Kristen Mattson, Ed.D.

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#AASL25 has been BUSY 🙌🏻. I’ve been presenting all morning and haven’t even taken photos 👎🏼, but I have loved ❤️❤️ exchanging hugs, waves, high fives and ideas with so many fellow librarians:

This is definitely concerning - especially if folks aren't very digitally literate. We had a principal's admin assistant publishing private student information to the web via Google Docs because she simply didn't understand the sharing functions. There will be a lawsuit about this before you know it

Get Ready for Digital Citizenship Week! Digital Citizenship Week is scheduled for October 20-24, 2025

Get Ready for Digital Citizenship Week!
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I highly recommend taking a “reading crawl!” My husband and I enjoyed pages and sips around downtown Geneva, Illinois a few weeks ago. We got to support local businesses, try new drinks, enjoy the sunshine, and move our bookmarks a bit further back in our current reads #TlSky #EduSky

AI Ethics in the Content Area Classroom | Teach DigCit AI is transforming every subject, and students need critical thinking skills to navigate its ethical complexities. This session offers practical, content-specific strategies for seamlessly integrating...

I’d love for you to join me! #SSChat #SSedu 🗺️ #TlSky #AIEdu 📖 #edtech #teachersky

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There are so many opportunities to embed AI Ethics into social studies education. Join me for a webinar on July 21st to get some ideas and inspiration for the upcoming school year! www.teachdigcit.com/event-detail... #iteachsocialstudies #sschat #AiEDU 🗺️ 🌍 #TLChat #EduSky

There are so many opportunities to embed AI Ethics into social studies education. Join me for a webinar on July 21st to get some ideas and inspiration for the upcoming school year! www.teachdigcit.com/event-detail... #iteachsocialstudies #sschat #AiEDU 🗺️ 🌍 #TLChat #EduSky

AI Ethics in the Content Area Classroom | Teach DigCit AI is transforming every subject, and students need critical thinking skills to navigate its ethical complexities. This session offers practical, content-specific strategies for seamlessly integrating...

I’d love for you to join me! #SSChat #SSedu 🗺️ #TlSky #AIEdu 📖 #edtech #teachersky

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AI Ethics: A Dan Yaccarino Author Study | Teach DigCit Would your students want a ChoreBot Buddy? Of course they would! But maybe they should learn a bit more about AI, how bots work, and the pros and cons of life with these digital sidekicks. In this FOU...

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This FOUR PART UNIT will introduce your students to the work of author/illustrator Dan Yaccarino while helping them navigate the pros and cons of life in a digital age.

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Hack Your Read-Aloud: Using Picture Books to Teach Digital Citizenship | Teach DigCit Don't have time for those extra digital citizenship lessons in your already jam-packed curriculum? That's okay! In this webinar, you'll learn how to combine your literacy goals with high quality pictu...

Only 24 hours left to reserve your seat! I’m so exited to share my Dan Yaccarino author study that will help kids weigh the pros and cons of AI (plus a lot more!) www.teachdigcit.com/event-detail... #DigCit #AiEdu #TlChat #EduSky

What might a Dan Yaccarino author study have in common with digital citizenship goals? Join me for this webinar to find out! (and get lots of ready to use ideas and resources for your classroom or library too 😊) #digtcit #TlChat #TlSky 📖 #ISTELive25 #ALAAC25
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I’m offering some of my most popular conference sessions as webinars! Join me: TeachDigCit.com/event-list
#medialiteracy #Digcit #ISTE25 #ALA25

Tell Your Senators: Our Kids Can’t Wait 10 Years for AI Safety Families need protection from AI now, not in 2035: tell U.S. Senators to remove the 10-year ban on state AI protections from the budget bill. Add your name to the petition now.

I just signed. Take a look. So important. Thank you @drkmattson.bsky.social for sharing #TLsky #EduSKY p2a.co/vAcKyOK?fbcl...

🗺️ #SSchat

Social Contract Ethics with PicThis! | Teach DigCit In this 4-part project, students will discover how rules and norms are established and enforced in communities by taking on the role of a Community Engagement and Relations Team member for a social me...

I posted a new #digcit resource today for middle and high school. Check it out!
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Social Contract Ethics with PicThis! | Teach DigCit In this 4-part project, students will discover how rules and norms are established and enforced in communities by taking on the role of a Community Engagement and Relations Team member for a social me...

I posted a new #digcit resource today for middle and high school. Check it out!
www.teachdigcit.com/product-page...

AI Ethics in the Social Studies Classroom You've debated AI ethics with your colleagues - but have you invited students in to the conversation?

AI Ethics in the Social Studies Classroom open.substack.com/pub/drkmatts... #digcit #AIEdu #SSedu

We're Updating the Edvolve Digital Citizenship Curricular Framework ... and we would LOVE your feedback! You can review the 2021 version here.

@lalindsey.bsky.social and I wrote the Edvolve Digital Citizenship Curriculum Framework in 2021, and we are gearing up to write a second edition. Before we do, we'd love some input from the folks that have used it: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #DigCit #MediaLit #EdTech #AIEdu

John Dewey Would Hate Your Digital Citizenship Curriculum This post originally appeared on my blog in 2016. It has been edited slightly from the original to account for new trends and technologies.

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Teaching my cat to ride a skateboard is going about as well as you’d imagine. (It’s better with sound!) #catsofbluesky #cat #cats

Dewey's work always stands the test of time. I appreciate this post from @punyamishra.bsky.social !
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Listening and learning from #schoollibrarians is the BEST! 💯 Free, customizable & convenient. Join our PLN on your favorite #podcast platform 🎧🎤💡📚😀 bit.ly/2YyqPmT

A real-world (outrageous) example for #MediaLiteracy comparisons of websites, learning to ask questions about sources & credibility, connecting #InfoLiteracy to health ed and civics, practicing careful observation, etc. 🍎📚🧪 #TLSky

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Someone give this man an Emmy. #Severance

I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from websites is no different than burning booka

#TLsky #libraries #Freadom stop burning books

Book cover: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Yeah, that grading is going to have to wait … it IS Spring Break, after all.

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Trying to get caught up on grading …. It’s not going well.

I love the line about teaching AI Literacy, not just use of a tool. I’ve been trying to pitch a seminar on this exact concept to a group I’ve worked with for years, and they just don’t “get it.” They want the tool focused “show and tell, song and dance” & I absolutely refuse. Learn that on YouTube.

AI in Education: Are We Asking the Right Questions? BrightMinds Bulletin

“These questions aren’t anti-innovation—they’re about ensuring AI actually serves students, not just the companies that create it.” #medialiteracy #AIEd brightminds-ai.beehiiv.com/p/ai-in-educ...

Sundays are for naps 🥰. #CatsofBlueSky