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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
09/28/2017
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…
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 students…
5 educator-tested tips for strengthening digital citizenship in your classroom
08/22/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
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Don't ban social media teach students how to be digital citizens!
08/14/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Alarming headlines about social media can leave the impression there's an evil monster eagerly waiting to steal away our innocent children and devour them one click at a time.
While some of the fears about social media and our students are certainly valid, the response of some school…
9 ways real students use social media for good
10/02/2019
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Social media
Think nothing good can come from encouraging students to use social media? Consider what these former students from Minarets and Design Science high schools in Central California are doing. I asked these students how they use social media as an academic tool and how that shaped both their high…
Use images to kick off digital citizenship conversations
07/27/2017
Topics: Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship conversations can be intimidating for students and educators alike. Students might worry their teacher or peers won’t understand their experiences. Educators may feel some trepidation over coming off as uninformed or out of the loop if they’re not using the same digital…
Virtual afterschool program helps build STEM skills
07/18/2017
Topics: Coding & robotics, Digital Citizenship
When kids come home from school unattended day after day, chances are they’ll end up clocking quite a bit of screen time — whether on a video game, computer or other device.
But what if parents could harness that time to help their kids develop stronger STEM skills?…