by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Writing
Everybody loves stories, either hearing them or telling them. Using digital storytelling resources in your classroom connects students to an age-old practice in a modern way. Today, we have powerful and engaging digital storytelling apps to choose from. No matter if...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Are you encouraging digital citizenship practices among your modern learners? If not, you should be. It’s one of the easiest and most beneficial things we can do for their safety and their curiosity. You can ask important questions, share age-appropriate guidelines,...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
As Global Digital Citizens, your students learn to work towards what we call “being global and being great.” It means caring for themselves and for others in all online and offline environments. In addition, it’s about showing respect and responsibility for...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Having good digital literacy skills just makes sense in a digital world. The messages we create and consume, along with the information we generate and absorb daily, all require digital literacy skills to some degree. So if you’re new to them, this infographic from...
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 today as we strive to understand what it means and how to practice it in our homes and classrooms. Many digital citizenship...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
A big benefit of doing formative assessment properly is that we get to know our students really well. But why is this important? It has to do with the fact that teachers don’t actually create learning, but rather encourage and facilitate it. Only learners create...
by Ross Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
How does a digital citizen become a digital leader? What does digital leadership mean for someone who is already practicing exemplary digital citizenship? In fact, are they not one in the same? We’ve written much in the past about this since we introduced the...
by Ross Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
There’s no question we want our kids to be well developed and well rounded. But the future keeps pressing in, and more and more we are feeling a need for our children to grow up in an age of distraction having somewhat meaningful and relevant digital experience....
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
The roles and responsibilities of the global digital citizen are many and diverse, but what about someone a little closer to the classroom home? Say hello to an educator for modern times and innovative teaching and learning, the global digital teacher. Teachers...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Mastering communication in the digital world is much more than just about being safe and courteous online. It’s also part of being a great Global Digital Citizen—the kind of citizen we must begin cultivating in our schools. We believe the role of an effective digital...