interpret historical or demographic data, question sources, and discuss how data is used to shape policy. Data ethics and student agency Theres another layer of data literacy thats especially relevant in todays digital age: ethics.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

Through our “Kindness Everyday” initiative, teachers build routines that promote gratitude, emotional regulation, and peer empathy, often starting the day with check-ins or story-based discussions about real-life ethical dilemmas. Rather than evaluating teachers in isolation, we reflect on student progress together and co-create solutions.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

Through our “Kindness Everyday” initiative, teachers build routines that promote gratitude, emotional regulation, and peer empathy, often starting the day with check-ins or story-based discussions about real-life ethical dilemmas. Rather than evaluating teachers in isolation, we reflect on student progress together and co-create solutions.

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When the Animated Bunny in the TV Show Listens for Kids’ Answers — and Answers Back

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It puts a huge amount of ethical questions into who can decide what that agent can do.” Children’s beliefs about AI may affect not only their educational attainment, but also their social and emotional development, according to research by Sherry Turkle, a professor of the social studies of science and technology at MIT.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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citizenship/ethics/etiquette. review debate evaluation rubric. Depending upon the tool selected, learning will also link to a wide variety of academic topics, such as writing, social studies, and math. This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

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Facebook and Fake News: Esther Wojcicki On Teaching Digital Journalism in High School

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We teach them all the rules and ethics of the press. I remember a study came out last October from Stanford , and it talked about how students struggled to evaluate the credibility of information they find online. And it could easily be a four-week block that could be put into a social studies program.