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Digital Wellness

As our children grow up in a digital world, it's essential to guide them in becoming responsible, thoughtful digital citizens. This page provides resources to help families navigate topics such as online safety, responsible internet use, digital etiquette, and the importance of digital wellness. By working together, we can empower students to balance their online presence with personal well-being, ensuring they thrive in the digital space with confidence and care.

What is Digital Citizenship?
"Digital Citizenship includes the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior related to current technology use, including digital and media literacy, ethics, etiquette, and security. Digital citizenship includes the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, develop, produce, and interpret media, as well as Internet safety and cyberbullying prevention and response."

Definition above from Washington State Substitute Senate Bill 6273

What is Media Literacy?
"Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using a variety of forms of communication. Media literacy includes the ability to understand how and why media messages and images are constructed and for what purposes they are used.

 

Definition above from Washington State Substitute Senate Bill 6273

What is Cyber Safety?

Cyber safety are any steps taken by an individual promoting the safe usage of the internet, especially in order to protect against viruses, fraud, or other forms of attack.

Definition above from Oxford Dictionary.

Additional Information and Resources

  • Family Resources to help support conversations and learning at home about digital citienship, media literacy & cyber safety.

    Resources for Family Conversations about Tech - Birth to Graduation

    Elementary (Transitional Kindergarten – 5th Grade)

    Secondary (Middle & High School) 

  • HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD

    As our children are growing up in a world that is increasingly digital, we need to partner with parents to help all children ensure they are ready to face this world and be healthy digital humans. Resources are provided below for parents to have conversations with their children about the devices they use every day. A recording of a parent presentation on this topic is also included below to give tips and tricks on things parents can do to help their children become healthy digital citizens.

    RESOURCES FOR PARENTS FROM THE TRAINING

    A set of steps to help families become better digital citizens.

     

  • Wondering where to start with determining a plan for your families technology usage? 

    Entertainment and tech have the potential to spark meaningful conversations. And tech planners are a great way for kids to have a shared understanding of how your family makes the most out of entertainment and tech time. Common Sense Media has a serise of Family Resources like their Family Tech Planners to help your kids think through important questions around tech use: What will I do? How much time will I spend? Am I making thoughtful choices?

    Link to Family Tech Planners

  • To further protect student data and enhance online security, the Peninsula School District will be enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for students logging into ClassLink, our Student Portal. MFA is a widely used security measure that adds an extra layer of protection, ensuring that only authorized users can access accounts, keeping student information and district resources safe. 

    To learn more about how MFA works, watch this quick video:

    At PSD, we are dedicated to keeping students safe—both in the classroom and online. Introducing MFA is part of our ongoing effort to teach students responsible digital citizenship, and how to protect their digital footprint and online accounts.

    • Elementary students will select a photo for their MFA, making login simple and fun.
    • Secondary students will use a 6-digit code for authentication.
    • No cell phones will be needed for this process.

    The image shows two browser windows open to the ClassLink website (launchpad.classlink.com), featuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) steps. The first window displays "MFA Image Selection," prompting users to select an image from a grid of icons, including a globe, graduation cap, clock, and others. The second window displays "MFA Pin Entry," where users are prompted to enter a 6-digit PIN, shown partially filled with numbers 8, 3, 6, 1, 5, and 9. The website has a cloud logo with ClassLink branding in the header.

    To help you understand what this process will look like for our students, we encourage you to read through the Classlink MFA tutorial or explore our “Frequently Asked Questions” provided below. 

    What do I do if I forget my MFA pin/image? If you forgot your MFA, you will need to contact your school’s library staff or call the help desk (ext. 3771) to have your system reset. HBHS staff and students should contact their office manager. The next time you login, you will be prompted to set up your MFA selection (image or pin) again. Once completed, your access to our system will be restored.  
    Should I save my MFA in Google Password Manager? No! Saving your MFA in the Google Password Manager will overwrite your current saved password to the portal. This means the next time you get to the portal, autofill will use your PIN as your password, but you won’t notice as it will show up as *****. If you can’t remember your password, you will have to use the reset tool. 
    What if your password appears to not be working when you use the Google Password Manager autofill? Before resetting your password, check the autofill defaults for your login. Occassionally, the Google Password Manager settings will replace the saved password with your MFA pin. To check, manually type in your username and password instead of allowing autofill. If this works, you will want to reset the saved password in the Google Password Manager. If it does not, then you can reset your password via the reset tool in Service Central. 
    What if my student forgets their password or needs to update it? If they forget their password, please use the student password reset tool in Service Central. Click here for a quick tutorial video. 
    Will resetting my password force me to reset my MFA pin/image, or vice versa? No, the MFA and password are completely different processes that are independent of each other, and will not be affected by resetting either one.

     

  • LOW-COST INTERNET OPTIONS IN PIERCE COUNTY

    We know that many students and their families depend on the Internet, whether at school or at home, so they can do homework, search for jobs, access financial or government services and much more. As educators, we know that having the Internet at home is critical to ensuring that your child can stay connected to online assignments, classmates and teachers.

    This is why we would like to make you aware of three low-cost options that are available for families who are eligible for the National School Lunch Program, receive HUD housing assistance, or are a low-income veteran who receives state and/or federal assistance.

    In addition to the resources listed above, organizations and business within the Peninsula District have opened up their businesses and agreed to support our students with free Wi-Fi.

    If none of these options will work for your family, please contact your child’s school directly as other options may be available.

  • School-issued chromebooks already have required district software such as web filtering, screen monitoring, special applications and secure browsers for state and federal testing. The district is unable to install these programs on personal laptops.  

    Consistent district devices offer us the ability to support and manage the hardware and safe use of the equipment is greatly enhanced when school devices are used. Teachers can focus on instruction, not troubleshooting technical issues. Technology specialists in schools are unable to troubleshoot technical issues with personal laptops. 

    The technical specifications of school laptops are compatible with the curriculum and productivity apps that we use to support student learning.