Welcome to the EGUSD Digital Citizenship Website
All EGUSD schools teach digital citizenship and are in compliance with current legal mandates, such as the federal E-Rate/CIPA requirements.
As students step up and out onto the Internet, the district wants to ensure that they understand the need to think before they post – to treat others with respect, to build and maintain a positive digital footprint, to protect their online privacy and the privacy of others, and to respect intellectual property boundaries.
Cyberbullying
Digital Footprint
Protecting Online Privacy
Intellectual Property
Media Literacy
Social & Cultural Literacy
Social Emotional Learning
Policies
Social Media 101
Google simplifies search process for copyright friendly images
Finding copyright free images via Google's robust search engine just got easier. Matt Cutts, head of Google's Webspam team, tweeted (see image below) about the ease of finding image usage rights through the newly updated "Search tools" option. In the past, finding...
Tips for Keeping Children Safe on New Devices
With the holiday season approaching, parents may be interested in checking out a few tips for keeping kids safe on new devices, such as the latest smart phones, game systems and tablets. Below are a few suggestions: establish ground rules for phone, online game...
Google Introduces New YouTube Comment System
In an attempt to curtail negative/hateful comments on YouTube - mostly left by anonymous users - Google introduced a new YouTube comment system in September 2013. Comments are now integrated with users' Google+ accounts*. Those without Google+ accounts can no...