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ThoughtBytes explores how edufiction and narrative learning can support digital literacy and ethical thinking in a technology-shaped world.

ThoughtBytes is an ideas blog exploring how edufiction can be practically used to help children and young teens understand digital life.
It focuses on digital citizenship, media/AI literacy, and emerging technologies through an educational and parenting lens, using story and context rather than headlines or hype.
All content is created by Casper Pieters and may be shared non-commercially, unchanged, with attribution.

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From Page to Possibility: How Edufiction Helps Teens Imagine a Brighter Future

Reading appropriate edufiction can reduce anxiety about the future.

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Why I write edufiction

Narratives provide contextual learning.

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Edufiction for Digital Citizenship: How Stories Like Cyber Secrets Prepare Kids for the Online World

Bullying No Way Week - It takes a good story to raise a digital citizen.

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Bullying No Way! But Then What? Teaching Repair and Empathy Through Edufiction

Bullying No way - How edufiction can help.

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The Role of Edufiction in Cultivating Empathy Across Cultures 🌍

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Jane Smith aka Thistle Fabuloso with 2 lesson plans

Who says kids are supposed to be happy
just because they’re kids?

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Adventures in Learning: How Edufiction Sparks Powerful Parent–Teen Conversations

Learning together- From each other

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The Family Robinson with 2 lesson plans

What would it be like to be stranded on a remote tropical island?

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Finding the Signal: How Brain Rot! Uses Edufiction to Spark Student Dialogue on AI, Social Media, and Mental Health

AI is transforming education and the young learners with it.

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🚨Brain Rot? Or Just a Glitch in the Feed?

Not all screentime is the same, but too much doom scrolling numbs the mind and your social persona.

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Misogyny in the Metaverse and why Big-O is portrayed as a male

The metaverse should be safe for all.

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“Why Reading Isn’t Enough—Let Students Be the Story”

Contextual learning by role play based on story.

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“Brain Rot!” as a Digital Wake-Up Call: Making Addictive Tech Understandable—and Actionable—for Middle Grade Learners

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🌍 Virtual Field Trips Inspired by Edufiction: Explore the World Through Story 🌟

Virtual Field Trips can be so much fun.

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🚀 Why Edufiction Works for Young Learners

Middle grade students enjoy learning through fictional stories. A heading “Intergrating Edufiction Into the Curriculum” appears above the three smiling students.