I elevated “Patreon” on my iPhone social media app screens, and did a little re-ordering as well.
https://wesfryer.com/after/

Finding SAFE sharing spaces and communities is important. For more thoughts, check out my workshop series, “Discovering Useful Ideas”
http://wfryer.me/ideas

I have added / am adding links and resources from the fantastic sessions at the 2025 MediaEd Forum to this Wakelet:
https://wakelet.com/wake/APYOrkiweg5J3hhkbAfXH

I’ve got my schedule planned for this weekend’s #MediaEdLab “MediaEd Forum 2025” online conference! (Jan 10 & 11)

You can still register and join us for a GREAT 2 day learning event:
https://mediaeducationlab.com/mediaed-forum/registration

I’m very excited for Jason Neiffer & Dana Thompson’s Saturday session, “Building custom AI education tools!”

Follow & use the hashtag #MediaEdLab to share the learning!

The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine: A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away by  Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield (The Atlantic, 6 Jan 2025)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/january-6-justification-machine/681215/

paywall free version: https://archive.ph/xcyIe

new post: Our Multi-dimensional Digital Identities
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/01/05/multi-dimensional-digital-identity/

Also shared on SubStack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/wfryer/p/our-multi-dimensional-digital-identities

#Identity #DigCit #SocialMedia #DigitalFootprint #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy s/o @Shareski

Check out “The 12 Days of AI Project”

https://12daysofai.myblog.arts.ac.uk

via @dogtrax.bsky.social #medialit #AI #edtechSR #DigCit #MediaLiteracy

I signed up for & started the free #KQED #MediaLit course “Analyzing Media Messages: Bias, Motivation and Production Choices”
https://teach.kqed.org/p/analyzing-media

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people (NPR, 13 October 2024)
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents

Beware of Hurricane Helene Fundraising Scams
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2024/09/30/beware-of-hurricane-helene-fundraising-scams/

The MLA Style Center has a helpful page on how to attribute / cite use of generative AI:
https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/

I added this to my own classroom AI guidelines:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai-guidelines

A recent example of “the Streisand effect” powered by social media, here in Charlotte, NC:

Gaston Co. teen singer performs on Charlotte stage that caused school to expel her
https://www.wbtv.com/2024/08/10/gaston-co-teen-singer-performs-charlotte-stage-that-caused-school-expel-her/

AI image created by Wes Fryer with Ideogram:
https://ideogram.ai/g/FXc1q7_4QC62_yhzk8UXmg/0

I created a shared list of my FAVORITE DIGITAL UTILITIES:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/digital-utilities

These include AI tools / websites, other web tools, and software applications.

What’s on your list that’s missing from mine?!

Great [PODCAST] conversation with Vicki Davis and Rachelle dene Poth about cybersecurity / Internet safety conversations with students and AI.
https://pca.st/episode/8b49ba32-5b62-4027-8106-f15e03db014d

Also good mention of the ELIZA effect, important to discuss with others in our algorithmic age of AI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect

#AI #MediaLit #edtechSR #ELIZA #CompSci #DigCit #edtech #NCed

AI image created by Wes Fryer with Ideogram:
https://ideogram.ai/g/-rI_sCqBR6aXuNaFCzk7_g/0

What do people really ask chatbots? It’s a lot of sex and homework (Washington Post, 4 Aug 2024) #GiftLink
https://archive.ph/fWQ8u

#edtechSR #AI #ChatBot #SocialMedia #MediaLit #DigCit

AI image created by Wes Fryer using ideogram, because of the article headline content this took several iterations:

https://ideogram.ai/g/D_uSgonqRuu_fKsQxEjeIQ/3

Great conversation about notifications, email, attention and flow. Personal productivity and interruptions. Highly recommended!

“Workplace Therapy With Grey” on #cortex [PODCAST]

https://pca.st/episode/38af581a-965c-47ea-8261-be0d8f3beeec

via #TravisWhite #edtechSR #wellness #DigCit #MediaLit

I just subscribed to the [PODCAST] “Are We Doing Tech Right?”
https://pca.st/podcast/c818e100-3afb-013c-f6be-0acc26574db2

Outstanding media literacy topics! Via #TWiT & #LarryMagid https://connectsafely.org

I created a new “Podcasts” page to share links to my active as well as discontinued (but still available) podcast channels:
https://www.wesfryer.com/podcasts/