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How students become influencers and advocates
12/20/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Teen filmmaker Laney Blair knows better than anyone how the media can influence the way girls feel about themselves.
Making films has taught her some intense lessons about self-love. About how unreal the images we see everyday are. About how important it is to be honest and…
Weigh in on the ISTE Standards for Administrators
12/18/2017
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Education leadership, Gamification, Gaming, Literacies, Makerspaces, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, STEM & STEAM
“Leaders get people moving. They energize and mobilize. They take people and organizations to places they have never…
WHAT WORKS: Teaching digital citizenship without devices
12/15/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Digital Citizenship, Education leadership
Over the summer, a group of preteens attended a camp to learn how to communicate online. They explored computational thinking concepts, practiced using social media and developed their media literacy skills.
And they did it all without a lick of technology.
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Immersive tech is bringing new learning opportunities to classrooms
12/15/2017
Topics: Augmented reality, Digital Citizenship
Can you believe the explosion of immersive technology in 2017? We saw virtual reality (VR) spike with virtual field trips taking students all around the world. And augmented reality (AR) began ramping up again. These technologies have been around for a long time, so what happened? Money…
Infographic: Citizenship in the digital age
12/14/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
There has never been a better time to be a young creator!
Free and low-cost digital tools allow students to write blogs, share their photos and art work on social media, create videos and develop a YouTube following, and collaborate on projects with peers around the world.
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Focus on equity to ensure that all students are 'computer science material'
12/07/2017
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Gamification, Gaming, Literacies, Makerspaces, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, STEM & STEAM
With the dire need for computer science (CS) skills in today’s workforce, one would think that every school in the nation would have a robust CS program. But sadly, almost half of U.S.…
Find free and fair use photos
11/15/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
Grabbing images from Google is easy. You search, copy and paste. It’s a no-brainer and often the first thing students do when creating any sort of digital project that requires images.
But how do your students know if they have permission to use someone else’s photos? To be…
5 trends from the Digital Citizenship Summit
11/14/2017
Topics: 1:1, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Digital Citizenship, Flipped learning, Gaming, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Online learning, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Each year, educators, students, parents, industry members and others gather for the National Digital Citizenship Summit. The goal of this event is to expand the conversation and inspire collaborative change around issues related…
Empowering student voice through digital citizenship
10/09/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
There are two common misconceptions about digital citizenship that are preventing teachers from making an impact with it in their classrooms. The first is that digital citizenship can be taught in just one…
14 projects that teach students to be good digital citizens
10/03/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Idealistic teachers sometimes tell their students they have the power to change the world. If you believe that, maybe it’s time to let your students take action.
Authentic social justice or community service projects have the potential to engage kids in the subject matter…