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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

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It was on Facebook where she found an account dedicated to guessing why Jivani—whose hair had fallen out by age 12 due to an autoimmune disease—wore a wig to school. But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig. ISTE is the parent organization of EdSurge.

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129 Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics

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Here’s a long list of websites to address Digital Citizenship topics you teach in your classroom: Avatars. to promote digital privacy. Copyrights and Digital Law. Take the mystery out of copyrights –by the Library of Congress. Brainpop Digital Citizenship. Digital presence.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

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This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries.”. Several educators echo Yates’ comments.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Python

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Good Documentation, Community Support and a Big Network of Python Libraries : There is no dearth of guides and video tutorials for those working with Python. Plus, Python has several libraries that help minimise one’s time and effort during development. It also enjoys support from Facebook, Amazon Web Services and Google.

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Image Copyright Do’s and Don’ts

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Before the year is out, students will understand the do’s and don’ts of image copyrights and accept them as the normal actions of a good digital citizen. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Kinesthetic Lessons in Empathy and Digital Citizenship

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Whether you are a library media specialist, a teacher of social studies, art history, ELA or any other discipline that incorporates art and photography as a teaching tool or element of content, building living tableaux — people posing to replicate a 2D image — is a classroom exercise that has so many learning benefits for students!

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

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That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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