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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

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Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented.

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Unthoughtful consumption

Dangerously Irrelevant

We should be more alarmed that we’re not doing more about this issue in our elementary and secondary classrooms. A few token ‘digital citizenship’ lessons from a teacher or librarian and we seem to think we’ve addressed this concern. But we don’t seem to be. Not yet, not in most school systems.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? The connection between E-rate and digital citizenship may not seem obvious at first. This is where Common Sense Education's K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum can help.

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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

eSchool News

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Meeting standards and managing devices One of our first challenges was that Massachusetts has specific digital literacy and computer science standards that are a bit different than the national CSTA standards used by many other states.

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4 fresh ideas for teaching digital citizenship sooner

eSchool News

So why do digital citizenship courses focus on middle school and above? Throughout my career, I’ve taught the use of technology to elementary students. While at my former school district, I worked with colleagues to create a comprehensive Internet Safety Unit with a specific focus on digital citizenship.

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10 More Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 4

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In this post I would like to introduce 10 more resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. 10 More Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 4 ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Understanding You Tube and Digital Citizenship.

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Embracing diversity in the classroom: Strategies for inclusive education

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A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 By employing open dialogue with language that communicates a growth mindset, teachers model for learners and support them as they develop their digital citizenship.

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