Students have access to digital technologies at school and at home, schools are dealing with ethical and behavioral challenges such as cyberbullying, inappropriate sharing, plagiarism, and more. Participants will learn about how to teach students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in a digital world as access to digital technologies have created a rise in ethical and behavior challenges such as cyberbullying. Participants will learn about the digital media habits of students and how to teach students skills to deal with media through a curriculum developed in partnership with Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay Project at Harvard. Participants will sample lesson activities interactively, discuss how to weave digital citizenship into their curriculum as well as design action plans to become a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified School.
I. Digital Media Landscape
II. Digital Citizenship resources
III. Digital Citizenship interactives
IV. Connecting Families Toolkit
V. How to choose tech tools for the classroom
V. District Vision and Certification
Digital Citizenship Scope and Sequence
Suggested Digital Citizenship Student Instruction Plan
District Planning Matrix