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10 resources to boost student media literacy
10/23/2020
Topics: Digital & media literacy, 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!
08/01/2020
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 citizens…
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,…
5 ways educators can become digital citizenship leaders
06/06/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
You may be a tech-savvy educator who brings digital age lessons and projects to your classroom, but are you doing all you can to be a digital leader on campus?
After all, we're all digital citizens, and the latest lens on digital citizenship calls on educators…
Find out how this 10-year-old became a digital citizen and empowered learner
06/06/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
Kids are always listening – and learning. Sometimes when we least expect it.
That was the case with fourth grader Olivia Van Ledtje who overheard her mother reviewing some students’ Selfie Center videos and decided she, too, had a lot she’d like to share.…
4 ways to make CS for all a reality
05/24/2018
Topics: Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Literacies, Makerspaces, professional learning
Kimberly Lane believes that in the digital age, computer science (CS) should be right up there with reading and writing as a foundational skill.
Lane, blended learning specialist for Lancaster Independent School District near Dallas, walks the talk by helping…
Students teach parents about social media
04/10/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship
I am passionate about student agency and student voice and believe very much in…
WHAT WORKS: Program turns teachers into STEM researchers
03/18/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Gamification
Cybersecurity is the digital Wild West, and students at College Station High School in Texas are preparing for it by creating a virtual network and using it to practice stopping simulated attacks – just like real-world cybersecurity researchers do.
Science and technology teacher…