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How Safe is Your Password?
10/11/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Experts show just how vulnerable we are, and what teachers can do to help teens be safe. - read more
Categories: Uncategorized
Civics Education Goes Digital, Empowering Youth in an Election Season
10/09/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
New online platforms like iCivics tackle the 2012 presidential election and civic duty. - read more
Categories: Research & Studies, Policy
Digital Literacy Education for Teachers?
10/03/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
If your school applies for E-rate support from the federal government, chances are you’re looking for ways to educate students about Internet safety, appropriate online behavior, and cyberbullying. But adults may need some help too. An instructional technology specialist from Indiana weighs in on what educators need to know about digital literacy. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Policy
Still Skeptical of Enhanced E-Books?
10/01/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Here's what parents are thinking and why. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Advice for Parents
Join Us For Digital Citizenship Day
09/27/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
If you’re in New York City on Oct. 2, you won’t want to miss this important discussion about growing up online. - read more
Categories: Digital Citizenship
Build Community: Teach Digital Citizenship in Edmodo
09/24/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
Our lessons on digital literacy and citizenship are now available to use through Edmodo, the social networking site for educators and students. - read more
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Common Sense News
Common Sense Media at the National Conference on Summer Learning
09/21/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Don’t miss the National Conference on Summer Learning next month. Our NYC education program manager, Tali Horowitz, will be giving a workshop on our new Informal Learning Digital Citizenship Kit and new digital citizenship learning modules. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenship, Common Sense News
You Say Bullying, I Say Drama
09/19/2012 | Filed by Barbara Ray
Researchers are discovering that when adults talk about bullying, teens hear “victim” and turn a deaf ear. - read more
Categories: Digital Citizenship
For STEM Learning, Real-World Application Matters
09/13/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Hands-on, digital projects help tomorrow’s scientists and engineers create connections to their community, and envision future careers. - read more
Categories: In the Classroom
Digital Passport™ Helps Educators Grapple With Hard to Teach Concepts of Digital Literacy and Citizenship
09/11/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
We’ve talked with teachers around the country who are trying out Digital Passport™, Common Sense Media’s newest interactive curricular tool. Turns out, with the right support, arming students with crucial digital literacy skills is easier than it appears. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenship, In the Classroom
New Technology in Your Classroom This Fall?
09/07/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Better make sure you digital literacy resources to go along with it. One school administrator has some helpful tips on iPads in the classroom via MindShift. - read more
Categories: In the Classroom
What Do You Want the Virtual World to Say About You in 10 Years?
09/05/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Digital literacy educator Diana Graber is giving her students the tools they need to make informed decisions online, including thinking through how the digital footprints they make now will affect their lives in years to come. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenship, In the Classroom
One Teen’s Stand Against The Media’s Representation of Girls
08/29/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Sparked by her education in digital literacy, Maine student Julia Bluhm takes on Seventeen Magazine—and wins. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy
The Fourth Literacy: Web Literacy
08/27/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
What if schools approached digital literacy just like reading, writing, and arithmetic? - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy
New This Fall! Digital Passport™ Offers You a New Way to Teach Digital Literacy and Citizenship
08/22/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
Our new Digital Passport™ tool is now available for your classroom. Based on lessons from our K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum, it combines classroom instruction with online videos and games to addresses key issues kids face in a digital world. - read more
Categories: Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenship, Common Sense Resources
 

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