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Digital citizenship is a key skill for today’s students

digital-citizenshipToday’s kids may be growing up in an interconnected world, but they need to be taught how to be good cyber citizens and use technology wisely. To help create an online source on digital citizenship, CarrotNewYork, Cable in the Classroom (CIC) and O’Keefe Communications teamed up to create InCtrl.

The online resource is a collection of seven free standards-based, inquiry-led, and student-centered lessons covering key digital citizenship topics.

Designed to equip and empower 4th-8th grade students to be smart, safe, and effective in today’s digital world, topics include everything from privacy to cyberbullying.…Read More

10 digital citizenship resources

Educators and administrators have a variety of tools to educate students about digital citizenship

digital-citizenshipStudents may be able to operate technology tools and navigate resources without a problem, but students don’t always realize that what they post or make public online, and behaviors they exhibit online, tend to stick around. To help students learn about appropriate online behavior and decisions, school leaders are turning to digital citizenship education.

It’s important to instruct kids “how to not only use the computer, but how to live in this digital world,” said Lenny Schad, chief information technology officer in the Houston Independent School District, during a recent webinar reviewing important aspects of digital deployments.

Digital citizenship is becoming an increasingly important consideration during the mobile device deployment process, experts say.…Read More

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