KQED at Education Conferences

The Truth Really Is Out There: Help Students Spot Misinformation In the Age of AI

Thursday, March 20

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT

Concurrent Session Room 12

Helping students evaluate online information can sometimes feel like tiptoeing through a minefield. And that was before AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney came on the scene. Fortunately, the strategies professional fact-checkers, journalists and media producers use to find reliable sources still work, whether that information is produced by humans or generated by AI. In this ever-evolving, interactive workshop from KQED public media and classroom media literacy experts, you’ll learn ways to support students to develop healthy skepticism without turning into cynics as they gain vital online reasoning skills to use in your classroom and while navigating the internet in everyday life. Then, practice evaluating credible sources using a variety of methods, including Share or Beware!, KQED’s interactive, easily modifiable source evaluation game. You’ll leave with ideas, teaching tips and free, ready-to-use resources to help students find reliable sources no matter where they click.

TikTok Meets STEM: Harness the Power of Vertical Video Projects In Science Classrooms

Friday, March 21

9:00 - 10:00 AM PDT

Concurrent Session Room 10

Vertical video has transformed the way people consume and learn new information, becoming the dominant format on social media for its ability to convey messages in a digestible and accessible way. In today’s digital world, young people are not just passive consumers of media—they're actively shaping it by becoming creators themselves. Meeting students where they are at and engaging them in new and dynamic ways is key. This session will empower science educators to harness the power of vertical video by incorporating media-making projects into their classrooms, allowing students to creatively communicate scientific concepts and demonstrate their understanding. Session participants will learn from a science educator who has successfully implemented these projects, gaining practical insights on how to introduce media-making in their own classrooms.

The session will also provide free, adaptable curriculum resources that educators can easily integrate into their teaching practices. Additionally, participants will discover ways to elevate student voices beyond the classroom by participating in KQED’s Show What You Know Youth Media Challenge. This platform offers students an opportunity to share their media projects with a wider audience, fostering a sense of purpose and ownership in their learning. By the end of this session, participants will walk away with the tools, resources, and inspiration to bring media-making into their science instruction and support their students in becoming effective, creative science communicators.

Explore a Framework to Center Youth Voice When Using GenAI Tools

Friday, March 21

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT

Concurrent Session Room 13

Many educators see generative AI tools as a barrier to student critical thinking and learning. Often missing from the conversation are ways these tools can help foster student voice, encourage self-expression and boost media literacy. This is not a “what is AI” or “how to use AI” session. This session builds from the assumption that supporting young people to share their stories and learning through media-making should be a central part of the curriculum. We’ll then unpack KQED Education’s new framework for productive and ethical student-focused media creation with GenAI. We’ll look at a range of GenAI tools with our usual tool-agnostic lens and go into field-testing mode with your classroom in mind, exploring student-focused practices to help young people share their stories, learning and viewpoints. You'll leave with foundational methods to help guide the use of GenAI in your classroom media projects, along with free, ready-to-use resources. Come make sense of the GenAI landscape with public media experts committed to youth voice.