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Make responsible digital citizenship part of your school’s culture The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Use this book’s community–based approach to teach, learn, and thrive in today’s digital environment. Educators, parents, and students will discover how to • Ingrain digital citizenship into the school culture • Foster appropriate and responsible digital behaviors • Build a community–wide Digital Citizenship program Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the other books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators website at http://www.corwin.com/connectededucators/. “Susan Bearden has written a definitive work on the most salient issue facing contemporary education.” Matt Harris, Chair of the Board of Directors International Society for Technology in Education “Susan Bearden understands that students’ education requires the education of all of us: parents, administrators, community members. In clear, poignant terms she spells out what each of us needs to do to become an inspired, responsible digital citizen. This is a must read book for anyone wanting to know how to address our concerns about our online lives, while focusing on all the good that the networking world has to offer.” Jason Ohler, Professors University of Alaska
Why a Community-Based Approach to Digital Citizenship?
Why a Community-Based Approach to Digital Citizenship?
In many schools, digital citizenship education is limited both in scope and audience. The focus may be on meeting the minimum requirements for Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) compliance, with parent or educator training being a distant consideration. The responsibility for digital citizenship training may lay on the shoulders of a single teacher, perhaps a computer/technology teacher, using a curriculum that meets the CIPA compliance minimum standards but little else. It may be limited to one-off school assemblies that address a narrow facet of digital citizenship, such as Internet safety. “Digital citizenship education” may just be seen as another checkbox to be filled on a lengthy list of state or federal ...