Common Sense Media | EGUSD Digital Citizenship

Navigating Election News/Media – Preparing Students to Become Informed & Engaged Voters

by webmaster | Sep 14, 2020 | Common Sense Media, Media Literacy

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...

Digital Citizenship Week 2019 – So Many Possibilities…

by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Bullying, Common Sense Media, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship Week

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

by webmaster | Sep 4, 2019 | Common Sense Media, Media Literacy

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...

How Can a Distracted Generation Learn Anything? – An Interview with BBC

by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Common Sense Media

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...

Digital Citizenship in the 2018-2019 School Year

by admin | Aug 28, 2018 | Common Sense Media, New 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...

Teaching Digital Citizenship in 2017-18

by webmaster | Sep 18, 2017 | Common Sense Media, Google

We wanted to share a couple of noteworthy resources for the new school year. Common Sense Media has created a guide for all teachers: Digital Citizenship & Social and Emotional Learning. The guide contains a set of digital dilemmas that students may face at some...