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Curriculum – Applied Digital Skills from Google

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Digital Lessons & Curriculum - Applied Digital Skills

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The Applied Digital Skills curriculum consists of free of charge resources that are designed to build digital literacy in education and for jobs. Explore our lessons today.

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Curriculum – Applied Digital Skills from Google

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Curriculum – Applied Digital Skills from Google

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Digital Lessons & Curriculum - Applied Digital Skills

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The Applied Digital Skills curriculum consists of free of charge resources that are designed to build digital literacy in education and for jobs. Explore our lessons today.

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Free Technology for Teachers: Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers

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Free Technology for Teachers: Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers

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As many of you know, I spent much of my week dealing with a copyright infringement issue. As a result of that I have been doing more reading about DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) than ever before. One piece that I read was this article from attorney Sarah F. Hawkins. The article didn't have much that was new to me, but I am bringing it up because one of the comments posted under the article points to the larger problem of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of copyright as it pertains to the Internet.

Here's the beginning of the comment:
I run my own travel consulting page on a large social media platform, I recently used a google image of a hotel. This morning I received an invoice for $3500 because I used this image, I did not know about copyright infringements as it was just an image on google.

That comment reflects the way that a lot of people misinterpret Google Image search. Unless you use the advanced search filter to find only Creative Commons licensed images, most of what you find through Google Images is copyrighted. Google doesn't host the images or license the images. Google Images is simply a search engine. Giving an image credit to Google Images is not citing the source and even if Google was the source, unless it is labeled as Creative Commons or Public Domain, you can't use the image without permission. The exception being in the case of fair use. But even then just because you're using it for an educational setting doesn't mean it automatically qualifies your use as fair use. I explained this scenario in more detail in this post in 2014.

On a similar note to the Google Images scenario, citing Facebook as the source of an image does not mean that you can use the image without permission. I explained this in more detail in this post.

Resources for teaching Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

The following two videos from Common Craft provide excellent overviews of these topics.

For a more in-depth look at copyright for educators, watch Dr. Wesley Fryer's Slideshare on the topic. Eight years after he released it, it's still one of the best resources on the topic.

Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright is a resource for kids produced by the Library of Congress. Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright is intended to help elementary school students understand the purposes and functions of copyright. There are four sections to Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright. The first section, Copyright Exposed, features a short cartoon that explains how copyright protects artists. Files on Record, the second section, chronicles important historical developments in copyright law. The third section, Reading the Fine Print, answers common questions and addresses common myths about copyright laws. The last section, Steps to Copyright, instructs students on registering their own works for copyright protection.
Disclosure: I have an in-kind business relationship with Common Craft.

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Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers

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As many of you know, I spent much of my week dealing with a copyright infringement issue. As a result of that I have been doing more reading about DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) than ever before. One piece that I read was this article from attorney Sarah F. Hawkins.

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Top reasons to use databases | Piktochart Visual Editor

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Cable Impacts brings you InCtrl, a series of free standards-based lessons, originally developed by Cable in the Classroom, that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These lessons, for students in grades 4-8, are designed to engage students through inquiry-based activities, and collaborative and creative opportunities.

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ISTE | 9 resources for teaching digital citizenship

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ISTE | 9 resources for teaching digital citizenship

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How can we teach kids to use technology responsibly when the technology is changing faster than we can keep up? How do we foster the values of good digital citizenship in students who are old enough to scoff at the "thou shalts" and "thou shalt nots"?

Grappling with these questions is just the beginning of the digital citizenship conversation. Most educators recognize the need for it, but many are at a loss for how to teach it. Some have tried creative approaches and failed.

In classrooms where digital citizenship is taught effectively, the teachers often share two things in common: They model ethical technology use for their students on a daily basis, and they naturally incorporate conversations about it whenever technology is part of their lesson plan. In other words, they weave digital citizenship seamlessly throughout their curriculum.

Here are some resources to help:

Schools have long woven citizenship lessons into their curricula, but now that much of our social interaction happens online, many teachers are struggling to figure out how to teach students about responsible digital citizenship as well. Yet the two aren't that different. This infographic compares the basic tenets of traditional citizenship with the essential elements of digital citizenship.

Technology is changing faster than teachers can keep up, leaving many educators struggling to develop a cohesive digital citizenship curriculum. In this video, tech integration expert LeeAnn Lindsey discusses the main challenges schools need to address.

In a classroom where learning is already infused with technology, it's a simple matter to incorporate digital citizenship into any lesson. Kelly Mendoza from Common Sense Media offers three examples of how to slip digital citizenship into your regular activities.

Empower students to think critically, behave safely and participate responsibly in a digital world. Common Sense Media's K-12 curriculum is available as either an iBook or printable PDF.

Students are far more likely to absorb the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use when they see teachers modeling it on a regular basis. Explore how the ISTE Standards for Teachers address the need to model good digital citizenship.

Explore the major issues surrounding digital citizenship in schools with this self-paced online course. It includes resources, videos and lessons to help educators at all levels - from administrators to teachers to coaches - develop, model and facilitate digital citizenship skills.

As socialization increasingly shifts into the digital realm, something is getting lost in translation: empathy. One way to discourage cyberbullying is to help students build empathy skills. Discover three powerful approaches to counteracting the empathy gap.

How do we teach digital citizenship to older students, who don't respond well to lecturing and finger pointing? Instructional technology coordinator Cynde Reneau shares her strategies for guiding students to draw their own conclusions about cyberbullying.

Looking for a fun way to help younger students become more social media savvy? Flocabulary's animated rap video for kids offers 10 tips for appropriate posting and sharing on social media.

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9 resources for teaching digital citizenship

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How can we teach kids to use technology responsibly when the technology is changing faster than we can keep up? How do we foster the values of good digital citizenship in students who are old enough to scoff at the "thou shalts" and "thou shalt nots"?

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Digital Citizenship | Common Sense Education

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Digital Citizenship | Common Sense Education

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Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecting student privacy.

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5 Steps to Teaching Digital Literacy in the Classroom

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5 Steps to Teaching Digital Literacy in the Classroom

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Digital LIteracy resources to check out

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5 Steps to Teaching Digital Literacy in the Classroom

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Struggling to teach digital literacy in the classroom? Learn what topics to teach and where to find resources to easily teach digital literacy.