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Digital Citizenship

Know the ISTE Standards for Teachers: Model digital citizenshipTo meet the fourth ISTE Standard for Teachers, educators can’t assume that their digital natives will automatically become good digital citizens. It falls on teachers to model good digital citizenship for their students and to actively promote the fine points of online safety, law, ethics and etiquette.

10 Google Chrome Extensions Every Student Needs - WeAreTeachersIt's more important than ever to teach kids tech literacy. These Google Chrome extensions for students will push their learning to the next level.

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That Image is Not Yours. Do Not Touch. - Teacher TechImages on a Website are NOT Public Domain It is essential that our students are able to communicate digitally and visually. However, this also means we need to ensure that students really understand copyright, fair use, creative commons, and public domain. There is a pervasive feeling that anything on the Internet is free, it’s not. …

Daily Source Bias Check: The Daily Wire - Media Bias/Fact CheckRIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Right Bias sources. Factual Reporting: MIXED Notes: The Daily Wire is a politically conservative American news and opinion website founded in 2015 by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, who currently serves as Editor-in-Chief. The Daily Wire presents news with a right wing bias in reporting and wording. Virtually every story favors the right and denigrates the left. The Daily Wire has also published false information such as this and this from Ben Shapiro. The Daily Wire is a far right biased news source that is Mixed for factual reporting. (9/2/2016) Updated (8/16/2017) Source: http://www.dailywire.com/ Latest from The Daily Wire Click here for reuse options!Copyright 2017 Media Bias/Fact Check Advertisements Related

Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice TipsHeather Callihan’s @hcallihan students help with their Facebook and Twitter using some technology tools. Students can have a voice and you can safely let them help your school share the story. Heather teaches us how. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and […]

How to avoid online scams that target students | Chegg PlayProtect yourself and your money, by knowing some of the online scams that commonly target students, and key things that might indicate a scam.

A new twist on cyberbullyingEducators need to stop preaching to students about cyberbullying and start having frank discussions that inspire empathy and identity building.

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