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7 digital citizenship resources for educators and parents

eSchool News

More children than ever have easy access to mobile devices at home and in school, making it critical to impart strong digital citizenship lessons to students. Teenagers’ social media use has doubled in recent years , from 34 percent who reported using social media multiple times a day in 2012 to 70 percent reporting the same today.

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Teach Digital Citizenship: 20+ Tips & Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Find an awesome digital citizenship poster for young children at Thebookfairygoddess.blogspot.ca/2012/09/digital- 2012/09/digital- citizenship.html. Follow the #DigCit hashtag and website to find a community of educators who will support you in teaching your students citizenship.

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Math Scores Drop Again

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. 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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College or Career? The answer isn’t what you’d expect for males

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s the introductory piece of the discussion: Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels. This education gap, which holds at both two- and four-year colleges, has been slowly widening for 40 years. Department of Education.

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5 Things Every Digital Citizen Should Know #digcit

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Alice Chen @wondertechedu teaches us about digital citizenship. She discusses five things every digital citizen should know. For each digital citizenship item, she gives classroom examples. Want to hear another episode about digital citizenship? The 9 C’s of Digital Citizenship by Alice Chen.

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Solidifying a Place for Esports in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

The number of frequent esports viewers is projected to reach 297 million in 2022, more than five times the number in 2012, according to Statista. But that popularity doesn’t always erase skepticism over what place competitive video game programs should have in education. What value, if any, does esports bring to the classroom?

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Solidifying a Place for Esports in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

The number of frequent esports viewers is projected to reach 297 million in 2022, more than five times the number in 2012, according to Statista. But that popularity doesn’t always erase skepticism over what place competitive video game programs should have in education. What value, if any, does esports bring to the classroom?