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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future

EdTech Magazine

Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future. Sun, 04/14/2019 - 10:28. With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these top three elements of digital citizenship.

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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. Today, social media plays an outsized role in how people get their information. Take a News Literacy Quiz.

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How LA Unified Cultivates Districtwide Digital Citizenship

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Not long ago, the term "digital citizenship" connoted cyberbullying, privacy, safety, and security. Much like the term has continued to evolve, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LA Unified) efforts, known as #DigCitLA , have expanded with the growth of digital citizenship awareness.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

Ask a Tech Teacher

Even after 144 years, Ward’s Science continues to be a leading provider of a full range of science products, kits, and resources for AP Science, Biology, Chemistry, Digital Science, Earth Science, Physics, and more for elementary-age students through High School (and beyond)–including Makerspace environments.

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The Next Big Trends in #EdTech from @ISTE CEO Richard Culatta at #ISTE19

The Innovative Educator

2019/20: The Year Of. Fortunately, teachers like April Keck DeGennaro who teaches at Peoples Elementary School in Georgia is. Digital Citizenship: Student Style Dr. Marialice B. Dr. Curran explained that she and her son have a joint social media account. But most teachers aren't doing that.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

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According to the 2018 Common Sense report Social Media, Social Life , 13 percent of teens age 13-17 say they’ve been cyberbullied, including 9 percent who say it has happened to them more than twice. Advocate for a school- or district-wide digital citizenship program.