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

Waterford

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. It’s just up to educators to help them succeed in finding answers while staying safe in a digital environment. The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on.

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Mindfulness and Screen Time

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The nagging sense that we’re not quite steering this ship plagues educators, too, who may find themselves dropping everything to manage the fallout of interpersonal crises that play out in the digital realm, erupting with little or no warning.

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Game-Based Digital Literacy with Digital Compass – From Jennifer Carey

EdTechTeacher

The game is targeted at middle school students, an age when most children are getting cell phones and social media accounts (like Facebook and Instagram). The game is currently available online with iOS, Android, and edmodo apps coming soon. Common Sense Media also provides educational material for teachers and parents.

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6 Great Teacher Communities for Summer PD

Graphite Blog

We put together a list of our favorite online PLNs for you to check out over the break. Common Sense Educators. Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts.

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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

techlearning

This leads to a cross roads of districts pushing digital learning into schools with teachers who may not be trained in the use of safe online instruction and hence the problem of a fear of the internet. Launching technology lessons or creating online learning is a huge responsibility.