Teaching good digital citizenship

According to the American College of Education, teachers play a vital role in teaching digital citizenship to students. However, this can't be done without the partnership of parents and others in the lives of our kids.

Commonsense.org, a non-profit, publishes information for schools, parents and other adults to teach digital citizenship skills. Take a look at these resources:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship

What do you think? Will this approach make a difference in the bullying and hostile comments that appear in some pre-adolescent and adolescent posts? Will digital citizenship skills help increase our students ability to listen to other perspectives?

Reference

https://ace.edu/blog/digital-citizenship-what-it-means-how-to-teach-it-and-the-resources-you-need/#:~:text=Any%20teacher%20who%20uses%20technology,credibility%20and%20writing%20proper%20citations.

https://www.coe.int/en/web/digital-citizenship-education/-/2022-edition-of-the-digital-citizenship-education-handbook

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