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by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
The Internet is an amazing resource for people of all ages. A solid awareness of Information Fluency coupled with a sense of good digital citizenship will keep any Web user on the straight and narrow. But what about beginners? What are the best basic Internet safety... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
There’s no denying the influence of digital media in our daily lives. That means teaching Media Fluency is an integral part of classroom practice. Media Fluency is one of the Essential Fluencies and it’s important to understand what it’s all about.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
Mitchell Kapor said it more eloquently than anyone: “Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.” This rapid exponential growth of information across the Web makes it all the more difficult in determining website... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | BYOD
Change can be scary, and exponential change even more so. Such is the reality facing teachers as technology continues to develop a foothold in the modern classroom. But why should educators choose not to fear using technology in the classroom? Surely there must be... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
The Internet is a swelling ocean of information. Navigating through the steady flow of that information ocean can be hazardous. This is certainly true of a student who is not information fluent. The driving question is what are some smart online research... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
Teaching online research skills to our learners Is crucial for many reasons. You already know as a teacher that you can communicate the answers to many questions in your classes quite quickly. Your students can frantically write down everything you say, read the... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
The 3Is of Internet Safety are a quick snapshot of what parents need to support and protect their children in the spirit of Global Digital Citizenship practices. The following is an excerpt from the book Growing Global Digital Citizens (2017) by Lee... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | 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 | Information Fluency
Every learner needs to use their research skills for one assignment or another. How do we help them sift through information to get at the best and most reliable content? As in life, we know that not everything on the Internet is true. Sooner or later, our children... ![The Daily Data Diet: Information Creation in Numbers [Infographic]](https://d2wldp4wpenmih.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/global-network-grey.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
In the digital world, we’re crazy about information creation. Our world floats atop a sea of digital data that’s expanding by the second. But how much are we actually producing? The infographic Data Never Sleeps produced by Domo.com has the answer, and it...