Strategy Hack: Civil Engagement and Digital Literacy (w Meagan Heard)
Today’s controversial topics tend to center around truth. Discussions can become so heated that many simply choose not to engage. Meagan Heard is a teacher who seeks a world where students have the skills to navigate difficult topics. This week,...
Today’s controversial topics tend to center around truth. Discussions can become so heated that many simply choose not to engage. Meagan Heard is a teacher who seeks a world where students have the skills to navigate difficult topics. This week, Megan gives a crash course on digital literacy.
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Show Notes:
Start of interview 1:30
Students are very engaged with what’s happening around them 2:25
Validating a plurality of perspectives 3:55
Discussing tribalism with the students 6:46
How to have productive conversations in the classroom 8:05
Addressing when what is taught comes into conflict with what students hear from home 10:35
Teaching students to assess a source (digital literacy) 12:36
Aiming to gain the skills of a journalist 23:09
Encouraging students to pursue truth 24:23
Preparing students for when the truth makes them uncomfortable 27:41
