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    Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship

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    Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety, and Success

    http://groups.google.com/group/ad4dcss

    Grassroots effort of educators, parents, and teens to promote digital citizenship, safety, and success. Advocacy for wise, balanced, researched based actions in the offline world to promote online citizenship, safety, and success.

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The study shows that the majority of American youth polled (ages 9–17) report they spend "almost as much time using social networking services and Web sites as they spend watching TV." Remarkably, students report their activities as being anything but passive, and that they are likely to "engage in highly creative activities on social networking sites."

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." The kids are already there, connected, and teachers and parents need to accept this fact.

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Once the fear of safety is removed, social networking sites can open up broad and exciting new worlds of learning for both educators and students. Innovative teachers are recognizing the potential of tools such as MySpace and Facebook to bridge cultural gaps and create authentic 21st-century learning environments.

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