CCSS and Digital Citizenship

Videos from Teaching Channel -- CCSS and Digital Citizenship Aligned

Creating a Snapshot of Digital Media Use

Students log their media use to get a snapshot of the role of media in their lives. They then illustrate their media use, learning how to present data visually to enhance understanding.

Using Critical Thinking to Find Trustworthy Websites

Students learn how to evaluate the trustworthiness and usefulness of informational websites. Evaluate the text to assess the validity of the reasoning and the relevance of the evidence.

Understanding "Fair Use" in a Digital World

The teacher helps students analyze video remixes to judge whether or not they fall under fair use. Students learn complex concepts to evaluate visual content and present supporting evidence.

Cyberbullying: What’s Crossing the Line?

Students learn to analyze case studies and determine whether cyberbullying is taking place. They learn skills including evaluating a speaker’s point of view and reasoning, and presenting information orally.

Improving Research Skills with Effective Keywords

The teacher helps students understand how different keywords produce different search results. Students learn how to select effective keywords to answer a research question, and test those keywords in online searches.

Online Talk: What’s Safe and What’s Risky?

Students learn about communicating with strangers online and judge the riskiness of different situations. This helps them learn how to make inferences from text and apply visual metaphors for understanding.

Exploring the Concept of Online Privacy

Students learn concepts of online privacy and analyze website privacy policies to understand how companies can use their private information. Students learn vocabulary and how to evaluate a complex text.

Understanding the Impact of Digital Footprints

The students learn about digital footprints by analyzing different social networking profiles and making inferences about how different audiences might interpret them. Students learn how to analyze the text, present an argument, and evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of using social media to present oneself to the world.

The Good and Bad of Using Different Online Personas

Students read several case studies to make inferences about whether playing with identity online is harmful or harmless. Students learn to read a text closely, make inferences, analyze details of how characters interact in a text, and draw conclusions.