8th Grade Media Class

How do we safely, wisely and ethically navigate our digital, media-rich, connected world?

Course Focus: Why is there an ethics gap between citizenship and digital citizenship?

Issues of investigation include:

The teenage brain
Empathy building
Digital citizenship and Cyber safety
- Social media and ethics
- Spotting "Fake News" in a "Post-Truth" world
- Cyber-bullying, cyber-harassment, cyber-bullying by proxy
- Sexting
- Online grooming and predators
- Catfishing
- Online radicalization
- Phishing scams and ID theft
- Plagiarism, copyright law, fair use and piracy
- Cookies, behavioral targeted advertising, and terms of service
Peer-to-peer teaching (teaching the 6th grade about digital citizenship and cyber safety)

Reflection, Self-Evaluation and Assessment:

Students regularly reflect and self-evaluate with teacher support, using customized rubrics that allow them to set goals and reflect on their learning and outcomes.

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