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Wide Open School: An Overview
Wide Open School is a free collection of online learning experiences and activities for kids brought to you by Common Sense. All resources are...
Edpuzzle Online Professional Development
Edpuzzle is an awesome application that can help you use video in a powerful way, including trimming videos and embedding questions throughout...
Monitor iOS Screen Time
Do you find yourself scrolling through Instagram for far too long? Perhaps TikTok has your attention. No matter the platform, it's easy to spend more...
Digital Compass for Teaching Digital Citizenship
Knowing how to be a good digital citizen is critical in today's world, but teaching how isn't always easy. Digital Compass, a free resource from...
Digital Citizenship Week with Common Sense
Digital Citizenship Week is a great time to spotlight topics that impact our students' social and emotional well-being and leave a lasting footprint....
Distraction Free YouTube Videos
Are you wanting to assign a YouTube video to your students but don't want the ads, distractions, or an unrelated video to play next?...
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright law can be confusing. This video from Common Sense Media explains copyright and gives examples of how online material can and cannot be...
Creating Accessible Social Media Posts
Ensuring that our learning materials are accessible for all students is always important, but even more so when many digital forms of instruction are...
Common Sense: Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Protecting your personal data on the internet is a vital skill for students to understand. These interactive lessons and activities from Common Sense...
Creative Commons Guide for Copyright and Fair Use
It might seem like any photo we want to use for a cool lesson or project is just a Google search away, but that isn't true. If we adhere to the rules...
Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz
How much do you know about cybersecurity?Test your knowledge on cybersecurity topics and terms by taking this 10-question quiz. When you finish, you...
Civics with Minecraft
In this video, elementary students explore some of the following questions using Minecraft:How do we build a perfect community?What does a "perfect"...
Chromebooks in Kindergarten
Can you really use Chromebooks in...kindergarten? Yes! This resource, from four primary-level educators in Newington Public Schools,...
3 YouTube Safe Viewing Options
What do we do when we find the perfect video for our students, but we fear users' comments, ads, or additional content viewable in the margins? This...
Chrome App Hub
Now that student Chromebooks can utilize Android Apps, the need for educational review and privacy/policy checks is more important than ever. ...
Calendly
Scheduling meetings and coordinating calendars can be a pain. Try Calendly, which allows others to select a time that works best for them. Check out...
Beyond Digital Citizenship: Cybersecurity for All
Did you know cybersecurity is NOT just for our IT department? Cybersecurity touches many areas of Digital Citizenship and takes students further...
Be Internet Awesome with Google
Google's Be Internet Awesome curriculum provides incredible resources to teach digital citizenship in your classroom. The curriculum is ready to go,...
What is the Public Domain?
Avoiding plagiarism and following copyright laws is important. The public domain covers work not protected by copyright, which essentially means that...
Anti-Cyberbullying Toolkit
No matter what grade level you teach, it is never too early to start talking about responsible use of the internet. This is especially true when it...
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