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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%...


Our Newest Video is Here!
Enjoy our newest video from the Cyber Civics: Level 1 Unit on "Cyberbullying and Digital Drama." It recaps the concepts students learn...


Beyond Turing: Artificial Intelligence Over Real Teachers??
What happens when we prefer artificial intelligence to real teachers? I used to ask audiences two questions in rapid succession. First,...


12 Tips to Stop Peer Cruelty and Raise Kind Kids
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me” is a myth that needs to be dispelled. Bullying is viewed as one of...


How To Teach Kids about Internet Privacy
Cookies, Third Parties, Log File Information, User Content...these are terms that every Internet user should know and understand. You'll...


What Tech Insiders Know About Kids & Tech That We Don't
In the first pages of his best-selling book, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, author...


Here's What We're Teaching for Media Literacy Week
As I write these words, Cyber Civics' Outreach Director Peter Kelley is in the classroom teaching a lesson called "Fake or Not?" and some...


Why I Love Teaching Cyber Civics
Peter Kelley is Cyber Civics' Outreach Director. Maybe you've had a chance to chat with him? A former high school English teacher, this...
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