Our Digital Citizenship Pledge

Title of Project: Our Digital Citizenship Pledge

Schools and Teachers

Wantagh Elementary Teacher: Justine Hernandez and Marisa Evert

ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology

Emerging, Transitioning, Expanding | Stand-Alone | 3L4d, 4w4, 4SL3 | Book Creator

Assessments

Students answered questions in Book Creator regarding their own online activity and Digital Citizenship.

Description

Students learned what it means to be a digital citizen and ways to use the internet appropriately and safely. They analyzed this information to identify their own digital citizenship, and made a pledge to do their best to be good digital citizens.

Content

I can identify and evaluate the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Language

I can use glossaries or beginning dictionaries to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Technology

I can use Book Creator to create a poem, story, play, art work, or other response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience.

Student work

Procedure

Students reviewed the terms community, citizen, norm, and digital to discuss the various digital communities they are part of. Students shared their thoughts on a collaborative Google Slides Presentation. Students then worked together to create pages in Book Creator which discussed their online citizenship.

Resources and Other Materials

  • Google Slides

  • Common Sense Media

  • Book Creator

Reflection

Students LOVED working with Book Creator. The idea of “digital citizenship” was a bit difficult for students to grasp, but after vocabulary review and real-life examples and comparisons they understood better. They were able to see the value in this lesson and demonstrated their knowledge as well as their interest in the topic. We often reflect on this lesson when students share personal experiences from online video games and the like.