Center for Digital Thriving
@digitalthriving.bsky.social
Innovation and research hub at @harvardeducation.bsky.social dedicated to creating knowledge and resources that help young people thrive in a tech-filled world
We’re kicking off #GivingTuesday a little early this year … 🎁
We're thrilled to offer free enrollment to educators ready to shape digital thriving in their communities!
👉 Apply for free access today! harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@givingtuesday.bsky.social
We're thrilled to offer free enrollment to educators ready to shape digital thriving in their communities!
👉 Apply for free access today! harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@givingtuesday.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re kicking off #GivingTuesday a little early this year … 🎁
We're thrilled to offer free enrollment to educators ready to shape digital thriving in their communities!
👉 Apply for free access today! harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@givingtuesday.bsky.social
We're thrilled to offer free enrollment to educators ready to shape digital thriving in their communities!
👉 Apply for free access today! harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@givingtuesday.bsky.social
Thanks to generous new funding, we’re able to offer no-cost access opportunities to our course: 8 Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-Being.💫
To apply, please complete the brief form below (just 8 to 10-minutes!). @givingtuesday.bsky.social #GivingTuesday
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To apply, please complete the brief form below (just 8 to 10-minutes!). @givingtuesday.bsky.social #GivingTuesday
harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thanks to generous new funding, we’re able to offer no-cost access opportunities to our course: 8 Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-Being.💫
To apply, please complete the brief form below (just 8 to 10-minutes!). @givingtuesday.bsky.social #GivingTuesday
harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
To apply, please complete the brief form below (just 8 to 10-minutes!). @givingtuesday.bsky.social #GivingTuesday
harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
It’s easy to miss the good news about youth well-being these days — but there are bright spots 🌱. Hopelab’s research shows what helps young people thrive: downtime, friend time, sleep, and faith in their resilience. Read more via Greater Good Magazine: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s easy to miss the good news about youth well-being these days — but there are bright spots 🌱. Hopelab’s research shows what helps young people thrive: downtime, friend time, sleep, and faith in their resilience. Read more via Greater Good Magazine: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
#DYK? Common Sense Media users get FREE access to our new PD course, Eight Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-Being, with code "CSE100".
End #DigitalCitizenshipWeek by gaining fresh perspectives to support digital thriving for you and your students: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
End #DigitalCitizenshipWeek by gaining fresh perspectives to support digital thriving for you and your students: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#DYK? Common Sense Media users get FREE access to our new PD course, Eight Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-Being, with code "CSE100".
End #DigitalCitizenshipWeek by gaining fresh perspectives to support digital thriving for you and your students: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
End #DigitalCitizenshipWeek by gaining fresh perspectives to support digital thriving for you and your students: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
🎉Meet our 2025 Digital Thriving Fellows! From reimagining empathy online to blending Pan-African community concepts with digital life, four bold projects share one goal: helping youth thrive in a tech-filled world. ✨ Learn more 👉 digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/fellows/
#DigitalThriving #YouthVoice
#DigitalThriving #YouthVoice
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎉Meet our 2025 Digital Thriving Fellows! From reimagining empathy online to blending Pan-African community concepts with digital life, four bold projects share one goal: helping youth thrive in a tech-filled world. ✨ Learn more 👉 digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/fellows/
#DigitalThriving #YouthVoice
#DigitalThriving #YouthVoice
#Educators! 🧭 Your #AI journey doesn’t have to be a solo trek.
Apply to join the AI Explorers' Club—a free, 1-day virtual PD session (Aug 6) to explore AI with imagination, intention, and digital thriving as your guide.
Apply by 7/18 → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/ai-explorers... #AIinEducation
Apply to join the AI Explorers' Club—a free, 1-day virtual PD session (Aug 6) to explore AI with imagination, intention, and digital thriving as your guide.
Apply by 7/18 → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/ai-explorers... #AIinEducation
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#Educators! 🧭 Your #AI journey doesn’t have to be a solo trek.
Apply to join the AI Explorers' Club—a free, 1-day virtual PD session (Aug 6) to explore AI with imagination, intention, and digital thriving as your guide.
Apply by 7/18 → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/ai-explorers... #AIinEducation
Apply to join the AI Explorers' Club—a free, 1-day virtual PD session (Aug 6) to explore AI with imagination, intention, and digital thriving as your guide.
Apply by 7/18 → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/ai-explorers... #AIinEducation
This week in Three for Thriving:
📱 Addictive screen use = real mental health risks
🤖 AI in therapy: helpful, harmful, or both?
📵 Checking in on LA's phone ban
🎤 Stories with youth voices on AI, misinformation & modern romance
Watch: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#DigitalThriving
📱 Addictive screen use = real mental health risks
🤖 AI in therapy: helpful, harmful, or both?
