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...
Addressing the Need for Media Literacy
In the eight years that EGUSD’s digital citizenship program has been in place, new challenges and new resources have necessitated regular updates to this website, which is organized around our four main themes: cyberbullying, digital footprint, protecting...
Defining Bullying and Cyberbullying
“Isn’t ‘cyberbullying’ just another form of ‘bullying’? Why label it as a separate issue?” We have been asked this question a number of times. And, yes, we agree that cyberbullying is a form of bullying. Ideally, there would not be a need to add “cyber” in front of...
Media Literacy – Defining and Teaching a Must-Have Skill
It would be difficult to read a newspaper, listen to a news broadcast, or open any social media site without seeing some reference to “fake news.” NPR NewsHour’s recent interview How online hoaxes and fake news played a role in the election highlights...
Main Themes of EGUSD Digital Citizenship
1. Cyberbullying
2. Digital Footprint
3. Protecting Online Privacy
4. Intellectual Property
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"The technology that has so dramatically changed the world outside our schools is now changing the learning and teaching environment within them."– National Education Technology Plan for the U.S. Department of Education
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