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#DigCit for All: Practicing Inclusivity in Digital Citizenship |
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Dr. Vanessa Monterosa Carrie Rogers-Whitehead
Digital citizenship is an important practice for learners and leaders. But how can we ensure digital citizenship reaches both students and leaders? We'll share case studies, policy suggestions and practice from working with students of varying abilities and backgrounds as well as leadership examples.
| Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Curriculum/district specialists, Library media specialists |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Digital citizenship |
| ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Equity and Citizenship Advocate
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| Additional detail: | ISTE author presentation |
The purpose of this session is to expand our understanding and application of digital citizenship concepts and practices.
Digital citizenship is an important practice for 21st century learners and leaders. But how can we ensure digital citizenship reaches both students and leaders? This presentation will share case studies, policy suggestions and practice from working with students of varying abilities and backgrounds as well as leadership examples.
Digital citizenship is an ever-growing effort, but initiatives to ground theory and practice are few and far between. Below are select resources that highlight the need for such an approach to digital citizenship.
Digital Literacy to Refugees: https://www.iste.org/explore/Digital-citizenship/4-things-to-know-about-teaching-digital-literacy-to-refugees
Making Libraries More Inclusive: https://www.abc-clio.com/free/an-interview-with-author-carrie-rogers-whitehead/
Digital citizenship for Education Leaders: https://leadership.acsa.org/digital-citizenship-for-education-leaders
The Promise of Schools as Digital Citizenship Hubs: https://clalliance.org/blog/the-promise-of-schools-as-digital-citizenship-hubs/?utm_source=mailchimp.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Vol167
Dr. Vanessa Monterosa is a seasoned edtech scholar-practitioner and leadership consultant. Dr. Monterosa helps K–12 leaders, doctoral candidates, and early career scholars refine and shape their ideas for clarity, impact, and accessibility. Additionally, she designed a nationally recognized digital citizenship program from policy to practice that reached over 14,000 educators across Los Angeles Unified—the nation’s second-largest school district. To learn more about her passion to cultivate innovative education leaders, follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter (@DrMonterosa).
Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission based company providing digital citizenship education to parents, students and educators. Her company is the state sponsored provider of online safety in Utah and educates tens of thousands of parents and students a year. She is the author of Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice from the Field with Rowman & Littlefield, The 3Ms of Fearless Digital Parenting with Skyhorse Publishing and the upcoming ISTE title: Deepening Digital Citizenship. She lives in Utah with her family.
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