Over the past year, educators have told us they need more support navigating generative AI as part of their students’ digital well-being. We listened.👂
Today, we’re re-releasing our flagship professional development course, 8 Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-Being, now with expanded and fully integrated content on generative AI in the classroom!
Grounded in youth voice research, participatory design, and a legacy of supporting educators as part of Project Zero, the course keeps the original eight mindshifts at its core — while extending them through an AI lens that reflects students’ academic, social, and emotional realities.
This updated course helps educators:
Move beyond assumptions about AI toward curiosity and listening 🧠
Shift from blowing the whistle on teens AI use to coaching toward agency and discernment 🌱
Navigate gray areas of AI use with students instead of relying on rigid rules 🤝
Ground decisions about technology in values, relationships, and learning goals 💛
Participants will hear research-backed insights, explore classroom-ready frameworks from CDT’s IMAGINE AI portfolio, and engage with youth perspectives on pressure, cheating assumptions, stigma, and secrecy around AI use.
Interested in learning more or enrolling?
👉 Visit our website for more details. Use promo code AIMINDSHIFTS at registration to receive 25% off your enrollment.
Get a Sneak Peek: Preview New AI Videos from the Course
If you’re curious to see how we’re thinking about AI in the classroom, explore our free video segments on YouTube:
Align on the Line invites educators and students to surface the ethically gray areas of generative AI by mapping which uses feel okay, uncertain, or cross a line for a specific assignment.
CDT researchers Beck Tench and Dan Be Kim explore the subtle design tricks of AI chat tools, highlighting how features like endless helpfulness, lack of timestamps, and variable responses shape engagement, influence thinking, and impact learning.
AI Fellow Dan Be Kim uses a driving metaphor to explore what it means to “drive AI well”—emphasizing the everyday judgment, responsibility, and transparency educators and students need to use AI thoughtfully and with agency.
🤔 Already thinking about bringing these mindshifts into your practice? Come imagine what’s possible with us!
📆 Applications open February 13, 2026 and close March 9, 2026.
This year’s Fellowship is designed specifically for educators and education professionals who are advancing agency-centered approaches to digital literacy and well-being in their schools and learning communities.
Selected fellows receive project funding, join a vibrant community of practice, engage in monthly seminars and mentorship, and attend 1–2 funded convenings in Cambridge, MA.
Curious to learn more? Explore the application and register for our virtual Info Session on February 20, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT).
In this AI moment, our conviction has only grown: educator and student agency matter more than ever as changing technologies continue to shape our lives and learning. That’s why all of the resources explored in the course are also free and ready to use on our website 💜.
With gratitude, The Center for Digital Thriving Team
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