Public television station KQED built KQED Teach, a free professional development media literacy platform to train teachers—through hands-on media creation—to navigate media overload, misinformation, persuasive techniques, and bias so they’re more comfortable passing the information along to students.
Teachers can gain the skills and confidence to successfully incorporate media literacy and media production into their teaching by signing up for one of KQED’s free, self-paced online courses. They might start with one of these featured courses exploring Generative AI:
Break Through AI Bias to Analyze and Create Media
Generative AI can help teachers make images and write essays in 60 seconds or less. But how can users combat the often generic and cookie-cutter media that AI generates? This course teaches strategies to analyze and iterate on AI-generated media so that educators can work with AI in a more thoughtful, fair, and authentic way.
Outsmart AI to Spot Misinformation and Evaluate Sources
Generative AI can help people make all sorts of media that look and sound convincing. So how can teachers—and their students—spot misinformation in the age of AI? This course teaches the techniques used by professional factcheckers to evaluate all kinds of media for accuracy and reliability.
In addition to self-paced online courses, KQED Teach offers free, live online workshops, in which K–12 teachers can join other educators who want to meaningfully engage their students with media literacy through media making and youth voice. One such workshop is American Creed: Telling Place-based Stories with Photos and Words. Designed for teachers at grades 6–12, this workshop will take place on March 17, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (PT). Participants will explore a complete photo essay curriculum developed by the National Writing Project, as well as get hands-on and begin creating their own model photo essay. They will also learn how students can share their work through KQED’s Youth Media Showcase.