📵 Checking in on LA's phone ban
🎤 Stories with youth voices on AI, misinformation & modern romance
Watch: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#DigitalThriving
Three for Thriving | No. 9 | Last week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 9th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news on youth wellbeing+ tech.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This week in Three for Thriving:
📱 Addictive screen use = real mental health risks
🤖 AI in therapy: helpful, harmful, or both?
📵 Checking in on LA's phone ban
🎤 Stories with youth voices on AI, misinformation & modern romance
Watch: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#DigitalThriving
📱 Addictive screen use = real mental health risks
🤖 AI in therapy: helpful, harmful, or both?
📵 Checking in on LA's phone ban
🎤 Stories with youth voices on AI, misinformation & modern romance
Watch: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#DigitalThriving
This week’s Three for Thriving unpacks:
📱🔄 ❤️🩹 New study links screen time + emotional struggles in kids
🎓 OpenAI wants “AI-native” campuses
🤔 Teens want to use AI ethically—but need clearer guardrails
These stories + more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
📱🔄 ❤️🩹 New study links screen time + emotional struggles in kids
🎓 OpenAI wants “AI-native” campuses
🤔 Teens want to use AI ethically—but need clearer guardrails
These stories + more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
Three for Thriving | No. 8 | Last week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 8th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news on youth wellbeing+ tech.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This week’s Three for Thriving unpacks:
📱🔄 ❤️🩹 New study links screen time + emotional struggles in kids
🎓 OpenAI wants “AI-native” campuses
🤔 Teens want to use AI ethically—but need clearer guardrails
These stories + more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
📱🔄 ❤️🩹 New study links screen time + emotional struggles in kids
🎓 OpenAI wants “AI-native” campuses
🤔 Teens want to use AI ethically—but need clearer guardrails
These stories + more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
From Hollywood to TikTok, this week’s Three for Thriving unpacks shifting stories of adolescence, young people's growing reliance on AI “therapy,” and career pressure.
And #ICYMI: our Youth Insights Memo on #genAI.
Read more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
And #ICYMI: our Youth Insights Memo on #genAI.
Read more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
Three for Thriving | No. 7 | Last week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 7th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news on youth wellbeing+ tech.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From Hollywood to TikTok, this week’s Three for Thriving unpacks shifting stories of adolescence, young people's growing reliance on AI “therapy,” and career pressure.
And #ICYMI: our Youth Insights Memo on #genAI.
Read more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
And #ICYMI: our Youth Insights Memo on #genAI.
Read more → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#youthmentalhealth
Teens aren’t waiting for adults to catch up with #GenAI.
Our new memo features 10 real-time youth insights—from pressure to cheat, to seeking emotional support, to styling outfits with AI.
Tech isn’t slowing down, and our understanding can’t either.
digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Our new memo features 10 real-time youth insights—from pressure to cheat, to seeking emotional support, to styling outfits with AI.
Tech isn’t slowing down, and our understanding can’t either.
digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
June 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Teens aren’t waiting for adults to catch up with #GenAI.
Our new memo features 10 real-time youth insights—from pressure to cheat, to seeking emotional support, to styling outfits with AI.
Tech isn’t slowing down, and our understanding can’t either.
digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Our new memo features 10 real-time youth insights—from pressure to cheat, to seeking emotional support, to styling outfits with AI.
Tech isn’t slowing down, and our understanding can’t either.
digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
The latest Three for Thriving:
🖊️ Blue books return to colleges
🚨 Congress called out on #youthmentalhealth
🤖 Stanford on designing AI for humans
Plus: free resources from CDT, Common Sense Education + @kqednews.kqed.org on design tricks → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
🖊️ Blue books return to colleges
🚨 Congress called out on #youthmentalhealth
🤖 Stanford on designing AI for humans
Plus: free resources from CDT, Common Sense Education + @kqednews.kqed.org on design tricks → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Three for Thriving | No. 6 | Last week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 6th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news on youth wellbeing+ tech.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The latest Three for Thriving:
🖊️ Blue books return to colleges
🚨 Congress called out on #youthmentalhealth
🤖 Stanford on designing AI for humans
Plus: free resources from CDT, Common Sense Education + @kqednews.kqed.org on design tricks → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
🖊️ Blue books return to colleges
🚨 Congress called out on #youthmentalhealth
🤖 Stanford on designing AI for humans
Plus: free resources from CDT, Common Sense Education + @kqednews.kqed.org on design tricks → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
This week’s Three for Thriving is full of signals—and shifts:
📉 UCSF links social media to rising depression
📵 Parents turn to alt devices
🤖 AI tools deepen classroom trust gaps
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
📉 UCSF links social media to rising depression
📵 Parents turn to alt devices
🤖 AI tools deepen classroom trust gaps
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
Three for Thriving | No. 5 | This week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 5th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news on youth wellbeing+ tech.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This week’s Three for Thriving is full of signals—and shifts:
📉 UCSF links social media to rising depression
📵 Parents turn to alt devices
🤖 AI tools deepen classroom trust gaps
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
📉 UCSF links social media to rising depression
📵 Parents turn to alt devices
🤖 AI tools deepen classroom trust gaps
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
This week in Three for Thriving:
🛡️ Kids Online Safety Act regains momentum
🎓 Rethinking school for an AI future
🧠 Media literacy with empathy
Plus bonus stories centered on youth voice!
