Katie Fielding is a STEM Coach for Prince William County Schools, and Chris Bugaj is an author and Assistive Technologist in Loudon County, VA. ActiVAtED Learning host Tom Landon sat down with them at the 2023 VSTE conference, where Katie shared her experience as a child with Cystic Fibrosis and how that led her to become a leader in assistive technology and inclusion, and Chris shared his thoughts on how assistive technology can help ALL students, not just those with disabilities.

Comprised of parents and professionals, the mission of Educate and Empower Kids (EEK) is to empower parents to create deep connection with their kids through media education, meaningful family communication, and intentional parenting. EEK works across the country to provide essential resources for parents, educators, and clinicians to teach children and teenagers how to become resilient and strong. We believe this must be done by teaching digital citizenship, media literacy, and healthy sexuality education—including education about the dangers of online pornography.

This is a quick guide for parents and educators that gives an overview about cyberbullying and its effects on children.

This is a quick guide to help parents and educators understand the issues with internet predators and sex traffickers.

This is a quick guide for parents and educators to understand safety and prevention factors that should be used when allowing children to participate in online gaming.

This is a quick guide for parents and educators to help inform children about sex trafficking.

This is a quick guide for parents and educators to help understand social media and its effects on children.

Teach and learn practical digital skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow with our video lessons that are free of charge.

To help students identify and understand their roles as ethical creators and consumers online.
To introduce students to the basic rights and limitations of copyright.

To help students identify and understand how to get media online in legal and ethical ways.
To help students identify and understand ethical strategies for sharing online content with others.

To help students understand ethical and responsible ways for creating new media using other creators’ work.

Provides students with information about digital citizenship, cyberbullying, and avoiding online risks so that they can safely socialize online.

Provides kids with information about digital citizenship, cyberbullying, and avoiding online risks so that they can safely socialize online.

The following lessons and videos are designed to help you teach essential digital citizenship concepts of copyright and creativity and to get students thinking and talking about how these concepts relate to their own online activities. The lessons have been scripted in detail to help presenters feel confident as they communicate copyright concepts, including fair use and other copyright limitations.

WITH MANY OF US spending a lot of time in front of computer screens and phones, on apps and Facebook, at all hours, it’s natural to wonder: Is it harming us? It could be, especially if you’re in front of a screen close to bedtime or even during the day if you’re not taking enough breaks.

Teaching digital citizenship has never been more important. Prepare students to stay safe, solve problems and become a force for good.

Teaching digital well-being doesn’t mean providing students with a list of “don’ts.” It’s about the do’s – modeling and practicing skills that help young people become thoughtful, empathetic digital citizens who know how to use technology to learn and solve problems in their digital and physical communities.

The digital citizenship competencies, developed by the ISTE-led DigCit Coalition in conjunction with coalition partners, shift the conversation from don’ts to do’s.

A quick guide for parents and educators about the issues with internet pornography and its harm to children.

These infographics were made for spreading awareness and education on digital citizenship and internet safety topics. A few included are translated into Spanish. Share on your newsletter, social media or more.

Offers a free, 14-module curriculum that educates youth ages 10-20 on alternatives to running away, unsafe behaviors, and how to build life skills that can resolve problems. It includes the module "Internet Safety and Fun," which provides youth with tools for safe online behavior.

Unfortunately, most American children spend about 5 to 8 hours on screens each day. Screen time can be habit-forming: Research shows that the more time children engage with screens, the harder time they have turning them off as they become older children. Plus, screen time has been linked to eating more, having trouble sleeping and poorer performance in school. Here are some ways to limit screen time.