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Gresham-Barlow School District outlines K–12 digital citizenship curriculum and home tools for parents
Summary
Superintendent Tracy Klinger and district technology staff described a K–12 Common Sense Media digital citizenship curriculum the district began using in 2020 and demonstrated family tools — including Lightspeed Parent Portal, DNS and software web filters, and built‑in parental controls — during a parent webinar.
Gresham-Barlow School District Superintendent Tracy Klinger hosted a parent webinar to explain how the district teaches digital citizenship and the tools families can use at home to help students use devices safely. Presenters walked through the district’s K–12 curriculum, district family apps and four layers of home protections, and answered parents’ technical and policy questions.
The district introduced Common Sense Media’s K–12 digital citizenship materials as its chosen curriculum, which Jay Roger Hay, the district’s Technology and Innovations instructional coach, said the district began using in 2020. "We started this curriculum in 2020," Hay said, and described six recurring topics — responsible tech and life balance, online privacy, digital footprint, online community norms, cyberbullying and identifying bias in media — that are…
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