Digital Citizenship Week at Sage Oak: Safe, Responsible Tech Use and Critical Thinking With AI

Host Tiffiny Webster welcomes Sage Oak technology training facilitator Jenn Ortiz to define digital citizenship as responsible, safe, and respectful technology use and to discuss how skills progress by grade level—from protecting passwords and practicing kindness online in elementary, to evaluating digital footprints, spotting misinformation, and maintaining safety in middle school, to ethical AI use and copyright awareness in high school. Ortiz emphasizes explicit teaching, partnering with students and families over “policing,” and using Sage Oak–vetted tools (including Math Pathways) instead of unvetted sites that may collect data. She highlights Sage Oak’s partnership with Common Sense Education, noting families can create a free account to access lessons and at-home activities. For Digital Citizenship Week (Oct. 19–23), Sage Oak will share daily, grade-banded resources on media balance, privacy and safety, digital footprint and identity, kindness and cyberbullying, and media literacy with AI.

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
01:55 What Is Digital Citizenship
02:57 Skills by Grade Level
07:10 Teaching Approach and Family Partnership
08:03 Vetted Apps and Online Safety
09:33 Digital Citizenship Week Themes
11:12 Common Sense Resources for Parents
12:03 Everyday Tech Habits for Kids
13:52 Creating Content With EdTech Tools
14:34 Event Dates and Final Wrap Up


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Oakschool 2026/2027: New Classes, Community Benefits, and a Revamped Enrollment Platform

In this episode, host Tiffiny Webster welcomes new Oakschool manager Kass McInteer to discuss Sage Oak Charter School’s Oakschool program for the 2026/2027 school year, which offers daily live synchronous instruction and has grown to 300+ class opportunities taught by about 20 instructors. They highlight core companion classes with curriculum support, enrichment options (including newly added music, VAPA, cooking, coding, debate, entrepreneurship), counseling-based classes like Brain Boss and Career Quest, and in-person experiences such as Art in the Park, Music in the Park, and Outdoor School now offered in San Bernardino County. Kass explains last year’s enrollment platform crash and the complete overhaul that enabled 6,200+ first-day enrollments without crashing, with cart holds, confirmation emails, and transparent waitlists. Enrollment opened August 17 for the full year, stays open, and new classes will be added; families can explore sageoak.education/oakschool or email oakschool@sageoak.education.

00:00 Welcome to Oakschool
00:47 What Oakschool Is
02:08 Class Variety and New Music
03:02 In Person Experiences
04:00 Enrollment Platform Overhaul
05:27 How Enrollment Works Now
07:08 Open Enrollment All Year
07:45 Community and Teacher Passion
10:50 Advice for Hesitant Families
11:43 Where to Learn More
13:04 Catalog Walkthrough Demo
14:19 Final Wrap Up


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Math Power Standards at Sage Oak: App, Companion Books, and Quick Checks

In this episode, host Tiffiny Webster talks with Carlene Maurer, Director of Student Learning and Innovation, about math power standards—essential grade-level skills students need now and in future grades. Carlene explains that because families use different math curricula, Sage Oak created consistent “GPS markers” to ensure all students meet the same skill expectations. She shares three connected resources: the Math Pathways app (accessed through students’ Clever portals) that starts students at grade level and differentiates using an “I do, we do, you do” gradual release model; companion books that extend learning offline with parent guidance, real-world activities, and differentiated practice; and low-stakes quick checks used at learning period meetings to measure mastery and guide support or enrichment. Parents can get books through teachers and updates via Sage News.

00:00 Welcome and Setup
00:52 Meet Carlene Maurer
01:36 What Are Power Standards
02:30 Why These Resources
04:29 Math Pathways App
06:28 I Do We Do You Do
08:10 Companion Books
09:25 Parent Guides and Real Life
10:55 Differentiation Made Simple
12:48 Quick Checks for Progress
14:39 How to Access Everything
15:20 Updates and Wrap Up
16:46 Final Thanks and Goodbye

For more information visit www.sagoak.education

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