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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

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The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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Get Started with Digital Citizenship in Your District

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How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Life Schools started small in the first year.

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Using Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Digital Stress

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But that 24/7 environment has also brought increased stress to students’ lives as issues they encounter at school, especially on social media, follow them home. Highlight students that model digital resiliency or digital empathy skills. Nunez says many schools recognize exemplary digital citizens.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

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.” Instead, librarians can help families learn how to maintain a healthy balance and become good digital citizens. Step 1 – Student Outreach: Develop and implement a digital citizenship plan that spans grades K-12; as students move up, the plan should reflect the changing needs at each level. About the Presenter.

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Top Edtech Classroom Tools

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And to help teachers navigate the plethora of materials for the digital classroom, Tanner Higgin, Director of Education Editorial Strategy at Common Sense Education, presented “ 50 Top Edtech Tools for the Classroom.” Adobe Spark : This flexible design tool lets teachers and students design everything from a web page to a social media post.

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Reducing Online Security and Privacy Risk in Your School

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Also, if a website has social media share buttons, the share buttons often send information about your behavior back to these services. Read your school’s social media guidelines and review your privacy settings. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec.

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Program Combatting Privacy and Tech Overuse Encourages Students to Take Control

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Dignity—it’s not a word often associated with social media and online interaction. In addition to the parents working with their children, they are also encouraged to work together to tackle digital access uses. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec.