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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 happened…
Infographic: I'm a digital citizen!
01/16/2020
Topics: #DigCitCommit, Digital & media literacy, Digital Citizenship
For students today, the digital world offers enormous possibilities. Free and low-cost digital tools allow students to write blogs, share their photos and art work with a global audience,…
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
01/30/2020
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 a good…
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…
3 Ways to Foster Digital Citizenship in Schools
09/17/2020
Topics: Digital Citizenship
As students become more fluent with technology, their skills must reach beyond merely knowing how to use devices.
Sure it’s important for students to have the basic computer skills they need as well as soft skills, such as collaboration, creativity and inquiry-driven thinking. But even…
Promote student voice and choice with blogging
09/26/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
As educators, we want students to be able to communicate and collaborate with their peers — locally and globally — in a comfortable way. We want to amplify their voices and give them choices in their learning environment. …
Digital citizenship is the new citizenship
01/22/2020
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Digital media is changing how young people engage in civic issues, and educators say we need to give all students opportunities to become engaged citizens using the tools of the digital age.
Try game-based learning to teach multiculturalism
09/08/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Gaming
In many classrooms, educators use games to teach math or science concepts in the cognitive domain – learning focused on acquiring knowledge about processes, procedures and principles.
But educators are discovering the benefit of educational games that help…