Upcoming Schedule
View our conference calendar for more KQED education event opportunities.
Turn Students Into Podcasters and Teach the Fundamentals of Democracy at the Same Time
April 7, 2-3pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
If you’re looking for a way to reignite middle and high school students’ interest in democracy, all while tapping their love of podcasts and media, this edWebinar is for you! Join us for the introduction of our new civic media unit, Podcasting Democracy: Understanding the Constitution to Inspire Civic Change, created by social studies teachers in partnership with KQED. Hear from social studies teacher Tristin Koch, who piloted the unit with her eighth graders in the fall. She’ll share how thematic study of Constitution principles and historic case studies, combined with a podcasting project, helped students build their civic voices and connect the nation’s founding documents to their own lives and experiences.
Attendees will explore the extensive resources available in the curriculum and listen to student-created podcast examples. When you teach this unit, your students will connect their voices to the proud American tradition of civic advocacy. And yes, their skills in historical thinking and media literacy will get a boost as well.
June 23, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grades 6-12 educators
Teach the fundamentals of democracy, build student civic voice and connect the founding documents to “real life” with Podcasting Democracy: Understanding the Constitution to Inspire Civic Change, two new civic media units for middle and high school written by social studies educators in partnership with KQED.
In this interactive session, hear from middle school and high school teachers who have taught Podcasting Democracy and explore the impact of the units on student learning, motivation and civic engagement. You'll listen to student-created podcast examples, unpack media implementation best practices, and start making your own civic commentary podcast to use as a model for students. You’ll leave with audio production know-how and extensive curriculum resources, including daily lesson slides, formative check points, rubrics and graphic organizers–all free from public media.
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Connect the Constitution to Students’ Lives with Civic Commentary Podcasts
July 31, 10am-3pm PDT
In-person workshop, San Francisco, CA (Free)
For grade 6-12 educators
Calling all Bay Area middle school U.S. history and high school government educators–or anyone who teaches Constitutional principles as an evolving element of the American story. Discover how helping students connect their voice to the long tradition of American civic advocacy reinforces historical thinking, content knowledge and media literacy.
Join us July 31 at KQED headquarters for a curriculum deep dive and audio production workshop centered on Podcasting Democracy: Understanding the Constitution to Inspire Civic Change, two new civic media units for middle and high school written by social studies educators in partnership with KQED. The new units include daily lesson slides, formative check points, rubrics and graphic organizers–all free from public media!
This is a day-long, in-person event from 10am-3pm PDT designed for middle and high school teachers. Space is limited. Registration closes Tuesday, July 28 at 11:45pm.
Past Events
Catch up on the workshops you missed with these recordings.
Our online workshops are interactive and designed to be attended live. The recordings may not reflect the same level of interactivity and engagement. We encourage you to attend our workshops in community with other educators in real time.
Invite young people to tell important stories of their communities with a powerful place-based photo essay project. You’ll explore flexible curriculum from the National Writing Project and get hands-on with KQED creating your own model photo essay.
Recorded on March 17, 2026
Discover classroom-ready civics resources to support teaching the America 250 anniversary in this fast-paced virtual resource slam with leading education organizations. Leave with practical ideas and resources you can use right away to teach this landmark anniversary.
Recorded on March 11, 2026
Learn how to analyze GenAI creative outputs to actively disrupt harmful stereotypes baked into AI training data. Explore the origins of this bias and learn how to produce AI-generated images that represent who our students are and who they aspire to be.
Recorded on February 24, 2026
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About KQED
KQED is a nonprofit, public media station and NPR and PBS member station based in San Francisco that offers award-winning education resources and services free to educators nationwide. KQED Teach is a collection of professional development courses that empower educators to teach media literacy, make media for the classroom and lead media-making projects with students in K-12.