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          Date of Hearing:  August 29, 2016 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          ACR  
                      203 (Chau) - As Introduced  August 19, 2016


          SUBJECT:  Digital Citizenship Week


          SUMMARY:  Recognizes the week of October 16, 2016, to October  
          22, 2016, inclusive, as Digital Citizenship Week.  Specifically,  
          this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 


          1)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.



          2)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.



          3)Digital media also poses potential dangers, including cyber  
            bullying and exploitation, if not managed appropriately  
            through education or other means.



          4)A Common Sense report, Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in  
            America, finds that technology and media use begins at an  








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            increasingly young age, with as many as 38 percent of children  
            under 2 years of age using mobile devices for media in 2013.



          5)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.



          6)Parents, educators, students, and lawmakers play a role in  
            making sure children learn how to navigate the digital world  
            safely and responsibly.  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.



          7)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.



          8)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.
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file










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          Opposition
          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800