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How Technology Is Hooking Teens Up With Drugs
If you’re one of those parents who constantly find their children gazing into their computers and smartphones and worry about the...
Harvard Rescinds Student Admission, Take 2. Let's Teach Kids To Do Better.
Here we go again. Another student has lost his acceptance to Harvard because of stupid online posts online at age 16. It’s imperative to...
What I Learned From Cyber Civics
On his last day teaching sixth graders a full year of "digital citizenship" lessons, Cyber Civics teacher Peter Kelley received this from...
Civics for a Digital Age
Civics, the study of citizenship, has an entirely new meaning today. We live in an age when we are as much a citizen of the online world...
Digital Detox Summer Camp for Tech Addicted Children and Teens
“This is NOT a ‘fix you because you’re broken’ camp, this is ‘learn how to get what you want in life’ camp.” -Reset Summer Camp Executive Di
Yes, Social Media IS Fake
Editor's Note: Recently we were contacted by a smart, vivacious college senior who told us she'd become passionate about media literacy...
Tips for Keeping Mobile Devices Secure
In this digital age, it’s important that we are teaching digital literacy. Technology is something that impacts educators as well as...
Educators, FIND THE TIME to Teach Digital Literacy
I know it’s tough for educators to find time to fit anything extra into the curriculum, such as digital literacy. It’s easy just to...
Popular Promotion is Back! Next 6 Months Free!
Start the new year off right! Prepare your students to use digital tools safely and wisely by taking advantage of our popular New Year...
Lots To Be Thankful for When It Comes to Tech Use
There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about technology use. A new study, Online Safety: Across Generations, released last week by...
Humanity + Tech Conference + Teaching Cyber Civics
Editor's Note: Like teacher Dirk Tiede, who wrote the post below, I also teach Cyber Civics to 7th graders (in Aliso Viejo, CA) and...
The 7 Indispensable Digital Life Skills
What are today's indispensable digital life skills? Find out by reading and downloading this handy checklist, and then ask yourself if...
10 Wishes for My Future Teens in the Digital World
My life changed for the better three years ago when my daughter was born, then changed even more (for the better again, a crazy better,...
It's Summer and Kids are Saying: Let the Games Begin!
With summer upon us, kids are heading online. Many will be spending unless hours (or want to be spending endless hours) playing and...
Middle School Educators Finding it Tough to Keep up with Social Media Problems
A new study of U.S. school principals finds that over half are "extremely concerned" about students' use of social media and only 14%...
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