OUR STORY:
16 YEARS OF CYBER CIVICS
For more than 16 years, Cyber Civics has helped schools prepare students to navigate the digital world thoughtfully and responsibly.
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Cyber Civics began in 2010 after 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.
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At the time, Graber had recently earned an M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change and published research on media literacy. She saw an opportunity to bring that knowledge into the classroom and help students develop the critical thinking skills needed to navigate an increasingly digital world.
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With input from leading educators and media experts across the U.S., the school's weekly "Civics" class evolved into Cyber Civics, a groundbreaking digital literacy program designed to help students think critically about technology and make thoughtful, responsible decisions.
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More than 16 years later, Cyber Civics has grown into a trusted, human-centered digital literacy curriculum used by schools around the world. The program continues to evolve alongside technology, helping students build the skills they need to navigate digital media, online relationships, privacy, AI, and other challenges of today's connected world.
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Cyber Civics is also the subject of Graber's book, Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019).​
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​16 Years of Trusted Digital Literacy Education
For more than 16 years, Cyber Civics has remained focused on one goal: helping young people become thoughtful, critical, and responsible participants in the digital world.
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Our curriculum is grounded in real classroom experience, research, and a human-centered approach to digital literacy. As technology changes, the need for students to understand how it affects their choices, relationships, information, and well-being only becomes more important.
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Cyber Civics continues to earn recognition for its practical and human-centered approach to digital literacy education. In a recent interview with Website Planet, our team shared the story behind Cyber Civics and why digital literacy is more important than ever.
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