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Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology but not sure what to do. The issue is more than what the users do not know but what is considered appropriate technology usage.

"The study found that, of the students observed, 94 percent used the Internet, 82 percent go online at home, and 77 percent had a profile on a social networking site. When asked what they learn from using social networking sites, the students listed technology skills as the top lesson, followed by creativity, being open to new or diverse views, and communication skills."

ehis site can be used for interactive activities for students in different subject areas.

In my experience, students love creating word clouds using Wordle. It's pretty simple to use and students can change size, fonts, and colors to fit their preference.

A teacher of low-income students finds success in her Flipped Classroom.

This a youtube video that teaches you how to use Diigo in the classroom. It talks about how you can use it with your students. Shows how you can share information with your students as a group discussion and use it at home for homework purposes.

When schools and districts put in place top down policies they fall short exactly because they are top down. Effective policies are developed with stakeholders, not just lawyers and policymakers. Parents, students, teachers, and school leaders should be brought together to discuss and create such policies. Additionally, district policies should allow room for school-by-school customization that works best for the students in each community

"High school students in the U.S. want more technology in classrooms, as well as more hands-on projects and one-on-one tutoring, but less lectures, according to a new survey called "Learn Now, Lecture Later" from CDW-G"

I was always a little apprehensive to start a blog, but it really was easier then expected. It would be fun to have students start a blog at the beginning of the year and see how it develops throughout the year. I also now feel more comfortable starting my own blog for parent communication.

My students are often surprised at how easy it is to set up a blog, Molly! I always utilized one when I taught 3rd and 4th grade. My students and parents loved it!

An internet safety site for parents and teachers.  Has ideas for teaching internet safety to your students/children.

"Google Drive: keep everything, share anything Google Drive is your place to keep single up-to-date versions of all of your files online." More and more schools are using this application to store and share documents, photos/images, events, student work and a whole lot more so everything is easily accessible and secure.

This is a wiki the students in my EDUC 521 Human Learning and Motivation course created as part of the course. They did not like the textbook, so I challenged them to put one of their own together and this is what they came up with.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation dedicated to promoting a vision of inspired learning and teaching - where students are challenged and engaged, have access to interactive technologies, and are supported by inspired teachers and involved parents and communities. Edutopia spotlights classrooms where innovations are taking place. This organization has a plethora of materials/resources for all teachers in all content areas, and I refer to it a lot in my own practice for suggestions.

"The modern workplace and lifestyle demand that students balance cognitive, personal and interpersonal abilities, but current education policy discussions have not defined those abilities well, according to a special report released this afternoon by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington."

"For the uninitiated, the flipped concept suggests that we can now use technology to offload many of the more mundane classroom tasks - lectures primarily. It's not hard to see the appeal, with the advent of Khan Academy and easy screencast-recording technology that allows any of us to give a lecture for homework and free up time for in-class problem-solving and discussion. But here's the thing: flipping is nothing new, and as it stands, most flipping that I see doesn't flip the most important switch that I've been discussing here - moving ownership of learning away from the teacher and more toward the student."

This is used to print materials for students to use. They have great materials to create your own file folder activities

This is a game called mat man. It is a pre-writting game that lets students build mat man using different writting strokes.

Interactive site can be used to help students learn the letters of the alphabet and their letter sounds. Also great holiday games to play as well.

"Ariel Braunstein, co-creator of the Flip Video camcorders, announced the launch of Knowmia, an online tutoring service for K-12 students. Knowmia is a digital repository with more than 7,000 videos culled from the Internet by the site's moderators in subjects from microbiology to Mandarin Chinese. The new site automatically searches through thousands of tutoring videos and recommends lessons based on the user's personal preferences"

"By using a new website for much of the last year to help manage his middle school charges, California teacher Ricardo Higuera said, "I found myself doing a lot less yelling." The free website ClassDojo, the brainchild of a former teacher and a computer game developer, launched quietly about a year ago, and today the education startup announced it has more than 3.5 million teacher and student users in 30 countries, most of them in the United States. It officially shed its beta label, too."