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

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Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens. How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. Nowadays, there are so many social media platforms that it can be overwhelming to keep track of for teachers. Where did I turn? Keeping Up.

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Curriculum includes 10 lessons for digital citizenship

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ESSDACK, GoEnnounce launch digital citizenship curriculum. ESSDACK has collaborated with GoEnnounce to build an affordable digital citizenship curriculum for secondary students titled Your Digital Footprint. Understanding how to use social media as a positive tool is a goal of this curriculum.”.

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21st Century School — How Technology Is Changing Education

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Today’s students have access to far more knowledge than their parents once found in encyclopedias and on maps. With the click of a mouse and without leaving the classroom, they can access the collective knowledge of all mankind via the Internet. Increase student engagement and collaboration through social media, simulations, and games.

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Smartphones in the classroom

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In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Instead, they would rather stick their heads into their smartphones and stay glued to social media or texting their friends. Shoulders slouched and eyes down—you guessed it right! But it is not their fault.

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Today’s Meet is Closed. What are your Alternatives?

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Today’s Meet made it part of an easy-to-access classroom ecosystem that could be quickly shared (anonymously) with all students and intuitively used. Completed forms are shared via a link, social media, or integrated into DropBox, Google Docs, and other popular platforms.

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Teaching Kids Social Responsibility in a Connected World

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Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn. Our first and primary objective when teaching digital citizenship is helping students learn to appreciate, respect, and cultivate a positive digital footprint.