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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

To the typical digital native, learning comes from doing, not from a lecture.[2] 2] More than half of students surveyed say they learn best by doing, not by listening.[3] Using Technology in the Classroom to Teach Digital Natives. And that means schools will have to adapt to the way these new students think and learn.

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How to Grow Global Digital Citizens

Ask a Tech Teacher

A survey collected by Smart Social itemizes their top fears related to children using the Internet: Predators/bullying. Kids going around safety restrictions. These are the global demands of digital citizenship. Here’s my review: Growing Global Digital Citizens: Better Practices That Build Better Learners.

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The Key to A Successful Online Safety Policy

Securly

of students we surveyed did not know what web filter their school was using, if at all. Well, teaching the school community about their web filtering system will optimize internet safety features and help students/teachers maximize web resources. Detail best practices for good digital citizenship.

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In the marketplace: Gaming, digital citizenship, PD initiatives, and more

eSchool News

The Learning Assembly , a national network of education organizations that help educators rigorously implement and assess innovative tools to support teaching and learning, released the results of a national survey of K-12 public school parents designed to gauge their perceptions of technology use in school.

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6 Student Suggestions to Improve Web Filtering

Securly

The following are real student responses from an international survey we conducted during Summer 2015. Note: our survey participants included both Securly and non-Securly users. Digital Citizenship Education. “I We asked students what changes would improve the web filtering experience. Quick Whitelisting. “At

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Getting Real About the Teen Depression-Cyberbullying Connection

techlearning

In fact, a recent survey shows that most bullying is verbal and the vast majority is in person. [ She’s also the Director of K-12 Education for ConnectSafely.org – internet safety non-profit in Palo Alto, California – a FutureReady Instructional Coach, ASCD Emerging Leader, and EdSurge Columnist.