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Digital Citizenship for Understanding

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Terry Freedman

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Identifies risks and issues home computer users usually face. Creates animated stories. Amazing animation and graphics. You can watch the episodes.

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Julie Lindsay

Some new resources to explore for Internet education

Managing Children's Use of The Internet and Technology (ICT)
Speaker: Terry Freedman | Date: Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 | Time: 14:00

About this talk: Terry Freedman describes the advantages and dangers for children who use the internet and technology. He gives parents practical tips and guidance on ensuring children use tec… Continue

Posted by Julie Lindsay on September 12, 2009 at 6:08am

Julie Lindsay

Digiteen speaks with Mike Ribble, author of 'Digital Citizenship'


Teachers and students of the current 'Digiteen' project as well as other international participants had the opportunity to speak with Mike Ribble via a virtual classroom linkup in Elluminate recently. Mike is… Continue

Posted by Julie Lindsay on May 24, 2009 at 10:17pm

Kirsten Holland

Teachers are now converted

I was so happy this week to hear from the Preschool teachers how affective the laptops in each classroom have been, in assisting the children as a learning tool. Three year olds using Google to search for 'Ben 10'. They don't have letter concept, so these students just punched in the number 10, then hit enter; to see what woud happen. Wow! Parents who are not on board with their students using the internet, watch out as the wave is going to hit you. They are there,using, browsing, searching. Be… Continue

Posted by Kirsten Holland on April 3, 2009 at 4:30pm

Tod Baker

My Invitation to Our Parents

Parents Please Join Us

IST Today Talks
Wednesday, April 8th May 6th
10:15 to 11:15 am

Guiding Question
How can I help my child to be safe, legal, and responsible online?

In this session we will look at the actions we can take as parents to help our our children understand the issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Our first action will focus on joining Digi Parent, an online network for parents who want to learn about… Continue

Posted by Tod Baker on March 26, 2009 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

Julie Lindsay

Moving parents in Qatar towards good digital citizenship

Thanks to the energy and pro-activity of our Primary School Deputy Head at Qatar Academy, Kirsten Holland, parents got together this afternoon to discuss and workshop digital citizenship ideas and activities.
Kirsten put together a slideshow, we talked about the need for parents to be out there, joining in and aware of what it means to be online so that they can make informed decisions as to what is best for their children.

So, what did they do? Well… Continue

Posted by Julie Lindsay on March 23, 2009 at 4:09pm — 1 Comment

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