Online Training

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  • Not sure how to start using Common Sense Media's resources for educators?
  • Looking for tips on how to implement a successful media education program?
  • Need a quick way to get other educators up to speed on Common Sense Media?
  • Check out our interactive tutorials!
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Get trained on your own schedule

We've developed these online tutorials as a way to help you learn how to implement Common Sense Media's parent media education program on your own schedule. There's no need to travel to a regional training or schedule your day around a webinar.

Simply click the links below to open a narrated tutorial that you can pause, fast-forward, rewind, or search for key terms of interest. 

These tutorials require Adobe Flash Player. 

Materials Overview Tutorial

This tutorial provides a broad overview of our parent media education program and resources and provides some tips on how to use each of the resources in your community. It's the ideal place to start whether you're beginning to implement the program in your community or you're not sure how to get started.

12 minutes
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Using Our Online Tools for Educators Tutorial

Learn how to make the most of the online tools we've created to help make it easy for you to access our parent media education resources. This tutorial covers:

   • Registration
   • Setting up your profile
   • Creating and using your customized checklist
   • Posting activities to your school profile

12 minutes
Click here to watch this tutorial.

Understanding Kids' Digital Lives Tutorial

Learn how today's digital media landscape is profoundly changing kids' lives, and about the opportunities and challenges it presents for their learning and development. This presentation is the same presentation that we make available to you on our school workshops page. Watch the tutorial for tips on how to present this topic to your community, or send parents or teachers from your school directly to the tutorial for information on the influence of media on kids and tips on what to do about it.

Part One

   • What's so different about today's media landscape?
   • What great, exciting, and promsing about media and technology for kids?
   • What challenges does today's media reality present?

20 minutes
Click here to watch this tutorial.

 

Part Two - Coming soon!
Tips for parents and educators to help you guide kids.

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