Page 70 - digital citizenship

The technology team designed packets with technology
tips for students, including rewriting the acceptable-use
policy in student-friendly language, and distributed them
to schools. I walked into a classroom to fix an unrelated
issue, and I saw that a teacher had printed out that packet
to send home and added a signature line for parents to
sign. That is how we can reach families!

What trends do you notice with your students about
digital citizenship and well-being?

Last school year, we interviewed students from various
schools across the district, elementary through high
school, about their technology habits at school and home.
One trend that kept coming up was that a lot of students
feel like they must always be on their devices because
they don't want to miss out. That fear of missing out
keeps students glued to their phones, which just builds up
into anxiety. That behavior is something I've seen in a lot
of adults, including me. Our technology team is
brainstorming ways to address it, even if it's just making
people more aware of it so we can discuss it in more
depth.