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.
Upstanders, not Bystanders
Last week we posted resources to get you thinking about National Bullying Prevention Month and Digital Citizenship Week. This week we invite you to delve deeper into bullying issues and begin exploring the difference a single person can make by crossing the line from...
Resources for National Bullying Prevention Month/Digital Citizenship Week
Looking for resources for National Bullying Prevention Month? How about resources for Digital Citizenship Week? Check out the resources below and let us know if you have additional links or lessons to add to the list and conversation. National Bullying Prevention...
#Being13 – Inside the Secret World of Teens
Image Source: CNN #Being13 - Inside the Secret World of Teens - a recent documentary, facilitated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, is a compilation of over 200 interviews with 13-year-olds from schools around the country. The documentary aired on CNN, October 5, 2015. CNNgo...
Stop. Think. Connect. – #DigCit message for Leimbach students
Herman Leimbach students in grades 2-6 spent Friday morning with Intel's Tony Oliver (Global Marketing and Communications (GMC) Division) learning important tips about digital safety. Principal Abelardo Cordova kicked off the assembly by connecting Leimbach's Student...
EGUSD Saturday Seminar Keynote Models #DigCit
On Saturday, technology visionary Rushton Hurley blended educational insights, humor and inspiration in his opening keynote for EGUSD's September Digital Kids, Digital Classrooms event. Rushton shared a number of thought-provoking tips during his Seeing Ourselves...
Opportunities for Students to Practice Digital and Global Citizenship
As we head into the new school year, we wanted to highlight several awesome opportunities for students to tackle current issues and make their voices heard...and build their digital footprints and ePortfolios in the process. Aikuma Project - In the process of...
It’s That Time of Year Again: 2015 Digital Citizenship PSA Challenge
If your students have some thoughts to share on digital citizenship issues, please tell them about the 2015 Digital Citizenship PSA Challenge. This year marks the 4th year the Digital ID Project has sponsored the event. Students are invited to submit a Public Service...
No Place for Hate – HEMS
Try to imagine our excitement when the following message from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) came into our email: “No Place for Hate progress continues! Two new schools have joined the Initiative: Stuart Hall High School in San Francisco and Harriet Eddy Middle...
Free Digital Citizenship Posters for the Classroom
With EGUSD's recent deployment of Chromebook carts to all school sites, teachers now have more options for weaving technology into the school day and across the curriculum. As students tap into collaborative, online learning options, it's a good idea to have some...
Carroll Kinders Put Their Digital Citizenship Skills to Practice
Students in Cathe Petuya's kindergarten class at Carroll Elementary are taking their voices beyond the classroom via VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a wonderful program that allows you to upload an image (or multiple images) and then start an online discussion. As my...