by GDC Team | Media Fluency
Media literacy has become a more important consideration in our children’s futures than ever. It behooves educators to be familiar with media’s role in our changing world. Media is here to stay as a main component of how society shares information across a... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Part of Global Digital Citizenship is understanding how to respect and protect intellectual property. Knowing the ins and outs of copyright basics is a great start for your learners. While in school, students learn a range of things that will help them with... 
by GDC Team | Global Digital Citizen
Practicing online kindness is becoming a much more talked-about subject than ever, especially in our schools. Our own tenets of Global Digital Citizenship and the popular Digital Citizenship Agreements used by many thousands of teachers all over the world include... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
The 5Is of Information Fluency have a million and one uses when it comes to wading safely and productively through the growing sea of knowledge on the Internet. One of the most valuable uses it has—one that is in short supply at the moment—comes in providing us with... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
When we talk about digital citizenship, we’re talking about a way of learning and living responsibly in an online world that stretches across communities both educational and domestic. Healthy tech habits can begin anytime as it’s never too late to begin... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
When digital citizenship cemented itself into the public consciousness only a few years ago, it definitely had its critics. That remains true even today as we strive to understand what it means and how to practice it in our homes and classrooms. Many digital... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
If your students are content creators (and honestly, most of them are), they already know that high-quality images make their work stand out. They can find plenty of open source images if they know where to look. Creative Commons was built to help us find some of the... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Every teacher can benefit from having some good digital citizenship Web resources available to share with students. We like the kinds of tools that will help you help them learn about appropriate and exemplary behaviors in any online environment. As a teacher,... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
One of the questions we’re asked most often is “what is a Global Digital Citizen?” Being a Global Digital Citizen is about more than just being a citizen of Earth. These are leaders, learners, and creators. It’s a way of living well in a world... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Enjoy this useful digital citizenship infographic produced by Knowthenet called “Manners Matter.” And they do, especially when it comes to teaching students proper digital citizenship skills. Resources such as this are a terrific way to share what’s... 