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Welcome to Tech Talk 2025 hosted by Chicago Public Schools’ Information & Technology Services Department

The Information & Technology Services Department of Chicago Public Schools is thrilled to announce Tech Talk 2025, taking place on Tuesday, February 25th, 2025.

Tech Talk is a comprehensive, virtual professional development conference spearheaded by CPS educators, Tech Coordinators, Google experts, SOPPA-approved vendors, and CPS thought leaders. This day-long event is designed to enhance your skills and provide valuable insights into the tech tools necessary for organization and student engagement.

For inquiries, contact the Tech Talk Team at itstraining@cps.edu.
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Truth Detectives: Empowering Students with Checkology® LIMITED
Tuesday February 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Virtual for CPS
Educators, maybe you’ve heard of the Checkology® virtual classroom, the News Literacy Project’s free, award-winning e-learning platform with 20 interactive lessons for students in grades 5-12. But have you had the chance to teach with Checkology?

Join us for an engaging session to learn more about Checkology’s foundational lessons in essential news literacy topics, including:

Recognizing and debunking misinformation
Understanding algorithms and generative artificial intelligence
Identifying credible sources

You’ll come away with a plan for getting started on Checkology and with practical tips for integrating lessons into your curriculum. There will also be time for questions.
Speakers
avatar for Brittney Smith

Brittney Smith

The News Literacy Project
Brittney Smith is a senior manager of education partnerships (east) at NLP.Brittney joined NLP in July 2022 after eight years of teaching life science in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a high school teacher to diverse populations of students, including English Language Learners In her... Read More →
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Tracee Stanford

The News Literacy Project
Tracee Stanford is NLP’s Senior Manager of Professional Learning.Before joining NLP in 2024, she served as a program manager at Free Spirit Media, a nonprofit youth media organization, where she led teams of media educators focused on teaching essential journalism and solutions-based... Read More →
Tuesday February 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Virtual for CPS
  Language Arts / Reading / Literacy
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