Page 69 - digital citizenship

activities. If we're going to ask students to use
technology and prepare them for this world filled with
technology, it's our responsibility as schools [and
teachers] to help them use it safely, effectively and for
good purposes.

To support staff, we model digital citizenship during
professional development, showing teachers things they
can do with their students to promote good online
behavior.

Our approach to engaging families has been a learning
process. Initially, our district organized digital
citizenship nights and distributed promotional materials
to involve families, but attendance was weak. So we
shifted our strategy.

Integrating digital citizenship into existing school events
proved more successful. We realized that parents and
caregivers will receive the information better if it comes
from their child’s school or someone they trust: their
child’s teacher. They aren’t going to listen to an IT
person from the district office.