🌐 Digital Citizenship

Helping Students Be Safe, Smart, and Kind Online

At Little Bennett, we’re helping students learn how to navigate the digital world with curiosity, safety, and respect. Here's how we support digital citizenship, and how families can join in from home.

🧠 What We Teach at School

We use lessons from Common Sense Education to cover core digital topics:

• Healthy Habits

• Privacy & Safety

• Digital Footprint & Identity

• Relationships & Communication

• Cyberbullying & Online Harms

• Information and Media Literacy

Each grade learns about digital citizenship at an age-appropriate level during Media Center lessons.

🏡 How Families Can Support at Home

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Common Sense Media for Families

These resources are short, practical, and made for real people (not robots).

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Podcasts and Videos:

Common Sense Media Carpool Conversations- A podcast series that invites family conversation using verbal game prompts for extra fun!

Kids and Tech Video Series- Building Healthy Digital Habits

Digital Connections- Interactive video series designed for grades 6-8

Be sure to check out the Common Sense Media YouTube channel for more helpful resources!

Family Activities:

Looking for something hands-on? These games and toolkits are built for family conversations.

Family Activity Game Cards: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12

Family Tips:

Short tip sheets for tricky topics, organized by age and available in multiple languages.

Additional Family Resources:

Family Tech Planners:

Age 2–8: English | Spanish

Age 9–12: English | Spanish

Age 13+: English | Spanish

Family Tech Planners Landing Page: English | Spanish

AI Literacy Toolkit for Families

A family-friendly resource for talking about AI, asking good questions, and building understanding at home.

A Parent's Guide to AI Advocacy in Education:

AI is a tool, not a replacement for thinking. These short resources can help families know what to ask, what to watch for, and how to stay involved as technology changes how students learn.

English

Spanish

Questions About Apps, Privacy, and Approved Tools?

MCPS reviews digital tools for student use and maintains a database showing whether tools are approved, should be used responsibly, or are prohibited. Families who want to learn more about privacy and how tools are vetted can visit the MCPS Data Privacy and Security page.

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