JSS Library - Digital Literacy Lessons

✨ Digital Literacy Resources for Future Ready Families ✨

Digital literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication. It empowers individuals to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and active citizens in today’s media-rich world.

Being digitally and media literate goes beyond technical skills—it involves understanding how media and technology shape our perspectives, influence decisions, and impact our communities.

Empowering Families and Educators in a Digital World.

Why It Matters

In our constantly connected lives, digital literacy helps:
Protect children from misinformation and online dangers
Support healthy screen habits
Encourage critical thinking and responsible technology use

✨ Digital Literacy Lesson of the Week ✨ Screen Time

This week we’re focusing on screen time! 🌐💡

In the lesson Screen Time, young people explore different ways to unplug from social media and build healthier online habits — guided by characters from the award-winning comic The UnCommons.

🎬 3 engaging lessons
💬 Discussion questions
🎯 Fun activities

You will find the lesson Screen Time at The Achievery 👉 https://www.theachievery.com/en/content/unit/screen-time

A powerful way to help students reflect on their digital choices and discover balance in their online lives.

✨ Digital Literacy Lesson of the Week ✨Balance in Life

This week we’re focusing on balance in our lives! 🌐💡

In the lesson Balance In Life, young people learn how to balance their hobbies with responsibilities so they can grow into well-rounded individuals — with guidance from the characters in the award-winning comic The UnCommons.

🎬 3 engaging lessons
💬 Discussion questions
🎯 Fun activities

You will find the lesson Balance In Life at The Achievery 👉 https://www.theachievery.com/en/content/unit/balance-in-life

A meaningful way to help kids reflect on how to manage time, responsibilities, and passions.

✨ Digital Literacy Lesson of the Week ✨Balancing Your Time

This week we are focusing on balancing your time. ⏰💡

In the lesson Your Time, students explore how they spend their time and discover why having a healthy balance between online and offline life is so important. This lesson is created by Cyber Civics.

🎬 3 engaging lessons

💬 Discussion questions

🎯 Fun activities

You will find the lesson Your Time at The Achievery 👉 https://www.theachievery.com/en/content/unit/your-time

A great way to help kids reflect on their habits and make mindful choices about how they use their time.

✨ Digital Literacy Lesson of the Week ✨: Connecting with Balance

This week we’re focusing on finding balance with our digital habits! 🌐💡

In Connecting with Balance: Digital Habits from Common Sense Media, Skylar and Daveed reflect on how their screen time makes them feel and share helpful tips for staying balanced on- and offline.

📺 2 engaging lessons

💬 Discussion questions

🎯 Fun activities

Perfect for sparking conversations about healthy digital habits in the classroom or at home.

👉 Check it out and start building balance today!

You will find the lesson Connecting with Balance: Digital Habits at The Achievery 👉 https://www.theachievery.com/en/content/unit/connecting-with-balance-digital-habits-iste