Does social media affect girls’ well-being and learning?
The 2024 GEM Gender Report warns against the use of social media in educational settings to protect young girls’ well-being and learning.
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Not Being Good Enough: The Price of Digital Citizenship
The digital world can either serve as a confidence-enhancer or self-esteem-suppressor, depending on how it is used.
The Upside of Social Media
Kids today are technology-savvy, but they need to be guided in asking the right questions about the content they produce and consume.
Updating the Moccasin Telegraph: Indigenous People Embrace Digital
Within the classroom, it is important to share content that doesn’t position Indigenous people in the past but brings them into the present and future.
Meet the Parents: Navigating Tricky Waters
Most parents are rational, reasonable, and respectful, but it’s those high maintenance ones that every teacher dreads. And the situation seems to be worsening each year.
The Official Languages Act: Canada’s Living Document
Canada is a very different country than it was in 1969 when the Official Languages Act was first enacted. That’s why some people are working to update the Act.
Addressing Online Bullies, Offline
Teachers can’t control what students experience in the digital space. But they can control how they respond when students bring their concerns to them.
Making Social Media Work for You
If teachers want to use social media wisely in the classroom—either by teaching about it, or teaching with it—they’ll need to seriously think about why and how they’re doing ...
Tech-Savvy Teens Teach Seniors to Surf the Web
From the way Donna places her hands, it’s obvious that she once knew her way around a typewriter. Today, Donna is learning how to send an email on a computer for the first time.