Common Classroom: A Community for Common Sense Educators

Want to make sure your students don’t fall behind in the summer months? We’ve got resources for you. Our new Summer Learning Guide is designed to keep kids learning and engaged all summer long, while ensuring they come back in the fall ready to learn. - read more

Common Sense Media and Teaching Channel partner to provide teachers with digital literacy and citizenship lessons pegged to the Common Core State Standards - read more

There’s a lively discussion going on over at Beth Kanter’s blog where our Director of Education Marketing, Emily Esch, has a great post on the necessity of providing digital literacy education to today’s students. - read more

Educators in the state of Maine have been pioneers in using technology in the classroom. But as the state’s Learning Technology Policy Director Jeff Mao found, in order to benefit from the technology, students, parents and teachers need training. Last week Common Sense Media honored Mao for his groundbreaking work in bringing digital literacy and citizenship education to every student in Maine, where teachers are using Common Sense Media’s curricula. We take a look at work going on in classrooms there. - read more

In honor of the Week of The Young Child we examine new guidance for parents and educators on using digital media in early childhood and beyond. Experts say interactivity, age appropriateness, and digital literacy are key - read more

Digital Passport is a first-of-its-kind web-based tool to help educators teach the basics of digital citizenship and test 3rd through 5th graders’ readiness to engage with online and mobile technologies. Sign up now at beta.digitalpassport.org. - read more