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Digital leaders do more than consume information. They synthesize learning and use it in collaborative environments. Digital leaders are dynamic change agents who transform the status quo, facilitate better communication and understanding, and integrate a variety of technology tools in their lives.

Digital leaders do more than consume information. They synthesize learning and use it in collaborative environments. Digital leaders are dynamic change agents who transform the status quo, facilitate better communication and understanding, and integrate a variety of technology tools in their lives.

You can integrate digital skills into daily life. If you can shop online, you can teach online. You have a balanced attitude. Digital isn’t everything. You’re a teacher, not a techie. You’re open to using and trying new stuff. You can find digital tools, so can your kids. What matters is if they work. You’re a digital communicator. You can use email and social media with ease. You know the difference between things like a tweet and a DM. You know how to do a digital assessment. You’re a sound judge of the quality of information, apps, and tools. You understand and respect privacy. You treat personal data with the respect it deserves. You’re a digital citizen. You know how to behave online appropriately, legally, and in socially responsible ways. And you’ll pass it on to your pupils.

Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).

Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).

Here are 10 essential questions for teaching Global Digital Citizenship. Use them to get lively discussions going in your classroom. Ask how students feel about these issues. Explore ideas that make teaching Global Digital Citizenship effective and engaging.

Here are 10 essential questions for teaching Global Digital Citizenship. Use them to get lively discussions going in your classroom. Ask how students feel about these issues. Explore ideas that make teaching Global Digital Citizenship effective and engaging.

As students spend more and more time online, digital citizenship is becoming increasingly important for students to master. In this article, we discuss techniques and hands-on exercises for promoting digital citizenship in students.

As students spend more and more time online, digital citizenship is becoming increasingly important for students to master. In this article, we discuss techniques and hands-on exercises for promoting digital citizenship in students.

When interfaces fail to live up to those unrealistic standards of simplicity, Millennials rarely blame themselves — unlike older users. Millennials are quick to criticize the interface, its organization, or its designers.

highly confident in their approach to digital interfaces,

more likely to make errors, and they read even less than the average user (which is already very little).

In addition to addressing the digital divide, we need to address the pedagogical divide.

online connected communities of practice where people can grapple with a problem together, share what they have learned, develop a solution together, and connect with experts who can provide research, information, and strategies.

The challenge for teachers is to understand the opportunities new technology provides

1. Redesign learning environments so that students can learn anywhere, any time, at any place and at any pace.

2. Enhance the ability of educators to support and guide learners in a networked learning environment.

3. Build an infrastructure that will connect students no matter where they learn