Educating Youth for Online Civic and Political Dialogue: A Conceptual Framework for the Digital Age

Join Erica Hodgin, author of “Educating Youth for Online Civic and Political Dialogue: A Conceptual Framework for the Digital Age,” for a conversation about ways educators can support youth in critically engaging online civic and political dialogue in this age of digital media and online communication. Hodgin is joined by educators Jason Muniz and Paul Oh and the co-founders of Marginal Syllabus, Remi Kalir and Joe Dillon, for a discussion of the text, which is April’s featured article for Writing Our Civic Futures, which explores a range of scholarship on civic engagement and supports their web annotation at Educator Innovator.

Guests for this episode include:

• Joe Dillon (host), teacher, Rangeview High School in Aurora Public Schools in Colorado and Denver Writing Project Teacher Consultant
• Erica Hodgin, Associate Director of the Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) at University of California, Riverside
• Jason Muniz, teacher and Digital Technology Leader, John C. Fremont High School, Oakland, CA
• Paul Oh, Director Of Teaching and Learning at Substantial Classrooms
• Remi Kalir, Assistant Professor of Information and Learning Technologies at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development

Resources for this episode:

• Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG)
• Educating for Democracy Deep Dive at Teaching Channel
• Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network
• Youth Voices