Upcoming Schedule
View our conference calendar for more KQED education event opportunities.
Responsible & Authentic Student Voice in the Age of AI
October 14, 4-5pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade K-12 educators (Free)
Digital citizenship calls on learners to be responsible and authentic in their use of technology--and that includes emerging tools like AI. In this interactive workshop for upper elementary through high school educators, we’ll explore how to integrate generative AI platforms such as Gemini and ChatGPT into creative learning while keeping student voice at the center. Together, we'll unpack KQED’s foundational generative AI guidelines, along with prompting strategies for productive, ethical and learner-focused expression. You'll leave with practical, ready-to-use resources that empower students to critically evaluate, create and collaborate with AI, strengthening not only their creative confidence, but also the media literacy and civics skills they need to thrive in today's digital world.
This is part of SCCOE's EdTech Playground series. Register for KQED's session and check out the whole series!
"Well-designed, responsive to teachers, enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructors, good pacing, skillful use of the technology--loved it!"
- Middle school educator
Fact Check the Chatbot: Spotting Misinformation in the Age of AI
November 4, 2-3pm PST
Online Workshop for grades 4-12 educators (Free)
Searching for reliable information can feel like navigating through a jungle of claims, clickbait, and a growing amount of AI-generated content. What’s true? 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 a machine.
In this interactive edWebinar, you’ll learn how to support students in developing healthy skepticism without turning into cynics as they gain vital online reasoning skills to use in your classroom and their everyday lives. Then, together we’ll practice evaluating sources using a variety of methods, including Share or Beware!, our ever-evolving, 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.
Visualize History with Student-Created Documentaries
December 9, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
History documentaries transform research into powerful films that bring the past to life and help make sense of complex topics. To coincide with the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, join us and National History Day and PBS LearningMedia to explore how history documentaries can help your students share their voice, knowledge, skills, and creativity.
In this interactive workshop, we will use National History Day’s 2026 theme of Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History and the Revolutionary Era as a case study to explore ready-to-use curriculum, practice video pre-production strategies, and start a sample mini-documentary you can use as a model with students.
Revolutionary Voices
Student Media-Making and The American Revolution
January 13, 2026
4-6pm PST / 7-9pm EST
Discover how your students can connect the foundational principles of the American Revolution to their lives today by amplifying their knowledge through media-making.
In this interactive workshop for middle and high school teachers, we’ll explore the extensive, curriculum-aligned, multimedia resources from The American Revolution classroom collection on PBS LearningMedia, created with educators and drawing on content from the film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Workshop participants will learn how to use the resources in the collection to inspire students to create an audio project for The American Revolution Youth Media Challenge. Participants will learn how to create a podcast in the classroom setting, and they will leave with a pathway to empower and share student voice beyond the classroom.
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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.
Center student civic voice in your classroom through audio storytelling. Dive into inspiring stories of young American changemakers, and get hands-on with audio scripting and production. Leave with resources from PBS LearningMedia, modifiable curriculum, and no-cost access to web-based audio tools.
Recorded on October 7, 2025
Photo essays offer students a powerful way to blend critical thinking, creativity, and communication. Learn how to guide students through crafting compelling visual narratives that amplify their experiences and connect to academic content across all subject areas.
Recorded on September 30, 2025
Explore how first-person audio essays can support community building and creative expression at the beginning of the school year. You'll unpack ready-to-use curriculum and tools to make audio production possible, and learn about ways to share beyond the classroom.
Recorded on August 12, 2025
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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.