RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public Schools (RPS) is highlighting the importance of online safety and care for technology for students following last week’s Digital Citizenship Week.
Education Technology Integrator, Mercedes Buck, is teaching students at Blackwell Preschool, Blackwell Elementary and Richmond Technical Center about handling computers with care, being responsible online and finding credible sources.
“We’re in a day and age where most of our students, by three years old or so, they’ve been exposed to technology,” Buck said. “We’re trying to expose them to what it was before technology and how much their lives are going to be impacted by all the changes coming to us.”…