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.
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...
Digital Citizenship Week
As part of the National Connected Educator's Month events, October 19-25 has been designated as the third annual Digital Citizenship Week. Common Sense Media in partnership with Connected Educator's Month has developed a robust toolkit of activities for teachers,...
EGUSD to Participate in Cyberbullying Panel Discussion
You're on the internet daily. So are they: Cyber-Bullies. How can you protect yourself? Join EGUSD's Gail Desler and Social Media Club Sacramento (SMCSac) for an informative panel discussion on September 30, 2014. In preparation for Bullying Prevention Month in...
Yik Yak – No Profiles, No Passwords, It’s “Annonymous”
It's very important to stay on top of social media trends, especially when children are using these sites or apps to harass and bully each other. Tracking new/popular apps where teens have ramped up usage to hurl insults at one another is part of the process of...
Main Themes of EGUSD Digital Citizenship
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