K-12 educators are weighing three stories this week: Google will turn Search and Gemini off by default for student accounts, Collins named “mogging” its word of the year, and teen spending climbed 6% with feeds shaping what counts as a necessity. Explore how these stories are impacting your school community.
AI deepfake apps are slipping past app-store bans and reaching classrooms; students from all 50 states are helping write their schools’ AI policies; and new AI assistants are raising fresh privacy questions. Here’s what each story means for educators, and how to help students build the skills behind them.
This week’s Huddle unpacks the hidden meaning behind Gen Alpha’s fries emoji, Massachusetts’ $1.75 million push to teach online safety, and new data showing students get their news from YouTube. Here’s what each story means for educators, and how to help students build the skills behind them.
Massachusetts is awarding 25 to 30 grants of up to $60,000 to help public schools teach online safety, AI literacy, and digital wellness. Applications are due November 9, 2026. Here’s what the grant funds, who qualifies, the six steps to apply through GEM$, and how #WinAtSocial covers all five funded activities before the June 2027 deadline.
K-12 educators are weighing three AI stories this week: researchers rated ChatGPT for Teens an “unacceptable risk,” two seniors helped draft an AI policy now reaching 10,000 districts, and two Utah districts split on Gemini. Each one points to the same thing your students need from you: the judgment to use AI well when no guardrail catches them.