Watch → www.loom.com/share/f5cb48...
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
🛡️ Kids Online Safety Act regains momentum
🎓 Rethinking school for an AI future
🧠 Media literacy with empathy
Plus bonus stories centered on youth voice!
Watch → www.loom.com/share/f5cb48...
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Three for Thriving | No. 4 | This week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 4th installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest youth wellbeing + tech news.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This week in Three for Thriving:
🛡️ Kids Online Safety Act regains momentum
🎓 Rethinking school for an AI future
🧠 Media literacy with empathy
Plus bonus stories centered on youth voice!
Watch → www.loom.com/share/f5cb48...
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
🛡️ Kids Online Safety Act regains momentum
🎓 Rethinking school for an AI future
🧠 Media literacy with empathy
Plus bonus stories centered on youth voice!
Watch → www.loom.com/share/f5cb48...
Read → centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
This week in Three for Thriving:
🤖 AI + loneliness
🎓 AI + academic integrity
📱 Teens, mental health + social media
🌟 Emily Weinstein & Sadie Sutton on supporting teens @nbcnews.com
Read→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
🤖 AI + loneliness
🎓 AI + academic integrity
📱 Teens, mental health + social media
🌟 Emily Weinstein & Sadie Sutton on supporting teens @nbcnews.com
Read→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
Three for Thriving | No. 3 | This week's news on youth, tech & well-being
Welcome to the 3rd installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest youth wellbeing + tech news.
centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This week in Three for Thriving:
🤖 AI + loneliness
🎓 AI + academic integrity
📱 Teens, mental health + social media
🌟 Emily Weinstein & Sadie Sutton on supporting teens @nbcnews.com
Read→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
🤖 AI + loneliness
🎓 AI + academic integrity
📱 Teens, mental health + social media
🌟 Emily Weinstein & Sadie Sutton on supporting teens @nbcnews.com
Read→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
Subscribe→ centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
New Three for Thriving newsletter is out! It features stories on:
🤖 AI companions & teen safety
🏫 Mental health funding cuts
📉 Global dip in young adult well-being
Watch + subscribe: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#YouthWellbeing #DigitalThriving
🤖 AI companions & teen safety
🏫 Mental health funding cuts
📉 Global dip in young adult well-being
Watch + subscribe: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#YouthWellbeing #DigitalThriving
May 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New Three for Thriving newsletter is out! It features stories on:
🤖 AI companions & teen safety
🏫 Mental health funding cuts
📉 Global dip in young adult well-being
Watch + subscribe: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#YouthWellbeing #DigitalThriving
🤖 AI companions & teen safety
🏫 Mental health funding cuts
📉 Global dip in young adult well-being
Watch + subscribe: centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/posts/three-...
#YouthWellbeing #DigitalThriving
Teens + tech headlines are everywhere. But which ones are shaping the conversation? Introducing: Three for Thriving—a weekly roundup of news shaping youth well-being and tech.
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💜 Let’s make sense of this moment—together.
#youthmentalhealth
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💜 Let’s make sense of this moment—together.
#youthmentalhealth
April 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Teens + tech headlines are everywhere. But which ones are shaping the conversation? Introducing: Three for Thriving—a weekly roundup of news shaping youth well-being and tech.
📬 Subscribe centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
💜 Let’s make sense of this moment—together.
#youthmentalhealth
📬 Subscribe centerfordigitalthriving.kit.com/threeforthri...
💜 Let’s make sense of this moment—together.
#youthmentalhealth
#Teachers are tired of playing defense with tech in the classroom. That's why we're introducing our new course, Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-being, to help educators move from tech defense to empowering action.
Enroll + use EARLYBIRD15 for 15% off: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
Enroll + use EARLYBIRD15 for 15% off: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
April 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#Teachers are tired of playing defense with tech in the classroom. That's why we're introducing our new course, Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-being, to help educators move from tech defense to empowering action.
Enroll + use EARLYBIRD15 for 15% off: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
Enroll + use EARLYBIRD15 for 15% off: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g...
Hi! We're new here👋. If you're new to our work, our 2024 Impact Report is a great place to start. We’re on a mission to help youth thrive in a tech-filled world—and to shape more critically optimistic conversations on teens + tech.
Read the report → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Read the report → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
April 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hi! We're new here👋. If you're new to our work, our 2024 Impact Report is a great place to start. We’re on a mission to help youth thrive in a tech-filled world—and to shape more critically optimistic conversations on teens + tech.
Read the report → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Read the report → digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...