7 Ways You Can Be a Digital Citizenship Leader

Presented by Susan Bearden, Director of Information Technology at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Hosted by Common Sense Education | Sponsored by Symantec

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How can you be a digital citizenship leader? How can you set expectations in your school community around thinking critically, behaving safely, and participating responsibly in our digital world? From starting the conversation, to role modeling, to supporting authentic learning experiences around digital citizenship, you’ll learn seven essential ways you can build a positive culture around media and technology in your school or district.

Susan Bearden is the Director of Information Technology at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, FL, and digital citizenship thought leader. Susan’s school has received a Digital Citizenship Certification by Common Sense Education. Next month, she’s releasing the book, Digital Citizenship: A Community-Based Approach, as part of the Connected Educators series by Corwin Press. The seven strategies in this presentation can be found in Chapter 3: Demonstrating Leadership.

Learn leadership strategies you can use immediately! Tech coaches, tech coordinators, tech integration specialists, lead teachers, TOSAs, librarian/media specialists, and principals all will benefit from this webinar recording.

Susan M. Bearden is the Director of Information Technology at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, FL. A former teacher, she is a thought leader on social media, education technology, and digital citizenship. She frequently presents at conferences, has guest blogged for numerous publications, contributed to podcasts, and co-founded and moderates the #edtechchat and #digcit (Digital Citizenship) Twitter chats. Connect with her on Twitter @s_bearden and @Tweechmeapp or at www.susanmbearden.com.

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Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life. Our K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum and interactive games teach students how to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world.  And our revolutionary educational rating system, Common Sense Graphite, helps educators discover, use, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning.

Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. The company has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18,500 employees in more than 50 countries. We provide security, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers – from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations – secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently than any other company.