Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

All teachers agree that digital citizenship is essential knowledge for students whether they’re going onto college or a career, yet when I ask who in their school teaches it, they always shrug. How can these skills be taught? Create a social media contract. Follow these tips: Follow the “WWGS” rule.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age The amount of time young Americans spend staring at a screen has reached unprecedented levels. Teaching students about the importance of well-being in the digital age is vital. However, it’s not just excessive screen time that is a concern.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 14, 2021

October has become the month where educators participate in events focused on digital citizenship. From October 1-31, activities are available to join in, whether for a day like during the DigCitSummit held last year, or an entire Digital Citizenship Week event, or Twitter chats and webinars focused on digital citizenship.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

We have spoken before about what defines a good digital citizen , and today we will extrapolate some more on that definition to include some new emerging trends. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship. Good digital citizens typically: Use technology legally. Sensitive information is easy to divulge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2023

Our Ask a Tech Teacher team has several ways to track down your favorite educators from years past: How to Find Old Elementary School Teachers Do you remember the teachers who shaped your educational journey? They might have left the school, moved to another place, or changed their contact information.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Charlotte, NC – Discovery Education, in partnership with Norton, a leading Cyber Safety brand of Gen , recently launched a new digital citizenship resource center – My Digital Life – on the award-winning Discovery Education K-12 platform.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2018

Ann Oro helped her diocese develop curriculum standards for digital citizenship by grade level. Ann Oro: A Digital Citizenship Curriculum. So today we’re going to talk about, “What should we be teaching kids about digital citizenship?”. It’s, “How much time am I spending online?”. Listen Now.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

But how do we protect learners while they are working online? It’s essential for schools to keep private information secure and block content that gets in the way of learning. Let’s take a look at how to safeguard students and block websites in K-12 schools. protect their personal information.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

Q&A: Tarah Luster Explains How to Teach K–12 Students Digital Responsibility. With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how digital citizenship programs prepare students for a tech–enabled world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2020

They’re also spending more time on social media as a way to stay connected to friends and family. It highlights the importance now more than ever of understanding and practicing good digital citizenship. Related content: Moving from digital citizenship to digital leadership.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2022

Differentiating between reliable websites, books, information has always been a topic in classrooms. How Can Truth Win? The roots of misinformation about Russia’s invasion stretch back further than social media. Kids tend to think if a site is at the top of the Google hit list, it is the most reliable. Fake News or Fact?

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Hapara

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Federal law requires schools using the internet for instructional purposes to use web filtering software to keep learners safe online and have a strategy in place to teach them about digital citizenship. Curated browsing experiences created by preselecting a specific list of websites model what good digital citizenship looks like.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 10, 2017

Today Jennifer Casa-Todd @JCasaTodd opens our minds to social media leadership with students. She argues that we’re limiting students when we don’t let them lead using social media. Jennifer is the author of Social LEADia. Social LEADia Book Contest with Jennifer Casa-Todd. *. Download the PDF.

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Waterford

JULY 8, 2016

Challenges like: social media, cybercrime, cyberbulling, and more. Because of these challenges, it is important that teachers, school leaders, and parents focus on teaching children how to be upstanding citizens in a digital age. “As Digital Citizenship Resources.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. Searching the internet allows our learners to become better researchers and evaluate information across multimedia. Cyberbullying. Targeted advertisements.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten. One reality of the increasingly connected K–12 classroom is even the youngest students are routinely going online, using email and engaging with mobile apps that collect their information. But how do you teach a child as young as 5 how to safely navigate such technology?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Here’s a long list of websites to address Digital Citizenship topics you teach in your classroom: Avatars. to promote digital privacy. Copyrights and Digital Law. Copyright and Fair Use –Common Sense Media video. Copyright Law Explained (fun video, informative, thorough). Common Sense media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Safe Password Practices: Teach your child how to create strong, unique passwords for their online accounts and stress the importance of not sharing passwords with anyone, except trusted adults. Monitor Social Media Use: If your child uses social media platforms, familiarize yourself with the platforms and their privacy settings.

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

For example, when sharing your screen with the class and navigating websites, you can talk through how to make appropriate decisions online. In a Google Doc, I don’t add private information like my password because. When I’m posting on our school’s social media account, I’m aware of how it will affect my digital footprint.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2022

The latter is as likely to be a post one of us on the crew put heart and soul into, sure we were sharing Very Important Information, as the former. How to Teach Digital Citizenship in 3rd Grade. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Talk about humility. Facebook: [link] .

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 4, 2016

From a very young age we are all being taught how to interact with others, how to act appropriately in certain social situations, and to respect everyone. In other words, all kids are taught how to be a good citizen: of their communities, of their countries, of the world. Don’t speak with your mouth full!

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As physical distancing becomes a feature of students' everyday lives, social media has emerged as an important outlet for them to stay connected with friends and family. At the same time, not all students have access to the support they need to learn how to use social media in a way that's healthy.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 30, 2020

Digital citizenship will be especially important this fall as middle and high school students across the country return to school virtually, in one form or another. Students will be on their devices, communicating, collaborating, and creating with digital tools more than ever before.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

In addition, teachers and students alike are spending more time checking news and social media in an effort to understand the coronavirus and its effects. The lesson plans listed here are all available for free as part of Common Sense Education's K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. This Just In!

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Waterford

JULY 8, 2016

Challenges like: social media, cybercrime, cyberbulling, and more. Because of these challenges, it is important that teachers, school leaders, and parents focus on teaching children how to be upstanding citizens in a digital age. “As Digital Citizenship Resources.

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Fractus Learning

AUGUST 5, 2022

Parents and teachers can teach children and students how to behave online. By teaching the children good digital citizenship, you are keeping your children safe and helping them build an online presence they’ll be proud of…even at the age of 80. 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship. 1 – Digital Access.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 28, 2022

If you want a job coding, you have to know how to get around a database, and that means SQL. One of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew has suggestions on how to test it out and what are the most important elements to learn: How High School Students Can Try Out SQL and 4 Things They Should Learn About It . How to Manipulate Data.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2022

Social Media or COVID: Which is more dangerous to students? Using VR to Visualize Complex Information. How to Become a Tech Teacher. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

All students deserve to learn how to be safe on the internet, and by starting to teach cybersecurity early, we hope they will gain the confidence and skills needed to stay safe online. Keep personal information private. You need to be over 13 years old for many accounts, including social media and other services.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2022

How to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year. This has been such a rewarding experience and I look forward to the informal episode ‘pitch meetings’ in the car or at the dinner table. How to incorporate podcasting into your class curriculum. We started our podcast using Anchor.fm

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

One covers personal information collection for marketing to children, while another protects student education records. Schools should also teach K-12 learners cyberbullying awareness and how to behave appropriately online. Explore how schools use a web filter and screen monitoring to keep students safe and teach digital citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2016

You joined all the big social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, blogging–just for starters). You committed hours to it, and then days, eager to make this work because everyone you know talks about how much they learn from social media. When you get questions or comments on social media, answer them.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

And how kids act in games can offer a glimpse into how they may act in other digital worlds—and the real one as well. As Games Evolve, Digital Citizenship Follows Higgins grew up with online games—back in the days of dial-up modems and laggy connections. But “games are different now,” he acknowledges.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. 120+ Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics.

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