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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…
3 tools to help students create, collaborate and share ideas!
07/09/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
One of the hottest topics in education today focuses on digital citizenship, or what it means to be a member of the connected world we live in.
According to the ISTE Standards for Students, digital…
It's time to commit to digital citizenship!
07/04/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
All she wanted was a new dress for senior prom.
But when 18-year-old Kristen Lane posted a picture of herself wearing her old prom dress on social media, hoping to sell it to raise funds, she received a relentless barrage of hateful comments about her appearance instead.…
What prevention science tells us about cyberbullying
06/19/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Learning sciences
I recently facilitated a discussion at a local school on personal tech. The conversation started with parents expressing concerns, sometimes befuddlement, but all earnestly wanting the best from their children.
Most of the discussion involved the over-30 crowd until a lone…
4 things to know about teaching digital literacy to refugees
06/14/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Students
Since 2012 I've worked with refugees in the Salt Lake area, a destination point where about 60,000 displaced people currently live. My work with the refugee population has ranged from hosting story times, participating in outreach, teaching adults how to use computers and, most recently,…