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Games Can Breed Uncivil Behavior. They Can Also Teach Digital Citizenship.

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For most children, online video games offer an early window into social interactions with friends—and strangers. While social games foster collaboration and competition, they have also been home to hostile communities, where harassment and uncivil behavior can run rampant and make headlines. I write from personal experience.)

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

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Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Partner Announcements Center for Curriculum Redesign : Character Education for a Challenging Century: A Global Conference in Geneva and online via video, October 22-24, 2014. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler. Learn more and register here.

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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

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In one year, I shifted from being an educator who didn’t value an expanded role of video games in schools to a teacher developing an elementary esports curriculum, running multiple esports summer camps, and developing an elementary esports after school club. It could also run on almost every platform, and both PCs and mobile devices.

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Summer Reads for Teachers

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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. A classic of educational futurism, James Paul Gee’s book remains an important reminder of the unique and powerful ways games and play can help us learn and think. Digital Citizenship in Action: Empowering Students to Engage in Online Communities.

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Common Sense Education Resources from ISTE 2015

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Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids .

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?3 Types of Summer PD That Won’t Sacrifice Your Vacation

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If you’re looking for educators to follow, go no further than Educational Technology and Mobile Learning’s blog. Learn how personalized learning through purposeful gaming can help you engage your students and increase their motivation to learn. Digital Citizenship. Classroom Device Management.