Digital Citizenship

Title of Project: Digital Citizenship

Schools and Teachers

East Islip Middle School Teacher: Pamela Solomon, Meredith Salijoski, and Stephanie Hauser

ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology

Entering, Emerging, Transitioning, Expanding | Stand-Alone | 7R4/8R4, 7W4/8W4, 7SL5/8SL5 | Nearpod, Flipgrid, Flocabulary

Assessments

Teachers keep ongoing checklists to monitor student progress. This is noted as a form of formative and summative assessments that will direct future learning goals.

Several student self-assessments are embedded throughout the lesson in the form of brainstorming, embedded questions, collaborative boards and creating a mixtape.

Additional methods of formative and summative assessments are given in the way of open-ended questions.

Description

Digital Citizenship is an important concept for all students. Our objectives included understanding how to be a good digital citizen, discussing strategies to prevent cyberbullying, and identifying ways to protect yourself in the online world. Our students participated in various activities to provide background knowledge about this essential concept.

Content

I can reflect on the importance of digital citizenship and create a skit with peers.

Language

I can utilize new vocabulary in well developed and grammatical sentences.

Technology

I can effectively integrate technology including Nearpod, Flipgrid and Flocabulary to convey good Digital Citizenship strategies.

Procedure

Students were fully engaged throughout this lesson as the topic of Digital Citizenship was explored and discussed. Concepts such as oversharing information, creating appropriate posts and online safety were class topics. Students shared personal anecdotes and several risky scenarios were posed to the students in order to problem solve the appropriate responses. The lesson duration was about 5 class periods. Scaffolds included a translated Nearpod and use of translated closed captions on videos for Entering students. When developing skits for Digital Citizenship, I created groups that would work cohesively to accomplish their task. All students had a job when writing the skit and all students had roles in the skits. The skits were recorded on FlipGrid and made into a Mixtape. As an exit ticket, students participated in a Jamboard Quick write to review the importance of Digital Citizenship.

Resources and Other Materials

  • Nearpod

  • Flipgrid

  • Youtube

  • Flocabulary

  • Common Sense Education

Reflection

This activity offered several opportunities for self reflection. Through the many examples of technology and the impact on people today, students were able to draw conclusions and make connections. Students enjoyed working in groups to brainstorm and create an original skit that exemplifies the reality of social media and its effect on students today.