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Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future

EdTech Magazine

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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Q&A: Tarah Luster Explains How to Teach K–12 Students Digital Responsibility

EdTech Magazine

Q&A: Tarah Luster Explains How to Teach K–12 Students Digital Responsibility. With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how digital citizenship programs prepare students for a tech–enabled world.

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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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How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten

EdTech Magazine

One reality of the increasingly connected K–12 classroom is even the youngest students are routinely going online, using email and engaging with mobile apps that collect their information. K–12 Schools Use Video to Teach Digital Citizenship. How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten. marquita.brown_tC0Z. Wed, 10/16/2019 - 16:36.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

Social media has not shown an ability to “self correct” perhaps because by its very nature, the responses can only be positive and thus, there is no self-correcting mechanism built into its algorithm. Below are some of the ads that you may have seen on social media that were released as being traced back to Russian origin.

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Games Can Breed Uncivil Behavior. They Can Also Teach Digital Citizenship.

Edsurge

And how kids act in games can offer a glimpse into how they may act in other digital worlds—and the real one as well. As Games Evolve, Digital Citizenship Follows Higgins grew up with online games—back in the days of dial-up modems and laggy connections. Yet that’s not stopping efforts to create digital citizenship games.

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8 Education Books For The Digital Age: The Connected Educator Series #CorwinCE

The Web20Classroom

Ask any of the thousands of teachers who regularly use Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook about connected education, and you may get an earful about using digital tools as a means to connect with educators and students worldwide. Enter Corwin Press and the Connected Educators Series. The Edcamp model connects educators to PD like never before.

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