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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

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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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

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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What are the nine elements of digital citizenship?

Hapara

It’s not surprising that the majority of that screen time is dedicated to watching online videos and hanging out on social media platforms. Schools can help by making the key elements of digital citizenship part of their culture. What is digital citizenship? Digital citizenship refers to acting responsibly online.

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11 Projects to Teach Digital Citizenship

Ask a Tech Teacher

A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. The easiest way is to relate digital citizenship to citizenship in their own neighborhood. Tape the debate and upload the video to the class website or blog.

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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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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

Hapara

para, our digital citizenship consisted of walking around and monitoring students’ technology use in class. Digital citizenship for younger learners . Being in an elementary classroom, it is hard to help students understand how their digital habits affect themselves and others. Privacy and security.

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4 tips for an effective digital citizenship program

eSchool News

The courses provide online video lessons for students that describe important safety topics and facilitate discussions about those topics. To help tackle this issue, the district implemented a series of Student Safety and Wellness courses from Vector Solutions at our high schools.