Tag: digital citizenship
How Can a Distracted Generation Learn Anything? – An Interview with BBC
Two weeks ago, via my district email, Nicholas Mancall-Bitel contacted me with a request: “I’m a freelance writer working on an article for BBC Capital about the challenges of teaching G... Read More#DigCitCommit – Heading into the New School Year
With the start of the new school year only days away, it’s time to send out some new #digcit resources to teachers and administrators. This annual email is something my colleague Kathleen Watt a... Read More
Five #DigCit Shout Outs to ISTE
I’ve been a long-time fan and promoter of ISTE’s significant contributions to digital citizenship resources for teachers and students. So I wanted to give some #DigCit shout outs: Shout Ou... Read More
Two Reasons Why Teaching about Copyright Just Got Easier
“Great leaders give credit.” George Couros If you consider teaching students about their intellectual property rights and responsibilities an essential component of a digital citizenship p... Read More
Digital Citizenship – It’s not just for students
In recognition that we are living in a “post-truth” era, rampant with “fake news,” and that we all need media literacy skills, I’ve been gathering resources, collaboratin... Read More
Teaching Digital Citizenship in 2017
Digital citizenship is often cited as the fastest changing subject in the K-12 curriculum. Thinking back 10 years to 2007, when I first began rolling out a digital citizenship program for my district,... Read More
Blogging – A powerful digital literacy/digital citizenship tool
I work in the Technology Services Department for a large public school district. I love my job (technology integration specialist) and truly appreciate my department’s support of programs that p... Read More