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Incorporating Digital Citizenship into Your Classroom

Responsible screen use and effective tech integration in the classroom will be critical to your students’ academic success. Join Common Sense...

Google's Fact Check Explorer

Misinformation is an unfortunate part of the digital age, but luckily there are tools to help you navigate between fact and fiction. Try searching...

Common Sense Digital Citizenship Resources for Family Engagement

Just like with other content areas, building a strong digital citizenship foundation takes a village. In this resource from Common Sense Education,...

OpenDNS FamilyShield

It's important to protect children while they are online, whether at school or home. OpenDNS FamilyShield, a completely free tool, allows families to...

Google for Education Digital Literacy Resources

Explore these resources and tools created by Google to inspire creativity, encourage hands-on learning, and equip your students with digital skills....

Considerations for Using Classroom Tech

As Matt Miller from Ditch That Textbook notes, classroom technology has the potential to be transformative. With the buffet of edtech choices...

IDOE Educator Standards for Blended and Online Teaching

Providing students with high-quality digital learning opportunities requires educators to have a specific set of knowledge and skills. This resource...

Unsplash: Free Photos & Backgrounds

Looking for freely usable images on the web? Look no further! Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash...

The C. R. A. A. P. Test

Battling fake news and evaluating sources can be a difficult task. Using the C. R. A. A. P. Test is a great way for you and your learners to...

Smithsonian Open Access

Have you ever wanted to use Smithsonian images to coincide with your lesson? Now you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s...

Teaching Digital Citizenship with Digital Passport

Teaching digital citizenship is a struggle for many teachers and schools, but it doesn't have to be. Digital Passport, a free resource from Common...

Taking on Cyberbullying on YouTube: A Teen Perspective

Helping our students understand how to become responsible digital citizens is essential, especially on YouTube.  One way to ensure proper...

Google Chrome Incognito Mode

Google Chrome has a feature referred to as Incognito Mode.  Incognito allows you to browse privately and prevent others who use your device from...

Make YouTube Safer for Kids

This video from Common Sense Media has excellent tips for parents to make YouTube a safer place to search and explore.  Many of the settings, like...

Literacy Skills: Battling Fake News

The onslaught of media to which we are exposed is full of information that comes in disguise. Often, opinion is presented as fact. Therefore, the...

iNACOL Online Interactions for Students

Online interactions are a central component of digital learning. The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) has...

Google Family Link

Whether your children are young or in their teens, the Family Link app lets you set digital ground rules to help guide them as they learn, play, and...

Future Ready Librarians

According to futureready.org, Future Ready Librarians® are building-level innovators who believe inEmpowering learners with diverse skills and...

Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide

Are you a parent or guardian with limited experience with digital tools? Perhaps you'd consider yourself more of an expert in the digital space. No...

Class Dojo: Big Ideas Empathy Series

Watch this series of videos from Class Dojo with your students and facilitate discussion with related activities for social-emotional learning. In...