Olina Banerji

1 week ago | the-ken.com | Olina Banerji

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2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Olina Banerji |Sam Mallon

In Brie Wattier’s 8th grade class, students are given two questions that frame their thinking around digital literacy and digital safety. Through a series of lessons over the course of the school year, the social studies teacher instills in her students techniques for thinking critically about the media they’re consuming—not just in the classroom, but in their daily lives. Students have internalized routines for how to find reputable information and verify sources.

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Olina Banerji

Colorful gym balls. Frequent meditation breaks. A five-minute dance party. All of these might be an odd sight in a traditional classroom, or in the hallways outside. But if students move around frequently, as part of or in between lessons, there’s a good chance they’re learning better. Research has consistently shown that incorporating movement into the classroom is a powerful strategy to enhance student learning, behavior, and overall well-being.

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Olina Banerji

President Donald Trump today signed into law a bill that criminalizes the creation and sharing of non-consensual intimate imagery online and gives social media platforms 48 hours to remove such videos or images once flagged by victims. The new law, which includes artificial intelligence-generated “deepfakes,” could give schools more leverage to deal with a growing—and still relatively unknown—challenge.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Olina Banerji

4 hours agoA micro-hustle lets you build once, sell forever and earn money while you sleep. Imagine creating something once, putting it online and then waking up weeks later to see you've made money without doing anything new. That's the basic idea behind what many people now call micro-hustles. Micro-hustle …