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The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship

eSchool News

According to a recent Common Sense Media’s study , the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. And about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device. But that isn’t happening in many school districts.

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Teaching digital citizenship across the whole curriculum

eSchool News

Teaching digital citizenship as a “one-off event” doesn’t lead to changes in behavior, experts say. What’s more, about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device. Ribble has written a book about the topic, called Digital Citizenship in Schools , and a new edition is available this fall.

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Tapping Tech-Savvy Students for IT Support and Digital Learning

EdTech Magazine

In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.) Supporting this type of exploration by students in a structured environment also provides time to reinforce leadership skills as well as digital citizenship. This generation grew up with mobile technology, and many received their first mobile phone as preteens.

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Tapping Tech-Savvy Students for IT Support and Digital Learning

EdTech Magazine

In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.) Supporting this type of exploration by students in a structured environment also provides time to reinforce leadership skills as well as digital citizenship. This generation grew up with mobile technology, and many received their first mobile phone as preteens.

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Tapping Tech-Savvy Students for IT Support and Digital Learning

EdTech Magazine

In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.) Supporting this type of exploration by students in a structured environment also provides time to reinforce leadership skills as well as digital citizenship. This generation grew up with mobile technology, and many received their first mobile phone as preteens.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. Will the cloud continue to reign?

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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 Liz is currently co-chairing an auxiliary committee for the U.S.