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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

That’s why teaching digital citizenship has to be part of our roles as educators. So what is digital citizenship? Digital citizenship refers to being a responsible member of the global digital community. Digital citizens make healthy decisions and positive contributions to the community.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”. Learning how to behave online responsibly and safely—a concept known as digital citizenship—requires access to social media tools in schools, they note. On YouTube teachers create channels where they post lessons that students can access at home.

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Why Teach Digital Citizenship in 2022

Fractus Learning

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. 1 – Digital Access. 2 – Digital Commerce.

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Digital citizenship lessons aren’t going to crack filter bubbles and echo chambers

Dangerously Irrelevant

Limbaugh’s followers have full access to outside sources of information. An interesting solution to the ‘friending students on Facebook’ dilemma? Interest-driven learning is now both accessible and required. This provides a social buffer against any attempts to extract the indoctrinated person from the cult.

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6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Any moderately-talented hacker can access your computer’s webcam and microphone remotely. Lots of movies and novel spotlight this invasion of privacy because it has been normalized in the digital world. Use Signal instead. 2-step Authentication.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

When my students would ask me how many followers I had on my Facebook account and Twitter, I stated I did not know. I would note I had no idea on my Facebook account, but maybe 500 on my Twitter account, and most of them are teachers. . “Two hundred, three hundred one thousand,” they probed. Keeping Up.

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National Bullying Prevention Month–October

Ask a Tech Teacher

Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. These clever digital natives take figuring out how to circumvent your protections as a challenge.