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Digital equity: Don't leave mobile-only families behind
11/06/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
A few years back, I was chatting with a dedicated and passionate third grade teacher who was showing me her fully developed website and her beautifully designed weekly newsletters. As the…
5 doable goals for Digital Citizenship Week
10/15/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Internet safety, online privacy, cyberbullying, media balance, online relationships, news and media literacy — digital citizenship topics tackle big questions. It can feel daunting to integrate lessons on these weighty topics into your already-packed classroom agendas. But does it have…
4 ways to fuel your #DigCitCommit
09/28/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Just like New Year’s resolutions, the goals teachers set for themselves throughout the year can sometimes become buried under a mountain of daily tasks.
At ISTE 2018,…
Embed digital citizenship in all subject areas
09/21/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, ISTE Standards for Educators, ISTE Standards for Students
The ISTE Standards for Educators encourage teachers to “create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.” As a result of these learning experiences, the ISTE Standards for Students…
WHAT WORKS: Kids saving the world from digital villainy
09/21/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Social media
Mexican superhero Chapulin Colorado may not have the gravitas of his fellow caped crusaders, but he takes copyright law very seriously.
An expert at blending into the shadows, Batman has a thing or two to say about online privacy.
Armed with X-ray vision,…
6 ways to help students manage their smartphones
09/11/2018
Topics: Assessment, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Digital Citizenship, Flipped learning, ISTE Standards for Educators, ISTE Standards for Students, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Online learning, Parent engagement, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Helping students manage smartphone use might not seem like the type of subject that schools should be teaching. But given how widespread cell phone use is among teens and how broadly devices…
Project Citizen: Bring civic engagement to your classroom
08/21/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, ISTE Standards for Students, Project-based learning
Student activists at Florida’s Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High, who attracted global attention by demanding better gun laws after 17 of their classmates were killed inspired some Eugene, Oregon, students to take on a civic engagement project of their own.
The…
Address global problems locally with place-based learning
08/08/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Most of us have heard of the movement to think globally and act locally, but what about using the power of place to personalize learning?
Place-based learning allows student to solve community problems while being immersed in local heritage, cultures and environments to study language…
Find ideas for learning with tech in our back-to-school guide!
08/03/2018
Topics: Coding & robotics, Digital Citizenship
For many educators, the school year has already begun or is just around the corner. We know a lot of you are already thinking of ways to make this year different, better, more engaging for your students — and yourself.
Why not commit to trying one new thing this year to get…
10 resources to boost student media literacy
10/09/2019
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Fake news
Whether it’s recognizing fake news, media bias or just information overload, media literacy has never been more important.
While librarians, media specialists and writing teachers have traditionally taken the lead in teaching research skills and media literacy, it’s increasingly up to…