Social media platforms have taken up central roles in modern life in the last two decades
and have been found in a range of scenarios and contexts to serve a mediating and …

Purpose This paper aims to consider the role of social media platforms as educational
technologies given growing evidence of harms to democracy, society and individuals …

Purpose In response to challenges in traditional professional development, educators are
increasingly utilizing social media platforms to customize their learning experiences and …

A pandemic in 2020 resulted in economic and social disruption of unprecedented scale.
Social distancing—or physical distancing while in public spaces—was required, and social …

A growing body of research on culturally and linguistically responsive social studies
instruction continues to identify essential understandings regarding the teaching and …

This chapter discusses how the very design of social media impacts the civic sphere. Social
media is not neutral, and from its algorithms through manipulation and disinformation from …

Students often have limited opportunities in school to grapple with the ramifications of the
increasing influence technology companies exert over their lives. Digital citizenship curricula …

Civic education in the United States is inequitable across racial and socioeconomic lines. At
the same time, social media can maintain or disrupt oppressive power structures. This …

This case study examines what K-12 students in Flint, Michigan learned from a 13-week
class activity using social media to learn about digital citizenship during the covid pandemic …

A lack of quality civic education affects nearly every K-12 student in the United States. The
content and methods of civic education curriculum focus on memorization, lecture, and …