The hope is that Digital Citizenship Week will spark some educationally valuable conversations that can be promoted and supported all year long, by students, parents and teachers.
Consider the following:
- What can your family do at home to best support your children's school in providing a safe, positive online experience for everyone?
- Are you engaged in teaching your child about digital citizenship at home when they are using technology? Do you monitor their use? Do you demonstrate positive digital citizenship?
- Regularly ask your child to log in and show you the digital tools they use at school and at home.
- How are your household expectations for technology use working? Do you have any? It's a great time to review and revise them with your child. Tip sheets to help the conversation.
- Parents can actively model and explicitly teach their children good digital citizenship practices. One of the most effective ways for parents/caregivers to support their children is to actively help them understand, interpret, and respond appropriately to the content, contact, and conduct they experience online together.
- Android Users: If your family uses Android devices, Google’s Family Link can help you set certain digital ground rules,manage apps, keep an eye on screen time and remotely lock your child’s device.
- Apple Users: If your family uses Apple devices, Apple Families provides tools that help keep parents in the loop.