Hands-on exploration, conversation, observation, play, and time away from screens are central to how people learn. At the same time, digital technologies, including AI, digital storytelling tools, multimedia platforms, and accessible Earth system science data, are creating new possibilities for teaching and engagement. The challenge is not choosing one approach over the other, but understanding when each can best support meaningful learning. This session invites talks on how educators and communicators balance analogue and digital approaches across Earth system science education and engagement. What kinds of learning are strengthened by technology, and what are better supported through direct experience, construction, discussion, art, play, and time to think? How can AI and other digital tools be used responsibly where they add value while preserving opportunities for curiosity, creativity, exploration, and productive struggle? And as technology makes it easier to access and process information, how do we continue to teach students and the public how to learn, think critically, ask questions, and make meaning? We invite presentations across formal and informal education, public engagement, and lifelong learning to share approaches to balancing digital and analogue experiences, from hands-on and place-based learning to technology-light spaces, creative approaches, AI-supported teaching, and digital storytelling.