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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

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Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Whether you teach elementary, core subjects or electives, making digital citizenship part of your instruction is essential for all of your learners. So how can you help kids practice digital citizenship in school? What is digital citizenship in the classroom?

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The Keyword Search Activity That Teaches Critical Thinking

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When visiting a classroom last year to lead a lesson on multimedia creations for a group of elementary school students, we tackled this issue together. But search engines like Google are powerful and often essential resources, and students of all ages can build skills that help them navigate these spaces.

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10 ways teachers can develop social and emotional skills for their learners

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You can start teaching these skills in elementary and continue developing social and emotional skills for high school students. For example, ask the class or groups to discuss a digital citizenship-related topic, such as what to do if a stranger sends them a message on social media.

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STEAM Up Learning with 50 Fabulous Resources!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Where to find activities, projects and lessons: The Science Demo Guy’s website has free STEM and Engineering Design Process posters and experiments to download and print. Upper elementary to 12th grade will enjoy Code.org and Made With Code. Real world learning. Hands-on inquiry. Cooperative learning.

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STEAM Up Learning with 50 Fabulous Resources!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Upper elementary to 12th grade will enjoy Code.org and Made With Code. Common Sense Education has a free K to 12 curriculum that covers information literacy and digital citizenship. NASA has amazing resources for educators, including free projects, lesson plans, videos, and interactives!

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12 Projects for your STEAM program

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The site includes guides for both educators and parents, extra links, and demo videos to guide students toward their goal. If you have another platform, try Draw a Stickman (well-suited for elementary school ages). Dig a hole through the Earth. Any age; free. Pivot Animator only works on Windows. Any grade (with adaptations); fee.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Not sure ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I'd love to have a virtual space in case others want to join live and get a demo of how to get started. The goal of this transdisciplinary unit is to develop a research-based global education curriculum that promotes healthy eating habits among children in elementary schools especially 3rd through 5th grade.