If you teach kindergarten – or know a kindergarten teacher – we wanted to share a lesson created by Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach on Twitter), an elementary computer teacher in Philadelphia, PA, and a regular blogger on Edutopia. Mary Beth uses free resources from BrainPop to introduce her young students to Internet safety, with a [...]

If you’re looking for opportunities to take your students’ videos to beyond the classroom, check out this contest from the Digital ID project: Digital Citizenship PSA Contest Tell us/show us, as a (digital) citizen, how you exercise your rights and act responsibly. To help make your declaration public, we’ve created an online opportunity. Check it [...]

“Protecting one’s equipment is not only a matter of personal responsibility but also necessary for protecting the community.” Mike Ribble For students to practice good digital citizenship, they need to value their privacy and understand how to protect their personal information. Here are a few resources we recommend: Protecting Online Privacy and Security – More [...]

2WebWatchers would like to thank Microsoft for the excellent free resources they have created on key topics of digital citizenship: Digital Citizenship and Creative Content – Excellent set of four lessons for teaching about copyright and more. You’ll need to register to download the handouts, but that process will take less than 30 seconds. The [...]

What is good cyber citizenship? Being a good Cyber Citizen means that you use respect and good judgment when interacting with other people online.” The above definition comes from YouTube’s Safety Center.  We appreciate the efforts YouTube has taken to provide guidelines and resources for parents and educators on the safe and ethical use of their amazing [...]