Schedule
Join us online at one of our scheduled workshops listed below!
From Inspiration to Implementation: Get Ready to Make Media Next School Year
June 12, 4-5:30pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade K-12 educators (Free)
Get ready, get set, then make media with your students this fall! Helping students communicate their learning or share their voice through media builds creativity, critical thinking and communication skills. In this workshop for K-12 educators, you'll get inspired by examples of student-made media then move through the steps to implement and assess a media-making project with your own students. You’ll also hear from a teacher who centers media storytelling in his classroom. Leave with standard-aligned ideas, modifiable resources and sample rubrics. Make this the year you make media in your classroom!
If You Really Knew Me: Identity, Belonging & Multimedia Storytelling (with Facing History)
July 24, 10am-12pm PDT
Online workshop; for grades 6-12 educators (Free)
Developing an understanding of their own identity deepens young peoples’ relationships with each other, breaks down stereotypes, and nurtures a sense of community and belonging. How can educators support young people to share a powerful message, memory, story, value or life lesson about themselves or their community? In this interactive online workshop, participants will explore Facing History’s classroom-ready materials and jump into project planning and media creation related to KQED’s First Person Photo Essay Youth Media Challenge project. We also talk about how middle and high school students can publish their work on KQED’s Youth Media Showcase and share their voice beyond the classroom.
"I love the hands on aspect of all the KQED workshops. Thank you for giving us time to create model texts for our students."
- High school educator
KQED Educator Media Making Day: Empower Student Voice for Election 2024
July 27, 9am-4pm PDT
In-person workshop; for grades 6-12 educators ($5 - $20)
Middle and high school teachers: Put your students’ voices at the center of the 2024 election!
Join KQED on July 27, 2024 and create media in community with fellow educators. At this day-long event, we will support you in bringing Call for Change--a Youth Media Challenge project--to your classroom that helps students share their voices about the election issues and topics that matter to them. All levels of media production experience are welcome! Collaborating with other educators, you’ll work from idea to implementation and start creating your own media model to share with students.
When: Saturday, July 27
Time: 9am - 4pm
Where: KQED Headquarters (2601 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110)
Lunch and morning/afternoon snacks will be provided.
*This professional development day is designed for educators who work with middle and high school youth. Upper elementary teachers are welcome, but should register with the understanding that grade 3-5 resources will not be centered.
"I'm just so appreciative. This was a wonderful surprise. [This time] felt like a gift. There are still talented, creative, fun people in the world who are dedicated to improving education for our students. Thanks for refreshing my soul!" - High school educator
Fact-Check Like a Pro in the Age of AI
July 31, 4-5pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 3-12 educators (Free)
Artificial intelligence, the 2024 election, social media–oh my! Support students to develop healthy skepticism without turning into cynics as they gain vital online research and reasoning skills. In this continuously updated interactive workshop for upper elementary through high school educators, you’ll learn how professional fact checkers avoid falling for misinformation whether it’s generated by humans or AI. You’ll practice identifying and evaluating credible sources using a variety of methods, and then put what you’ve learned to the test with our favorite game: Share or Beware! You’ll leave with ideas, teaching tips and ready-to-use resources to help students check facts and fight misinformation this election season.
Build Classroom Community with Multimedia Personal Narratives
August 7, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
Start the year getting to know your students with a multimedia personal narrative project that invites them to bring their whole selves into your classroom. Media making strengthens writing, speaking, listening and language fluency, in addition to boosting confidence and centering student voice. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore the creative possibilities of short films, audio essays or photo essays, then jump into media creation and project planning so you’re ready on Day One. Come away with ideas, inspiration and ready-to-use modifiable curriculum resources in English and Spanish. Educators in every grade level will find something to take away, and if you teach middle and high school students, we’ll tell you how students can share their work beyond the classroom on KQED’s Youth Media Showcase.
Empower Youth Voice and Civic Engagement for Election 2024 (with the National Writing Project)
August 14, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
Student voice matters in 2024. KQED’s Call for Change Youth Media Challenge is a ready-to-use project from public media focused on issues that matter to students, not parties or candidates. In this interactive workshop for grade 6-12 educators, join the National Writing Project and KQED to unpack the genre of civic commentary, which combines both personal experience and research-based evidence. Then start your own audio commentary to use as a model with students. You’ll leave with ideas, inspiration, modifiable resources in English and Spanish, and access to web-based creation tools. Give your students the mic and let their voices be heard on issues that matter to them!
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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.