EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers.

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. Digital citizenship for younger learners .

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

An internet search can bring up videos, message boards, blogs or social media posts with toxic messaging. . On the internet, it can happen through social media, online chatting, message boards or gaming apps. Social media, gaming or gambling websites can keep students from learning and even lead to unhealthy behavior.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2021

Written by “Karen Weaver a 3rd grade elementary school teacher and author of the upcoming children’s book “The Magic Pencil”, it covers all the basics. Watching TV, browsing the Internet, checking social media, playing video games, and now, even remote learning all require using a device.

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Laptops Digital Citizenship Guidelines Elementary 418

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

Take a Social Media. While social media can be helpful, it can also distract and keep us from deepening and focusing on relationships. Helping students manage social media and attain media literacy skills is part of developing their wellness habits. Sabbatical. PD Connection. Reestablish. Connections.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Editor’s note: This article on digital citizenship in schools originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. According to Virtual Library , digital citizenship is “engaging in appropriate and responsible behavior when using technology.” First, it is important to define a few terms.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Editor’s note: This article on digital citizenship in schools originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. According to Virtual Library , digital citizenship is “engaging in appropriate and responsible behavior when using technology.” First, it is important to define a few terms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. Just for one example, we have student-led social media accounts in our classroom. Student-led social media accounts. Listen Now.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The video lead to powerful sharing and discussions with my elementary students about trash talking and bullying online. Common Sense Curriculum – The Digital Citizenship lesson plans and resources by Common Sense are full of engaging ways to get students to reflect on the choices they make online.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

At the same time, social media platforms can have a good or bad impact on mental health depending on how they are used. Other issues that are related to this category are a lack of online safety and low digital literacy skills. Teaching digital wellbeing in theory is just the first step, not the whole lesson. Conclusion.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. Today, social media plays an outsized role in how people get their information. Take a News Literacy Quiz.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 11, 2018

Yesterday, I met some of my 650 elementary students and their parents. Use icebreakers and get-to-know you activities to cultivate relationships, teach digital citizenship, promote active learning and get students to know each other. Check out my presentation, Community Building with Get to Know You Activities & Icebreakers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. How Vickie Morgado Uses Social Media in Her Classroom. Step 1: Teach Digital Citizenship. We’ve traveled the world.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 11, 2018

Yesterday, I met some of my 650 elementary students and their parents. Use icebreakers and get-to-know you activities to cultivate relationships, teach digital citizenship, promote active learning and get students to know each other. Check out my presentation, Community Building with Get to Know You Activities & Icebreakers.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

4] Even though the technology is likely to change from their early school years to the time they start their first career, teaching digital literacy in elementary school is a great way to get students started. And finally, use school technology to teach your students digital citizenship.[14] Sources : Groff, J.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Did you know that it’s Digital Citizenship Week?

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2024

Ask just about anyone what’s behind the downward spiral of youth mental health today, and chances are that social media will be on their list of causes. The relationship between social media and mental health is nuanced and different for each person, says Stephanie M. It's just your life.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Britt: In my classes, I’m using strictly a Blackboard LMS and I’m using Twitter, which I felt was a less onerous use of social media for classroom conversations. You have to prove to me that it’s worth using Facebook, or any social media, for that matter. You and I have both been in social media now for a decade.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Even after 144 years, Ward’s Science continues to be a leading provider of a full range of science products, kits, and resources for AP Science, Biology, Chemistry, Digital Science, Earth Science, Physics, and more for elementary-age students through High School (and beyond)–including Makerspace environments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Steve: Lucy’s our social media guru… Lucy: Yes there is. Currently an education consultant advising a variety of organizations, Lucy Gray previously taught elementary grade levels in Chicago Public Schools and middle school computer science at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Vicki: Is there a hashtag for it?

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 9, 2017

Before I became an instructional technology facilitator, I was an early elementary school teacher. As I now try to teach parents and teachers how to gauge the appropriateness of digital citizenship lessons for kids, I use a technique modeled after choosing “just right” books. What about social media ?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

She had spoken to a bunch of the students in the city system and asked what would speak to them, what they would want as material to learn about digital citizenship. So I started with her, creating the social media guidelines for the New York City Department of Education. They don’t want to read books or brochures.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Like it feels like it’s on every social media platform, everywhere they go at school, and they don’t feel like there is an escape. If I couldn’t have gone home and petted my dog and been away from it, I don’t know how I would have made it — with social media and not being able to get away from it.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. The organization’s blog offers useful insights and advice on classroom technologies, digital citizenship, personalized learning and more. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Over 1000 words. by Ricky Ribeiro. Pull Quote.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2015

The engine of a PLN is social media. refer to it in your social media. always answer questions and acknowledge comments that show up on your social media accounts. Keep your social media focused on those topics. Keep your social media focused on those topics. Post to it regularly.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Young people are early adopters of TikTok or use Snapchat, and tend to get most of their news from social media. Social media platforms are not necessarily the best place to find factual news or information. Be responsible on social media: Think before you share! in elementary education and an M.Ed.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Not long ago, the term "digital citizenship" connoted cyberbullying, privacy, safety, and security. Much like the term has continued to evolve, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LA Unified) efforts, known as #DigCitLA , have expanded with the growth of digital citizenship awareness.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Life Schools started small in the first year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These are great for mature elementary age, Middle School, and High School students, as well as teachers. Using the frame layout option, students can create a collage of photos for sequencing activities or digital portfolios. For youngers, PicCollage has a setting to disable social media, website images, and ads.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

So, for example, I know that 20% of the time, they’re surfing and on social media, while 10% of the time they’re actually playing online games. It’s got an app kind of interface, so you can see what they’re surfing and where they’re spending their time. It really gives you a breakdown.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 23, 2019

ISTE Student Standard #2 Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical. Warning: I will get on my soapbox here a bit.

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Kyle Pace

APRIL 30, 2017

Is it solely a school district’s job to educate parents about technology, social media, digital citizenship, etc.? I have seen some very successful parent learning nights around technology, STEM, and digital citizenship. Yes, elementary students too. Of course not. Guess what?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

The app includes no in-app purchases, no social media connections, and no advertising. It can be filtered by type (activity, model, or sequence) and grade (from elementary to higher education). 2 Crash course. Free, web-based or DVD. 5 Engineering games. Free, web-based and mobile.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I consider myself well-versed in social media. I've given most social media platforms a test run in my classroom and try to keep up-to-date on the latest trends, apps, and uses. Educators tend to meet most social media platforms with skepticism, and it's easy to see why. This goes the other way too.

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