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Cyber Civics is an effective prevention for cyberbullying.

There’s a simple solution to the vexing challenge of getting teens to put down their phones: education

As Facebook comes under fire for privacy breaches, these Cyber Civics students learn about online privacy and more.

CBC News paid a visit to Journey School to see a Cyber Civics lesson on "media literacy" taught to 8th grade students.

Written for grades six through eight, Cyber Civics covers a wide breadth of skills needed for the digital world.

We know that digital-citizenship education works. Journey School is an example of a digital-citizenship success story.

At CyberWise, we believe that digital citizenship should be taught before a child starts connecting with others online.

Test scores have improved and online bullying incidents have been virtually eliminated at a California school that added weekly digital literacy instruction to its curriculum five years ago.

Graber, who teaches "cyber civics" to middle schoolers, said the video points to the need for more teaching of digital literacy and citizenship in schools.

"Computers should stay in the common areas of the house," says Diana Graber founder of Cyberwise and Cyber Civics.