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Teach With TikTok: Help Students Stick to the Facts on Social Media
Thursday, November 14, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST
Presented by Alexa Volland, Video Producer, The News Literacy Project; and Brittney Smith, Senior Manager of District Partnerships, East, The News Literacy Project
Sponsored by News Literacy Project
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Hear us out—TikTok has a place in your classroom! Social media continues to shape the way information is shared and consumed, especially by young adults.
Among the ever-changing tides of online content, students are bound to encounter mis- and disinformation created and amplified by bad actors. Given the sheer volume of daily social media posts, these sites are difficult to monitor and regulate. Nonetheless, TikTok is a regular news source for more than half of its users, according to Pew Research Center.
In this edWebinar, presented by the News Literacy Project’s Brittney Smith and Alexa Volland, learn strategies for helping students anchor to facts when navigating turbulent social media feeds. You learn how to empower students to think critically as they scroll, with tips and examples from platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X.
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers, librarians, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.
About the Presenters
Alexa Volland is the News Literacy Project’s Video Producer. Prior to joining NLP in August 2022, she was the Youth Programming Manager for The Poynter Institute’s digital media literacy initiative, MediaWise. There, she specialized in fact checking, social media mis- and disinformation, and connecting with young audiences. While at MediaWise, Alexa served as the editor of the Teen Fact-Checking Network, a student-led newsroom that produces fact-checking videos for social media. She came to NLP with both newsroom and classroom experience, having worked in local journalism at the Tampa Bay Times and as a journalism teacher in St. Petersburg, Florida. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida.
Brittney Smith is a Senior Manager of District Partnerships (East) at The News Literacy Project. Brittney joined NLP in July 2022 after eight years of teaching life science in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a high school teacher to diverse populations of students, including English language learners. In her tenure as science department chair, she focused on building partnerships with community stakeholders to enrich and improve students’ educational experiences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in teaching science to adolescents and young adults from Mount St. Joseph University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in educational practice and innovation with a STEM focus at the University of South Carolina.
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The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan, national education nonprofit, provides programs and resources for educators and the public to teach, learn and share the abilities needed to be smart, active consumers of news and information and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.
