A FREE online platform created by AT&T in collaboration with Warner Bros. to help connect K-12 students to a new world of digital learning through stories that spark curiosity and content that entertains and teaches. Designed by education experts, The Achievery offers 7 subject-categories and over 500 videos, including clips from some of the most popular movies and shows, all paired with learning activities that can be accessed from everywhere they are - at home, in the classroom, and in their communities. Whether you are an educator looking for innovative ways to teach and plan your lessons, a parent or caregiver interested in finding additional resources for your children, or a motivated student in search of new challenges and opportunities to improve, you can find the best experience for you.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends minimizing or eliminating media exposure, other than video chatting, for children under the age of 18 months. For older preschool-age children, media limits are very appropriate. Have a strategy for managing electronic media to maximize its benefits.

Psychological scientists examine potential beneficial and harmful effects of social media use on adolescents’ social, educational, psychological, and neurological development.

To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online.

Free C&C resources include in-class lesson plans, plug-n-play slides, learning videos, visual aids, and a professional development course for teachers. They were developed on a nonprofit basis with input from independent educators, academic copyright experts, and online civil liberties advocates.

These materials aim to provide accessible and practical information about copyright – its protections, its limitations, and its role in encouraging creativity. Rather than just emphasizing what copyright prohibits, the goal here is to offer useful and positive information about what copyright allows and how students can successfully navigate and rely on copyright in their own roles as creators.

Use digital citizenship lesson plans to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives. Browse lessons by grade and topic below, or see an overview of the curriculum.

Making a report of child exploitation is secure and easy. The form can be completed in just a few minutes, and you decide if you want to share your contact information. In fact, many of the fields are optional so what information you provide, is up to you.

This is a resource that describes the 5 Ws of Cyberbullying for students in grades K-8.

This website serves as a clearinghouse of information concerning the ways adolescents use and misuse technology. It is intended to be a resource for parents, educators, mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, counselors, and others who work with youth (as well as for youth themselves!). Here you will find facts, figures, and detailed stories from those who have been directly impacted by online aggression. In addition, the site includes numerous resources to help you prevent and respond to cyberbullying incidents. All of the information on this site is informed by over fifteen years of research.

This section includes recorded and archived webinars on the topics of digital citizenship, internet safety, parenting around technology and other related topics. For new free webinars and additional recordings see Digital Respons-Ability's website.

These are a selection of resources to help parents and caregivers support their children with technology. For more free resources on digital parenting like a free course see Digital Respons-Ability's digital parenting resources.

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.

To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online. Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with Interland, an online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games.

To promote creative expression and help students understand the creative process of sharing and inspiration. To help students be fair with creative work.

To promote creative expression, help students understand ownership concepts associated with creative work and encourage students to think about how their work might be shared.

Purpose: To promote creative expression and help students realize the importance of attribution-getting credit for the work they do and giving credit for their creative work.

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.