OUR STORY

In 2010, Journey School, a public charter Waldorf school in Southern California, faced its first cyberbullying incident. Principal Shaheer Faltas turned to parent Diana Graber, founder of Cyberwise, for help. Having just earned an M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change and published a paper on media literacy, Graber was eager to apply academic work to this and future technology-related incidents.

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Thus the school's weekly "Civics" class became "Cyber Civics"—a groundbreaking digital literacy program developed with input from leading educators and media experts across the U.S. Today, Cyber Civics is taught in schools and homeschools worldwide and is the subject of Graber's book Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology (Harper Collins Leadership '19). 

 

Trusted, Recognized, Growing

Cyber Civics continues to earn recognition as one of the most effective digital literacy programs available. In a recent interview with Website Planet, our team shared how it all started—and why digital literacy is more essential than ever.