Leveraging Digital Media to Support Civic Dialogue

This session shares strategies from the Digital Democratic Dialogue (3D) Project, a multi-year collaboration between university teacher educators, K-12 English teachers, and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The 3D Project harnesses digital media platforms to support students from geographically, demographically, and ideologically distinct communities across the country to share their civic stories, understand perspectives different from their own, and discuss controversial issues from a stance of critical civic empathy. Members will describe how they developed this network, how it has transformed their teaching, and how hundreds of students have responded to the opportunity to dream civically together.

Speakers
Emily Kirkpatrick, National Council of Teachers of English
Nicole Mirra PhD, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education
Katie Wolff, Cape Flattery School District, Washington