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.
#CUE19 – A few #DigCit takeaways
Attending a CUE conference is always worth the 9-hour drive from Elk Grove, CA to Palm Springs, CA. Last week's #CUE19 three-day conference delivered on the promise to provide "dozens of workshops - hundreds of sessions - countless memories" - along with a number of...
Online Challenges and Social Media
The purpose of this post is to inform you about the student “challenges” being shared throughout social media. Our student’s well-being and safety remains a top priority, and as a Common Sense Media certified district in digital citizenship, we want to make you aware...
How Can a Distracted Generation Learn Anything? – An Interview with BBC
Two weeks ago, thanks to a referral from Common Sense, we received an email from Nicholas Mancall-Bitel, a freelance writer, working on an article for BBC Capital about the challenges of teaching Gen Z (ages 10-24) and Gen Alpha (ages 0-9) students. On the topic of...
#DigCit Tweet Chat
We've marked our calendars for 5:00 pm (PST), February 6, to join Illinois #FutureReady librarian and author Kristen Mattson for the #michED Tweet chat on digital citizenship. Tweet chats are public conversations, via Twitter, connected by a unique hashtag (#). No...
New Curriculum for Empowering Students to Protect Their Online Privacy
Last Sunday, we had the opportunity to attend the EdTechTeam Google Summit at Roseville High School, where we learned about Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum. This newest project from the EdTechTeam has three big selling points: The lessons are correlated...
EGUSD Educators #DigCitCommit for #DigCitWeek
Educators throughout Elk Grove Unified guided and supported students through numerous #DigCitWeek activities. Some of the activities represent projects that students will continue their involvement in throughout the school year, while other activities were...
Digital Citizenship Week: Oct.15-19
All of our EGUSD Digital Citizenship Site Coordinators have been busy submitting their site implementation plans for the 2018-19 school year. We are looking forward to showcasing what our schools do to celebrate Digital Citizenship Week, part of National Bullying...
KAMS #DigCit Parent Outreach
In the #DigCit spotlight ... Parent outreach is an essential component of an effective digital citizenship program. Each year, we ask all EGUSD Digital Citizenship Site Coordinators/schools to include a parent component in their annual Digital Citizenship...
Digital Citizenship in the 2018-2019 School Year
As a district, EGUSD has long recognized the importance of teaching and modeling positive digital citizenship. Other districts have even reached out to us for guidance in implementing a K-12 program and working towards Common Sense District certification, which EGUSD...
Keeping your kids safe online this summer
Summer break is already here for some and fast approaching for others. With school being out and students spending more free time online and on their mobile devices, it's important to be aware of ongoing risks in the cyber world. In addition to cyberbullying and...
Main Themes of EGUSD Digital Citizenship
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