SYMPOSIUM
The Digital Citizenship Project seeks
to educate schools, parents, students
and communities on the norms of
appropriate, responsible and healthy
behavior with regard to technology use.
to educate schools, parents, students
and communities on the norms of
appropriate, responsible and healthy
behavior with regard to technology use.
Which Tech Smart Program is Right for You?
We are proud to have worked with the following schools and institutions:
Learn to teach digital responsibility
in the age of technology.
Become a TECHSMART certified educator.
Learn to instill digital responsibility
in the age of technology.
Become a TECHSMART parent.
"Too many of our school aged children and their parents are unprepared for the responsibility that comes with the power of technology. With The Digital Citizenship Project and The Tech Smart Program,
Dr. Eli Shapiro has created what should be required learning for parents, children, educators and mental health professionals. I encourage school districts, social service agencies and communities alike to take advantage of this wonderful program.”
-Phillip Goldfeder
New York State Assembly
Committee on Mental Health
"The Digital Citizenship Project and the
Tech Smart program present parents and
children with a practical set of tools and
strategies that proactively provide the
knowledge and skills to engage in healthy
and responsible digital behavior.
This is the program
that we have been waiting for!”
Tech Smart program present parents and
children with a practical set of tools and
strategies that proactively provide the
knowledge and skills to engage in healthy
and responsible digital behavior.
This is the program
that we have been waiting for!”
-David Pelcovitz, Ph.D.
Professor, Straus Chair
in Psychology and Education
Yeshiva University
"We need to teach our children to safely navigate the digital world in which they live.Increasingly, our schools are dealing with the consequences of children ill prepared for the challenges of technology and social media. The Digital Citizenship Project’s curricular materials help school leaders provide their students with the essential skills for survival in today’s digital world.”
-Richard Altabe, Ed.M.
Princial, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach
"Digital tools touch our lives more and more every day. While it is imperative for studentsto become skilled users of technology, this presents huge challenges for teachers and parents who didn’t grow up utilizing these tools. The Digital Citizenship Project is an invaluable resource and support which can help us to understand and use strategies for teaching our children to be the best Digital Citizens.”
-Dr. Linda Reider Mancz
Supervisor
Health and Allied Services
Nassau BOCES
"The Digital Citizenship Project and the
Tech Smart program provide
not only population specific statistics,
but sound guidance for parents and educators
navigating children in a 24/7 media world.
In doing so, the program has empowered
schools to partner with their parent
community and engage students in productive
and safe dialogue about digital citizenship.”
Tech Smart program provide
not only population specific statistics,
but sound guidance for parents and educators
navigating children in a 24/7 media world.
In doing so, the program has empowered
schools to partner with their parent
community and engage students in productive
and safe dialogue about digital citizenship.”
-Hanna Shekhter
Technology Coordinator
Brauser Maimonides Academy
