Online Etiquette.

The interviewer, Cassandra Barnett has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. Digital citizenship is part of what school librarians teach so we are very interested in helping our students be responsible and ethical when online.
The special guest interviewee, Susan Bearden is an educator, technologist, and a passionate advocate for digital citizenship and digital literacy education. The author of Digital Citizenship: A Community-Based Approach, she has served as a teacher, a K12 Technology Director, a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, and as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Consortium for School Networking. She co-founded the #EdTechChat twitter chat and has received several awards, including the 2019 Pillar Award from ATLIS, the 2015 "Making it Happen" award, and the 2014 Bammy Award for School Technologist of the Year. She will be starting as the Director of Digital Programs for InnovateEdu on October 5.

Thanks for joining us, Susan! We appreciate you giving us the opportunity to interview you. If you’re interested in contacting Susan, you can reach out to her on susan.m.bearden@gmail.com and also @s_bearden on Twitter.

You can find our resources for the month and information about our other SMACtalk initiatives on www.smactalk.info

Show Transcript: http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/research-and-technology/privacy-security/smactalk/resources-for-teachers/transcripts

Helpful links:
G.U.I.D.E. for Life - https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life

Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/finding-credible-newshttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-quality-of-online-info-julie-coiro

Attorney General’s resources for Internet Safety - https://arkansasag.gov/programs/internet-safety/

SMACtalk:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk

Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts