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Effective Digital Citizenship Education

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Digital citizenship education doesn’t work in a lecture format. Dr. Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too. Digital Citizenship that Works. Enhanced Transcript.

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How students can safely search the internet

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Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. Digital citizenship, online safety and 21st-century skills instruction. Digital citizenship feature.

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Teacher’s Practice of Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples

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Transforming Analysis into Action: Elevating Learning But hold your horses. It’s like having a library at your fingertips, ready to whisk you to new realms of thought and analysis. They’re the building blocks of academic exploration, and guess what? Critical thinking isn’t a skill. It’s a way of life.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Showing Movies and Videos in the Classroom

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News and Media Literacy Digital Citizenship Lessons -- News and media literacy is one of the six core digital citizenship topics covered in our curriculum. Library Streaming and Video Services. Teachers can see students' quiz results, run a class-wide analysis, and give students feedback on their progress.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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insights about and analysis of information. insights about and analysis of information. Second : create a how-to library of class videos for the senior center, uploaded to their website. Students can also use online tools they are familiar with like Animoto, Prezi, or Issuu. student reflections on what went right and wrong.

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8 Websites that Explain Elections

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Senate as well as other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary, talking heads, ads, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. election process.