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06.17.2020
Announcing SCE’s Youth Voice Challenge Partners
When we announced our Tech and Society Youth Voice Challenge last winter, we sought the answer to a single question: How can young people inspire their peers to use technology in healthy ways and make digital ...
02.24.2020
Building a Better Human-Tech Paradigm by 2023
This blog is the second in a series exploring our evolving thinking on the relationships between technology and society. We look forward to learning more about this emerging topic, and to sharing what we learn along ...
01.31.2020
How Can We Harness the Power of Tech?
This blog is the first in a series exploring our evolving thinking on the relationships between technology and society. We look forward to learning more about this emerging topic, and to sharing what we learn along ...
11.05.2019
Nonprofit Leaders in Digital Learning Share Their Insights
What roles can data play in building effective digital learning programs for youth? How can those programs ensure that their most ambitious projects succeed? And how can your organization leverage professional development to maximize impact? In ...
10.16.2019
#DearSocialMedia: Teens Tell Tech Industry What Needs to Change
It’s no surprise that a generation that grew up on the internet has plenty of insights on how to make it better. In partnership with ATTN: Media and Chicago Ideas, we launched a campaign to encourage our ...
09.09.2019
We asked teens how to exercise better judgement online. Their responses blew us away.
“How might we improve people’s judgement in digital spaces?” This was the question that guided the Untagle the Web hackathon, a two-day event we hosted this summer in collaboration with DoSomething.org. We gathered 15 exceptional young ...
07.08.2019
Two New Grants Take SCE into the Digital Age
Partnerships with Center for Humane Technology and University of Wisconsin launch SCE’s exploration into well-being In some ways, the convergence of Digital Learning and Social and Emotional Learning was inevitable: In this highly connected era, success ...
07.08.2019
We Untangled the Web with DoSomething.org. Here’s What We Learned.
More than 50,000 young people signed up to teach adults about digital life Today’s young people are digital natives; they grew up with unmatched access to technology. However, they can feel disconnected from adults around technology ...