Join us at live online workshops and in-person events for K-12 educators who want to meaningfully engage their students with media literacy through media making and youth voice.
Upcoming Schedule
View our conference calendar for more KQED education event opportunities.
December 10, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
Join the team from Soundtrap for Education and KQED to learn about centering student creativity, voice and choice with standards-aligned media projects! We’ll explore the power of audio storytelling across grade levels and then get hands-on producing with Soundtrap, a cloud-based audio editing tool. Whether you’re just getting started or ready to move to the next level, this workshop will differentiate to meet your audio recording needs.
We’ll also explore ideas for audio projects, free, modifiable curriculum in English and Spanish, tips for implementation, revamped Soundtrap Certified Educator Course (certificate available upon completion), and learn how 6th-12th grade students can share their work beyond the classroom on KQED’s Youth Media Showcase. We can’t wait to get started!
GenAI Guidelines for Student-Centered Media Creation
January 21, 4-5:30pm PT
Online workshop; for grades 6-12 educators (Free)
Make sense of the GenAI landscape by approaching it with a youth voice lens. In this workshop for middle and high school educators, we’ll unpack KQED’s new GenAI guidelines for productive, ethical and student-focused media creation. We’ll then explore one possible use-case: how AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be customized to provide supportive feedback on audio and video scripts–and other types of writing–in a way that supports student voice and encourages self-expression. You’ll get hands-on time to practice and experiment with your students in mind, and leave with useful guidelines, instructional strategies, and ready-to-use resources to guide your use of GenAI when students make media.
Fact-Check the Chatbot: Spotting Misinformation and Hallucinations in GenAI
February 11, 4-5pm PT
Online workshop; for grade 3-12 educators (Free)
We all know students are using GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. But how can educators support students to fact-check the chatbot? Join us for a 1-hour workshop designed to help students gain vital online research and reasoning skills in the age of AI. You'll learn how professional fact checkers avoid falling for misinformation, whether it’s human- or AI-generated, and practice identifying and evaluating credible sources. Then we’ll put what you’ve learned to the test with the latest version of our favorite source-checking game: Share or Beware! You’ll leave with ideas, teaching tips and ready-to-use resources to help students find reliable sources no matter where they click.
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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.