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11 Projects to Teach Digital Citizenship

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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. There you have it — eleven projects to authentically discuss digital citizenship.

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Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice Tips

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Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice. Heather: Well, Vicki, I have a passion for digital citizenship and student voice integrated in there. Integrating that into your district accounts or your school-specific social media accounts is an awesome way to share that story.

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12 Ways to Update Your Online Presence

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But, if they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog doesn’t attract visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why we aren’t being contacted for networking. If you have active social media, employers will check it out. That includes our online presence.

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. digital citizenship. digital class calendar. digital databases. digital devices–such as laptops, iPads , Chromebooks , or desktops, for daily use.

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Top 10 Tips and Reviews in 2021

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Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Tech Tip #9–Quickly Hide Your Screen.

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22+ Tips on How to Work Remotely

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Here’s what I came up with: have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones to make access the internet easier. My external battery charger died and my iPad ran out of juice on the flight home. Here are some ideas: I teach online classes so my transition is well-established by now. What should last nine hours turns out to be two.

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11 Ways to Update Your Online Presence (copy)

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If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why you aren’t being contacted for networking. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. Does it display properly?