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Teach Digital Citizenship

Free lessons and activities that help students build essential digital habits and skills.

Discover Apps and Websites for Learning

Keep up with the latest and greatest apps, games, videos, and more.

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    We've selected the most trustworthy news sources for your students.

  • Lessons and Tools for Teaching About Artificial Intelligence

    Help your students understand the impacts and uses of AI.

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Partner with Parents and Caregivers

Support families in building a healthy relationship with media and tech.

  • Family Engagement Toolkit

    Resources to support healthy media and tech use at school and home

  • Customizable planners to help kids reflect on their tech use

    Family Tech Planners

    Customizable planners to help kids reflect on their tech use

  • Young Kids & Screens

    Workshops for families with kids age 0–8

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Now that there's a smartphone in almost every pocket, we need media literacy and digital citizenship in every school. Since 2009, Common Sense Education has offered free, research-backed, and award-winning resources for students, teachers, and school communities.

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