Tag Archives: digital citizenship

Engagement, responsibility and trust

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

Engagement is not a goal, it’s an outcome of students (or anyone) doing meaningful work. Meaningful to themselves AND to the community they are in. Continue reading →

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Webinars - Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

from Nancy Willard of Embracing Digital Youth: Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner Embracing Digital Youth is proud to announce our first two Webinars. Through these Webinars, Embracing Digital Youth will seek to help educators, mental health professionals, law … Continue reading →

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Cybersafety - do fear and exaggeration increase risk?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Larry Magid, co-director of Connect Safely.org has created a very effective slideshare about how exaggerating the risk of being online actually increases the real risk. This is perfect for a back to school presentation - it is clear, jargon-free, and aimed at … Continue reading →

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What’s the “do”? Student iPad implementation choices

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

This summer we’ve done a bunch of iPad training with students who will be tech leaders in their schools. We had students from 6th-10th grade in about 20 different schools (all with different setups!) It’s been interesting to with so … Continue reading →

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Survey reveals disconnect in online safety education

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Survey reveals disconnect in online safety education (eSchool News) 81% of school administrators, including principals and superintendents, said they believe their districts are adequately preparing students in online safety, security, and ethics 51% of teachers agree 33% of teachers said … Continue reading →

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Digital Citizenship Includes Rights as Well as Responsibilities

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

“Although not all American adults feel this way, the United States seems to have more respect for the rights of parents, schools and authorities than it does for the rights of children. And this includes control over what children can … Continue reading →

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Open myths, closed responses about ‘digital natives’

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

The latest issue of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (Volume 26, Issue 5 - October 2010 - Wiley Online Library) has a special section of articles on various aspects of the “net generation” and “digital natives”. This is a … Continue reading →

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