2025 Common Sense Education Resources
February 2025
Resources for Teachers
Articles
- Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms: Use this carefully curated list of sites, activities, and more to make sure all students feel represented and respected while at school.
- Decrease Digital Distractions and Elevate Attention Spans: Digital citizenship requires these off-screen skills to help kids build their self-regulation.
- Learning from Conflict: Discussing Controversial Issues in the Classroom: Instead of eliminating tough conversations, help students navigate them.
Lesson
- Content Moderation and Misinformation: Help students understand the impacts of social media content moderation and how to identify misinformation.
Professional Development
- ChatGPT Foundations for K–12 Educators: Offer this free course to educators who are curious about the OpenAI tool.
January 2025
Resources for Teachers
Articles
- Inside Out 2 and SEL: A Movie Guide and Lesson Plan for Your Classroom: Use this sequel to explore kids’ evolving emotions, anxiety, and sense of self.
- Free Learning Resources for Black History Month (and Beyond): Help learners celebrate Black history with these videos, lessons, podcasts, and more.
- Talking with Students About Shocking or Disturbing News: Try these tips as you address kids’ concerns about current events.
Reviews
- Inner Explorer: Accessible mindfulness exercises can calm and increase well-being.
- Eduaide.AI: This no-frills generative AI tool can simplify teacher tasks.
Curated List of Tools
- Top Interactive Whiteboard Apps: Thinking and presentation tools that make sharing and collaborating easy.
Lesson
- Caring for Our Devices: Set expectations around taking care of classroom technology.
Professional Development
- Engaging Gen Alpha and Gen Z: Strategies That Slay!: Get some ideas for resources, tools, and strategies to engage these digital-forward students