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What Educators Need to Know Right Now About Digital Citizenship

The CoolCatTeacher

Anne Collier – Bio As Submitted Anne Collier is founder and executive director of The Net Safety Collaborative, home to SocialMediaHelpline.com for K-12 schools. She serves on the Trust & Safety advisory boards of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Yubo. She blogs at NetFamilyNews.org.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Using the Internet for research will increase student enthusiasm about finding things out on their own.[7]. Be sure to introduce your students to Internet safety and elements of digital citizenship as a key focus. These elements include balance, safety and privacy, respect, connecting, learning, and critical thinking.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In these classrooms, ” students regularly communicate, collaborate, self-reflect, problem solve,and peer-evaluate about their learning” (Hansen & Imse, 2016, p. This could be through lessons on internet safety , exercises in evaluating online sources , or discussions about the impact of digital footprints.

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Parental Control Quick Guide: Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

Securly

Kids are likely to run into online harassment, even from people they know , without proper cyber safety practices. In honor of Safer Internet Day (February 9, 2016), here are some quick internet safety tips to keep children from harm’s way: Google SafeSearch.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

Give your child internet safety tips as part of discussing healthy screen time. Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2016, 58(4), pp. One of the best ways to keep screen time usage under control is to be a good role model. Try to limit your screen time to approximately two hours a day outside of work.[14]. Sources : Sigman, A.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

edWeb.net

Key topics include cyberbullying, information literacy, digital footprints, and overall Internet safety. Step 1 – Student Outreach: Develop and implement a digital citizenship plan that spans grades K-12; as students move up, the plan should reflect the changing needs at each level.

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Impero Software’s keyword library addresses online safety concerns

eSchool News

Impero will showcase the updated library in their booth #708 during the 2016 ISTE conference June 26-29, 2016 in Denver. The updated library, combined with Impero Education Pro software, gives educators an edge on internet safety by helping them monitor and analyze student activity on school devices.