The EGUSD Digital Citizenship team has been writing blog posts and curating information and resources links for our families, staff and community for the past 8 years. Realizing that the digital world can be overwhelming for some, we hope to make tough topics easier to navigate and help people understand the importance of what it means to be active and contributing digital citizens. We warmly invite you to subscribe to, comment on and share resources you find on our website.
Digital Citizenship During Summer Break
As the school year comes to a close, we have the opportunity to reflect on all that has happened in the past 10 months. During this school year, we faced unprecedented challenges. We were also granted many opportunities, including the opportunity for students to...
Technology and Students’ Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19
It has been over a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lot has changed in our world. It has become mandatory for people of all ages to use digital platforms to communicate with others and complete basic tasks for school and work. Coupled with this...
Celebrating Digital Learning Day- February 25, 2021
Over the past year, the landscape of digital learning has changed dramatically. Teachers who previously looked at digital tools as optional have learned how to utilize these tools for daily interaction with their students and as primary vehicles for...
Digital Citizenship Week – October 19–23, 2020
Common Sense Media sums it up in one sentence… “This year more than ever, we are all digital citizens.” While the transition from in-person learning to distance learning has been challenging for everyone, EGUSD teachers have already shared that online learning has led...
Navigating Election News/Media – Preparing Students to Become Informed & Engaged Voters
On Sept. 1, 2020 the EGUSD Board of Education passed Resolution No. 15 - High School Voter Education Weeks declaring September 14‐25, 2020, as High School Voter Education Weeks - encouraging schools throughout EGUSD to participate in programs and activities that help...
Digital Citizenship in a Time of #RemoteLearning
With more people than ever spending time and communicating online due to the COVID-19 virus “stay at home/shelter in place” orders throughout the country, it is important to remember basic media literacy skills and digital citizenship/internet safety guidelines when...
From Digital Citizenship Week to Media Literacy Week
Every October, we look forward to showcasing how EGUSD students are celebrating Digital Citizenship Week. This year, students at Joseph Kerr Middle School got a head start on #DigCitWeek with a guest speaker. Students from Roy Herburger Elementary School attended the...
Digital Citizenship Week 2019 – So Many Possibilities…
Mark your calendars: Digital Citizenship Week 2019 is October 14-18. All of our EGUSD Digital Citizenship Site Coordinators have been busy submitting their site implementation plans for the 2019-2020 school year, and we are encouraged to see that there have been some...
#DigCit in the 2019-2020 School Year
As students and staff settle into the school year, we thought we'd share some of the new resources we've gathered over the summer, from attending the ISTE 2019 (International Society for Technology Education) Conference, to Common Sense releasing their new curriculum....
Social Media, Cyberbullying and the Role of the Bystander – Change Is Coming
Throughout history, the role of the bystander has been attributed to inciting countless bad things. Today, bystanders are involved in most cyberbullying incidents – with no consequences for their actions or lack of action. Change is coming. We recently attended a...
Main Themes of EGUSD Digital Citizenship
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