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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

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I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. para, our digital citizenship consisted of walking around and monitoring students’ technology use in class. Digital citizenship for younger learners . Privacy and security.

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The benefits of using a web filter for digital learning

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Protecting learners’ privacy is critical, so your school needs to keep malware away from your learning environment. Benefit 5: Supports digital citizenship practice The best internet filtering software for schools also supports digital citizenship. Want to learn more?

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How to analyze the effectiveness of a web filter for digital learning

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Your K-12 web filter should support learning rather than disrupt it. But how do you choose the best web filter for digital learning? Consider these ways your web filter should support rather than restrict digital learning. The best web filter will go hand in hand with digital citizenship.

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How to educate students on online behavior in a digital learning environment

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Choose a web filter that promotes digital citizenship To help students make appropriate choices online, it’s also crucial to have a powerful web filter in place. Even better is to choose a web filter that promotes digital citizenship so that learners can practice responsible decision-making.

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10 edtech experts you should follow

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After helping teachers transition to online learning during the pandemic, she began writing about her experiences, including a chapter on online learning in Like No Other School Year. She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. . Want to learn more?

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Best practices for managing web filtering in a digital learning environment

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Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning environment offers students all kinds of options for research, class projects, collaboration, activities and assessments. So how do you manage web filtering so that it protects students but doesn’t restrict learning?

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Navigating the digital landscape by fostering classroom digital wellness

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Digital learning can be engaging and meaningful and prepare students for life beyond school. But educators need to balance the benefits of digital learning with protecting students’ wellbeing. Laurie Guyon, a digital instruction expert from New York, unlocks strategies for classroom digital wellness with Hāpara.

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