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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

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I experienced the same in my years in the classroom. In a 2021 study by McAfee, the cyber security software company, over three-quarters of American parents wished schools would do more to educate their children about online safety. Rabin’s solution was to ban cell phone usage. Parents also want to see changes.

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Which Digital Citizenship Skills Do Students Need Most?

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Digital citizenship has emerged as a top priority in U.S. schools and classrooms. In fact, six out of 10 educators are teaching some kind of digital citizenship skill every month. As the Common Sense study suggests, teachers know that students are struggling with news and media literacy.

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

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That’s why it’s important for teachers, whether they’re digital immigrants or digital natives themselves, to change the traditional approach to learning. How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. To the typical digital native, learning comes from doing, not from a lecture.[2]

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Which Digital Citizenship Skills Do Students Need Most?

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Digital citizenship has emerged as a top priority in U.S. schools and classrooms. In fact, six out of 10 educators are teaching some kind of digital citizenship skill every month. As the Common Sense study suggests, teachers know that students are struggling with news and media literacy.

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How PS1X in the Bronx Does Digital Citizenship

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In 2014, Vargas was looking for resources to provide her grades K-5 students and their families with much-needed media-literacy and digital citizenship support. When Vargas brought the Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum back to her colleagues and administration, they were all on board.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

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A study in the UK found that the average person has around 118 accounts. Here are websites addressing this topic that I use in my K-8 classrooms and with my high school-level grad students: How Secure is Your Password? It’s a great activity for class when addressing internet safety. Why change passwords.

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5 Great Resources to Teach Digital Citizenship

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Oftentimes, we assume that digital natives will already understand many of these concepts, when in reality, our students need guidance on leaving positive digital footprints that will not hinder them later in life. Check out these five resources to kick-start digital citizenship in your classroom! lol…OMG!