Teach your students the right way to Google
As in decades past, proper research methods are an essential skill for today’s students. At a time when most students (and adults, for that matter) are accustomed to…
digital citizenship
The 3 biggest parts of digital citizenship
Today’s students are part of a global school. Many take courses online with classmates from all over the country, and often, the world. A growing and essential aspect…
Site offers free digital citizenship tools
Today’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…
9 digital citizenship considerations
Discussions about U.S. students' ability to compete in a global economy, and their ability to use skills such as critical thinking and problem solving to succeed in college…
5 reasons you should be teaching digital citizenship
Students buzzed about the latest uproar on Instagram, TeachThought reports.
For the tablet generation, a lesson in digital citizenship
Parents pack into a gym at Cahuilla Desert Academy, a middle school in the southern California city of Thermal, NPR reports.
10 digital citizenship resources
Students 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…
State boards of education weigh in on ed-tech policy
In a new set of recommendations aimed at advising state leaders on ed-tech integration, the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) discusses how states are integral…
Survey reveals teens’ experiences on social networking sites
As social media use has become pervasive in the lives of American teens, a new study finds that 69 percent of the teenagers who use social networking sites…
Online safety report discourages scare tactics
Although internet safety education is essential, scare tactics do little to influence the behavior of children and teenagers, who spend a large part of their lives on social…
FCC announces Children’s Agenda for broadband
Digital access, literacy, citizenship, and safety are the four key areas of focus in the Federal Communications Commission's plan to bring broadband access to all children.