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D202 Instructional Technology Coaches are so excited to support teachers throughout the district as we roll out of digital citizenship curriculum. We will use the lessons available from Common Sense for the majority of the lessons. Teachers will need to create an account to access all of the lesson resources. Please see these directions if you need help doing so. Please remember that the ITCs are happy to help you!!
As you are thinking about next year, why not consider using the Digital Citizenship resources from Book Creator!! Book Creator paired up with Common Sense Media to create remixable books for K-12 that your students can use to learn about #DigCit. Click on the books to preview them! Check out more info on the Book Creator blog!
In this video, ISTE CEO and author of "Digital for Good" makes the case that we should focus on what students should do and not what they should not do.
Evaluate Your Digital Literacy Skills
Dell and ISTE partnered to create a questionnaire to help you evaluate your own skills in digital literacy. You will be able to find out which skills you have and which skills could use development. You'll also have access to resources to help you! To take the questionnaire, head to the Digital Skills for a Global Society website and click "Begin your digital journey." Share your results with the ITCs by tagging @d202ITC on Twitter!
You may have completed the Dell and ISTE digital literacy self-evaluation and you may be wondering where to even start with digital citizenship and digital literacy. Let’s first get a few definitions out of the way:
Digital literacy: individuals that are “digitally literate” can locate relevant and reliable information, evaluate the reliability of sources, interpret the meaning of information, express ideas through creation, responsibly and safely communicate with others, and navigate digital spaces (Digital Skills for a Global Society).
Digital citizenship: individuals that are “good” digital citizens have strengths in these 5 competencies (as shown in the poster here): inclusive, informed, engaged, balanced, and alert (ISTE).
Can you see overlap between the two definitions? Generally, digital literacy is seen as being under the digital citizenship umbrella. In the next few weeks, we will dive into each of the 5 competencies of digital citizenship with resources that show how to help our students (and ourselves) good digital citizens.
In a October 2022 ISTE blog post, author Shannon McClintock Miller identified several resources in “5 Awesome Resources for Learning About Digital Citizenship.” Here are a few resources from the article to explore:
Common Sense Media: free lessons for K-12 classrooms.
The lessons focus on 6 areas of digital citizenship: Media Balance & Well-Being, Privacy & Security, Digital Footprint & Identity, Relationships & Communication, Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech, and News & Media Literacy.
Lessons include teacher guides, student activities, parent letters, and many resources are also available in Spanish.
Nearpod teamed up with Common Sense Media to create Nearpod activities ready to be used!
Be Internet Awesome (from Google): free lessons for 2-6 classrooms
Lessons include 5 topics: Be Internet Smart, Be Internet Alert, Be Internet Strong, Be Internet Kind, and Be Internet Brave.
Lessons include teacher guides, student activities (in both Spanish and English), offline lessons, and posters. Students can also play a game called Interland!
Pear Deck teamed up with Google to create Pear Deck slides ready to be used (don’t forget that District 202 provides Premium Pear Deck licenses to every teacher in the district)!