Becoming a Good Digital Citizen: Navigating the Online World Ethically
In today's hyper-connected world, being a good digital citizen is as important as being a good citizen in our physical communities. Just...
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Engaging Parents in Digital Literacy: Extending Online Safety Beyond the Classroom
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, preparing middle school students to be responsible and ethical digital citizens is more...
Navigating Back to School Challenges with Cyber Civics: A Comprehensive Solution for Middle School
The back-to-school season is always a flurry of excitement and anticipation, as students return to the classrooms, hallways bustle with...
Advertising & Algorithms: Conversations that Help Kids Become Informed Digital Consumers
Like many parents, I’ve been trying to figure out how to raise kids with healthy and safe digital habits. This piqued my curiosity as a...
Profile Pictures and Online Bios: The Technology Lessons Pre-Teens Really Need
Separation-ideation. This is a fancy psychological term for a developmental task that occurs in early adolescence, when a child begins to...
What Is Cyberbullying? New Cyber Civics Video Explains
At Cyber Civics, we take cyberbullying seriously. That's why, in Level 1 of our curriculum (which covers "Digital Citizenship"), we offer...
Should TikTok Be Banned? What Kids Think.
A bipartisan bill recently introduced in Congress could ban TikTok, the popular social media app, in the U.S. While adults (who likely...
Why We're Freaking Out About ChatGPT
New technologies have the uncanny ability to freak us out. Even in the time of Socrates, when a newfangled technology—the writing...
Students are Shocked at Receiving the Same Graphic Image
One afternoon, in the high school study hall where I work, several students’ phones began buzzing at the exact same time. Initially...
How To Protect Teens from Catfishing and Sextortion
Over the past year, we have been tracking an unsettling uptick in to two very serious online threats. The first is called “catfishing.”...
