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Digital Activism / Civics

by Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)|Published June 14, 2022

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About computing/tech	Analyze the ways that social media platforms shape social movements and messages, potentially promoting more equity and social justice as well as harm
With computing/tech	Use social media and other platforms to share their opinions about issues in education, the community and the world Code artifacts (webpages, apps, etc) to advocate for causes in education, the community and the world Use digital campaigns and artifacts as texts to learn more about social movements and activism
Through computing/tech	Support students to use ready-made technologies to express themselves on issues they care about. Support students to code artifacts to express themselves on issues they care about.
Against computing/tech	Advocate against the use of tools that devalue their students’ practices or encourage harms like privacy incursion, surveillance, and so on.

Summer 2022 Professional Development Workshops Related to Digital Storytelling

Wednesday, July 13, 2-4pm, Privacy and Pedagogy: Resisting Data Collection and Algorithmic Biases, Hosted by Junior Tidal
Wednesday, July 27, 10am-12pm, Civic Engagement in the Digital Age: Common Sense Resources, Hosted by Tali Horowitz

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