This colorful, comic-style digital illustration is titled “Media Literacy with Wes.” It is divided into six panels featuring gender-diverse and ethnically diverse characters. The top-left panel shows a smiling white man with glasses, representing Wes. To the right, a woman raises a finger beside the question, “Is Any AI Use Ethical?” The middle-left panel features a Black man wearing headphones using a computer with icons of a search bar, key, and shield—highlighting the August 4 Zoom webinar on AI search. Next to him, a woman appears thoughtful beneath the heading “Civics of Technology,” while a surveillance camera watches a person of color in profile in the adjacent panel. The bottom-left shows a woman with glasses using a laptop, labeled “Bookmarks & Podcast,” surrounded by digital icons. The center-bottom panel reads “More Vibe Coding with AI,” showing a person gesturing toward a smaller figure with code symbols. The final panel on the bottom-right depicts a smiling boy holding a rocket labeled “Summer STEM Camp Lessons.” The vibrant, engaging comic promotes media literacy themes including AI ethics, digital tools, and youth education.

Check out my new “Media Literacy Roundup: 2 August 2025” newsletter on SubStack!
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Searching With AI | Media Education Lab With AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude reshaping how people search for information, traditional search engines like Google face new competition—and new scrutiny. But as more users turn to g...

(2/2) Check out the recommended links including a Notebook LM "deep dive podcast" about the topic if you can in advance::
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At #CivicsOfTech25, I ended the panel on theorizing caregiver resistance to edtech by encouraging caregivers to consider ways we might join students in communal resistance - and this the kind of opportunity to build a broad coalition that I was imagining. You love to see it.

This square comic-style illustration consists of four panels exploring the ethical complexities of AI. The top-left panel shows a friendly-looking robot waving under a blue sky with the title “Is Any AI Use Ethical?” above its head. The top-right panel features a dark-skinned woman with black hair shouting “AI IS EVIL!” in a speech bubble, her fist raised passionately. The bottom-left panel depicts a thoughtful woman with medium skin tone working on a laptop, a thought bubble above her head showing a masked figure, suggesting concerns about surveillance or misuse. The bottom-right panel shows a person in black clothing and a ski mask working on a laptop under a looming security camera and a lock icon, evoking themes of digital privacy, surveillance, and control. The comic uses diverse characters and minimal text to highlight differing perspectives and tensions surrounding AI use.

Check out my new blog post, "Is Any AI Use Ethical?"
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Inspired by conference presenters yesterday and today at #civicsoftech25

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HI Ian: I deleted those links from the GDoc, & the slides link in a FB post. Your preso was one of the most impactful I've ever heard / experienced at a professional conference, and I become a teacher in '96. I appreciate and respect the work you have done & continue to do SO much. #CivicsOfTech25

Notes - Civics Of Technology 2025 (July 31 - Aug 1) Notes - Civics Of Technology 2025 (July 31 - Aug 1) What is this? My name is Wes Fryer and I am a middle school media literacy teacher in North Carolina. More links for me are on: https://wesfryer.com/after These are my notes and links from the July 31 / August 1 2025 “Civics of Technology”...

Check out my day 2 notes (so far) for #CivicsOfTech25 the “Civics of Technology 2025 Conference.” Challenging & important presentations, esp from Chris Guilliard and Ian Linkletter:
 
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A four-panel comic titled “Civics of Tech 2025 Day 2” explores key themes from the conference. The first panel depicts a magnifying glass hovering over a computer screen displaying two houses on a digital map, representing the concept of digital redlining and inequities created by technology. The second panel shows a solitary figure surrounded by radiating lines, symbolizing the isolation fostered by dominant tech platforms. In the third panel, a police officer sits at a laptop beneath a surveillance camera, illustrating the pervasive reach of surveillance technologies and law enforcement’s access to personal data. The final panel features a woman raising her fist and speaking while holding a sheet of paper, embodying the power of language and resistance against the flattening effects of AI on thought and expression.

Check out my day 2 notes (so far) for #CivicsOfTech25 the "Civics of Technology 2025 Conference." Challenging & important presentations, esp from Chris Guilliard and Ian Linkletter:
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Carrying @hypervisible.bsky.social's words at #CivicsOfTech25 with me today and into the future: “Part of resistance is realizing you are not alone in this thing.”

A screenshot of the sign-on into a Zoom meeting. The screenshot reads, "Civics of Technology Conference 2026. Welcome, machine breakers! We'll open the room shortly."

It's the little things that count at #CivicsOfTech25. And looks as if we'll be fighting the Luddite fight in 2026 too :)

Just put the finishing touches on my presentation for the Civics of Technology 2025 conference tomorrow morning: "Centering Student Voices in Resisting Surveillance". I can't believe I get to speak after @hypervisible.bsky.social! He has taught me so much. @civicsoftech.bsky.social #CivicsOfTech25

Alt Text: Four-panel comic titled “Civics of Tech 2025” showing themes of media literacy (Trojan horse on screen), surveillance (man watched by camera), tech power (fist rising from globe), and resistance (people protesting oppressive tech).

Check out my new post, "Civics Of Tech 2025 Conference"
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Did you like learning from board member @charleswlogan.bsky.social during the "Theorizing Caregiver Resistance to EdTech" panel & wonder where to learn more? Check out his appearance w/ ‪@emilymbender.bsky.social‬ & @alexhanna.bsky.social on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast! #CivicsOfTech25

Split-screen image from a virtual presentation. On the left side, a slide reads: "WE ARE IN A MASSIVE AUTHORITARIAN PROJECT AIMED AT SELLING OUT INSTITUTIONS FOR MAGIC BEANS." The words "AUTHORITARIAN" and "MAGIC BEANS" are highlighted in teal. Below the text is a small video window showing a speaker labeled “bonniestewart,” a woman with short hair and black glasses speaking. On the right side, there's a humorous grocery store sign that reads "YELLOW BANANAS, BONELESS – 0.59" above a bunch of bananas, making a visual joke that bananas are naturally boneless.

“The value of doing distance without doing scale - the more we move to scale the more we DEHUMANIZE everything we are doing in education”

by Dr. Bonnie Stewart - bonstewart.com/belonging/ (Civics Of Technology 2025 Conference)

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@danid.bsky.social Thanks for your fantastic talk at the @civicsoftech.bsky.social conference! I really appreciated your nuanced discussion of AI awareness along with the helpful model you offered. #CivicsOfTech25

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@dankrutka.bsky.social Hey you’ll need to let #CivicsOfTech25 folks know how to join your starter pack. Can’t DM you here! Thanks

So grateful to @audreywatters.bsky.social and her #CivicsOfTech25 keynote, where she encouraged us to fight for education that is slow, common, shared, caring, meaningful, brave, and truly in love with the world and the future.

And, always:

“The way to get to know a student is to talk with them.”

Amazon.com: Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures eBook : Selwyn, Neil: Kindle Store

Book recc via #CivicsOfTechnology #CivicsOfTech25 #COT2025 keynote chat: Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures by Neil Selwyn
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Back in 2015 I shared a TEDx talk on "Digital Citizenship in the Surveillance State" www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqJny...

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The image features the book cover of "More Everything Forever" by Adam Becker. The cover showcases a starry background with the title prominently displayed, along with a subtitle discussing themes related to AI, space empires, and Silicon Valley's influence on humanity

Book recc via #CivicsOfTechnology #CivicsOfTech25 #COT2025 keynote chat: "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Adam Becker, 2025)
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