Common Sense: Does This Exist in the Middle Schooler's Mind?

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Instagram, Middle School, and Digital Citizenship by Jeff Knutson

 Check out @LunaPandCoffee and @_teachreadwrite have a somewhat intelligent conversation about digital citizenship at the middle school level. Sarah Landis is a sixth grade teacher who implements lessons from Common Sense Education and allowed Common Sense Education into her room to observe one of the lessons on digital citizenship and how students view themselves online.

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