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Digital Citizenship–a Life Skill

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I’m a staunch believer that Digital Citizenship should be taught early and often. Education Week seems to agree. They have a great article on this topic you want to check out: Educators: Teach digital citizenship early. Digital citizenship lessons should begin early, educators say.

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17 K-8 Digital Citizenship Topics

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Education is no longer contained within classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Today, education can be found anywhere, by teaming up with students in Kenya or Skyping with an author in Sweden or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station. It didn’t work.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

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That’s why teaching digital citizenship has to be part of our roles as educators. So what is digital citizenship? Digital citizenship refers to being a responsible member of the global digital community. Digital citizens make healthy decisions and positive contributions to the community.

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How to Teach Digital Citizenship in Kindergarten and 1st Grade

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There are several great programs available to guide students through this process ( Common Sense’s Digital Passpor t, Carnegie CyberAcademy , K-8 Digital Citizenship ). I’ve collected a long list of resources here : K-HS Digital Citizenship Resources Today, we focus on Kindergarten–1st Grade.

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The 9 elements of Digital Citizenship your students need to know

Neo LMS

With the rise of the Internet, we have become more and more present in the online world. So, existing in this environment, working, learning, doing business, communicating just like we do in real life make us citizens of this digital world. The authors define nine elements of digital citizenship. Digital access.

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Effective Digital Citizenship Education

The CoolCatTeacher

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. Listen Now.

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11 Projects to Teach Digital Citizenship

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Education has changed. Now, education can be found anywhere — teaming up with students in Kenya, Skyping with an author in Sweden, or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station. The easiest way is to relate digital citizenship to citizenship in their own neighborhood. Middle School.