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"Participate in this activity for students to explore current issues using social media. Do Now is a weekly activity for students to engage and respond to current issues using social media tools like Twitter. KQED aims to introduce 21st Century skills and add value to learning through the integration of relevant local content and new media tools and technologies. Do Now gives students a chance to practice civic engagement and digital citizenship skills while they explore ways to connect topics in their classes to the present day. Here's a breakdown of how Do Now works: Do Now activities are posted every Friday evening at kqed.org/donow. There's a brief intro to the topic and a media resource that can be played directly on the website. At the top of the activity, there's a question for students to respond to after they go through the intro and media resource to deepen the understanding of the topic. Students should then respond to the Do Now either in the comments section on the website or they can tweet their response (each student must create a Twitter account)."

The main landing page for the Mindshift KQED Do Now mini-projects that ask kids to take positions on important topics after reading through supporting materials about the topics.