Press Release: The 3rd Annual Digital Citizenship Summit to be held Nov. 2 & 3
The 3rd Annual Digital Citizenship Summit seeks to expand the conversation around kids and technology
Provo, UT, October 19, 2017: On November 2-3, 2017 EPIK Deliberate Digital will host the third annual Digital Citizenship Summit (DigCitSummit2017.com) in Provo, Utah at the Utah Valley Convention Center. This internationally-reaching summit will also have a decisively local energy, with a dozen free community events offered across the two-day event.
Often discussions about kids and technology stop at the don’ts. The Summit will expand the digital safety discussion to explore how adults and children/youth can also work side-by-side to learn about and experience deliberate, positive uses of technology.
Thanks to generous sponsorships, students (ages 10 to college) can register for the two-day conference for free. Parents, educators, and school community council members can receive 50% off the regular price.
During the two-day conference, local, national, and international “burst” speakers will launch roundtable discussions around various topics, including why Digital Citizenship matters, how prevention science can inform digital teaching and learning, parenting in a digital age, and how adults and children/youth can work side-by-side to learn about and experience deliberate digital use together.
Free community events will include a free #UseTech4Good Youth Extravaganza on November 2 (6:30 p.m. at the Utah Valley Convention Center; doors open at 5:45 p.m.) and 11 different activities on November 3 along the Wasatch Front (4 p.m. to 9 p.m.; see the Free Events page for details).
The Digital Citizenship Summit invites youth and adults alike to come join in the conversation about a balanced approach to Digital Citizenship that includes the positives.
In addition to the many community hosts, partners, and volunteers, EPIK Deliberate Digital wishes to thank the DigCitSummit2017 sponsors: The Torrie Wheatley Schmidt Charitable Fund, The Benjamin Foundation, Zion’s Bank, Impero Software, Google Fiber, BrainPOP, Social Assurity, Digital Citizenship Institute, the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology, Janelle Webster, and Casper Pieters.
For more information about the 2017 DigCitSummit, please visit DigCitSummit2017.com or contact Michelle Linford at michelle@epik.org.
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