Bill Text: CA ACR203 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Digital Citizenship Week.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-17-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 194, Statutes of 2016. [ACR203 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR203-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 203	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        AUGUST 19, 2016

   Relative to Digital Citizenship Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 203, as introduced, Chau. Digital Citizenship Week.
   This measure would recognize the week of October 16, 2016, to
October 22, 2016, inclusive, as Digital Citizenship Week.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The recognition of Digital Citizenship Week is proposed
in simultaneous recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month,
Connected Educator Month, and National Cyber Security Awareness
Month; and
   WHEREAS, The goal of Digital Citizenship Week is to raise
awareness about the importance of digital citizenship as a set of
defined, teachable skills for kids in the 21st century; and
   WHEREAS, Digital media is driving significant changes to the ways
that children live and learn, and those changes bring exciting
opportunities, such as new career paths and innovative means of
self-expression; and
   WHEREAS, Digital media also poses potential dangers, including
cyber bullying and exploitation, if not managed appropriately though
education or other means; and
   WHEREAS, A Common Sense report, Zero to Eight: Children's Media
Use in America, finds that technology and media use begins at an
increasingly young age, with as many as 38 percent of children under
2 years of age using mobile devices for media in 2013; and
   WHEREAS, According to the 2015 Common Sense Census: Media Use by
Teens and Tweens, teenagers use an average of nine hours of media
daily, not including media use for school or homework; and
   WHEREAS, The 2015 Common Sense census also finds that one-half of
teens interfere with their own learning by multitasking with social
media while doing their homework; and
   WHEREAS, Parents, educators, students, and lawmakers play a role
in making sure children learn how to navigate the digital world
safely and responsibly; and
   WHEREAS, Digital citizenship means that children appreciate their
responsibility for their choice of content as well as their actions
when using the Internet, cell phones, or other digital media; and
   WHEREAS, To be responsible digital citizens, children must be
digitally literate, which means being able to use and understand the
many different types of digital technologies and messages; and
   WHEREAS, This new media literacy should become an integral part of
children's education that is woven into the overall curriculum
across grade levels, starting as early as kindergarten; and
   WHEREAS, The nation whose children best harness the educational
and creative powers of digital media will write the economic and
education success stories of the 21st century; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature believes in training and educating
teachers and parents to help children understand and manage digital
media's role in their lives through additional investments in that
training and education; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes October 16, 2016,
to October 22, 2016, inclusive, as Digital Citizenship Week; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.