BENGALURU: While the state education department is working towards implementing digital aspects of the National Education Policy in government schools, private schools and teachers are taking the opportunity to do their own research.
Teachers at Inventure Academy formulated their own Digital Citizenship Curriculum to ensure that their students use social media and technology conscientiously. “Identifying as a digital citizen is someone who uses the internet for their everyday lives. We tried to look at it from a point of view of what skills a digital citizen needs to maintain control of their life, like cyber security, communication skills and media literacy,” said Ruchi Aggarwal, manager of the academy’s Wider World initiative.
Aggarwal and Aaron Joseph of the academy’s Maker Space, Design & Tech Studio were part of the team…