Urgent! Digital Citizenship Week Sneak Peek

Did you know Common Sense Education’s Digital Citizenship Week has occurred every 3rd week in October for the last 11 years? That's shockingly longer than this podcast has been potentially useful and certainly longer than TikTok has been a thing. In those years this topic has only become more relevant to our students and there well being and education. Today's pod is a sneak peak into what to expect and what resources are available on Common Sense Education.

The Rundown

00:49 - Moment of Zen 

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”

– Nelson Mandela

 

01:13 - DigCit Week Introduction and History

 

02:45 - What have we learned from previous years?

 

04:04 - What's new this year?

• New Digital Well-Being lessons for Middle School and High School were co-developed with the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education. 
• New Device Advice lessons for grades K-5 are a great way to help young students build healthy habits with media and tech. 
• Free resources: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week

 

07:35 - What are your plans for engagement?

• Elementary Resources
• Middle School Resources
• High School Resources
• Common Sense Recognition Program - get recognized for your leadership and your work in this space.

 

10:05 - A protocol to get this in front of students?

• This is low hanging fruit. Common Sense has made it so easy to make this a “thing” in your district or school - it’s important and necessary and lifesaving to get people talking about digital citizenship.

 

12:57 - Common Sense Family Engagement Toolkits

• It's a perfect time to share things from the Family Engagement Toolkits in district and school newsletters: https://www.commonsense.org/education/toolkit/family-engagement-resources, conversation starters: https://www.commonsense.org/education/family-resources

 

14:35 - Tech Tool of the Week:

Common Sense - Protecting Student Privacy for Teachers - https://www.commonsense.org/education/training/privacy

 

Thanks again for listening and inspiring!

 

Links to the Socials coming soon!

 

Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden