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CommonSense Education's Complete K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Because promoting digital citizenship is important throughout the year, CommonSense offers a free, comprehensive, K-12 curriculum. These lessons cover timely topics that empower students to take ownership of their digital lives. Presentation slide decks, videos, bilingual materials, and customizable resources are available to support these lessons, which cover the following topics:
-Media Balance & Well-Being;
-Privacy & Security;
-Digital Footprint & Identity;
-Relationships & Communication;
-Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, & Hate Speech; and,
-News & Media Literacy.
Be sure to explore the content available for your grade span.
Access the free CommonSense Classroom Posters!
Check out these ready-made plans from CommonSense Education! You can try a quick 15-minute activity, or extend students' learning with a full lesson from the Common Sense curriculum.
Additional Noteworthy Resources
Additional Noteworthy Resources
Media Center Picture Book List: Check out your School's Media Collection
Digital Citizenship Choice Board
BrainPop Digital Citizenship Collection
DigCitCommit. Explore these curated resources that support the Digital Citizenship competencies of being inclusive, informed, engaged, balanced, and alert.
Google's Be Internet Awesome curriculum gives educators the tools and methods they need to teach digital safety fundamentals. The materials include lesson plans for the five topics, with activities and worksheets that were designed to complement the Interland online adventure game (geared more for grades 2-6).
Holly Clark of Infused Classroom writes about getting students to think about their digital interactions and being kind online. She includes a customizable Hyperdoc Exploratory Set to use in the classroom to learn about digital citizenship and practice making kind comments and replies while working online.
Dr. Kristen Mattson of Educating Digital Citizens offers a free "Would you Rather?" game to download and play with students. This game is a great way to get to know your digital citizens. The cards include 50 "Would you Rather" prompts that are sure to ignite interesting discussions about topics and skills crucial to digital citizenship and online safety.
Video Gallery
Video Gallery
A quick YouTube search yields numerous videos that will effectively supplement any digital citizenship curriculum! This content will help you keep these important topics current and relevant throughout the school year. Be sure to check out the channels listed below and take advantage of teachable moments each week that will nurture your students' digital citizenship skills. Just like reading and writing, these are skills they will need for a lifetime!
Common Sense Education
Crash Course (particularly the Navigating Digital Information and Media Literacy playlists)
NetSmartz
Planet Nutshell's NetSafe Episodes
Above the Noise (Search Social Media/Internet Safety/Tech)
The suggested videos in the gallery below are an excellent place to start. Click the "Watch on YouTube" button or the YouTube icon in the bottom right corner to view full screen
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