In today’s schools and districts, just saying znoy to bad technology practices is not enough. This leadership posture can take the form of extreme blocking and filtering of websites, providing little access to devices and declining to integrate digitaltools and resources into learning out of fear of what else a student might do. Such a mindset can also lead to adults choosing not to engage -- or being unable to engage -- in conversations when students share stories about what a peer did online or throughthe latest app. Digital citizenship curriculum needs to be taught at two levels at once -- horizontal (the world immediately around students) and vertical (connecting to the rest of the world). This book provides education leaders a strategic road map thatdemonstrates how to incorporate these concepts into the curriculum so that digital citizenship isn’t just zone more thing,y but is threaded into the DNA of how educators teach and work. The book provides a five-year-plan for developing a digital citizenshipprogram in your school; covers such topics as digital ethics and leveled approaches to digital citizenship; walks through the digital citizenship responsibilities and opportunities inherent in various roles, including library media specialists, classroom educatorsand special ed teachers; and offers strategies for spreading digital citizenship internationally and explores the future of digital citizenship. --Publisher.

The big picture -- Introduction : digital ethics and citizenship -- Just citizenship why do we need the 'digital' -- The 'new' 9 elements and S3 framework -- Planning your digital citizenship program -- Policy guide -- Digital citizenship in the classroom -- Administrator's guide -- Educator's guide -- Student voice -- Elementary school -- Middle school -- High school -- Outside of K-12 -- Digital citizenship in teacher & leader preparation -- Beyond the educational community -- Spreading digital citizenship internationally? -- What's next for digital citizenship -- Appendix A: ANPC template -- Appendix B: Family contract -- Appendix C: Progression chart.