Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Week - 3rd Week of October

If you need any help or support, please let me know. I find the Common Sense Media lessons work well.

For your information, we are starting to see a terminology change in Alberta and I believe by next year, 'Digital Citizenship' will be referred to as 'Digital Literacy'

Thank you! Christina :-)

Lessons and Curriculum

Click here and can be printed for your class. An idea could be for students to create a positive digital footprint. At the end of the lesson students will be given a blank copy of a footprint and they will draw or write what online information they want connected to them in 10-15 years from now. https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1dZCSOzau8RHXEwn-BZtC6IINxs3sIlcQCyPnjc_ye4M/edit?usp=sharing (BYOD or to print off this link will work as well)

Online Games and Interactive Activities for Students

https://www.commonsense.org/education/student-interactives Grade 3-9, Online Games and Interactives. Take a look to make sure they work and are right for your grade level.

https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en/interland - Grade 4 to 6, Digital Citizenship Online Google Game Uses on Chromebooks, BYOD, or in the lab. Could be appropriate for younger if paired with an older class.

Discussion Videos Headstart to Grade 3

Always preview videos to make sure that they are right for your class.

What should you do if you see something weird on the internet? Let's watch this child to see if she makes the right choice.

Discussion Videos Grade 4-6

Always check videos to ensure they are appropriate for your class.

Discussion Videos Grade 7-9

Make sure to view videos to ensure they are appropriate for your students.

Assignment idea may be to watch a video and then choose a digitial safety message to create their own digital safety video. Can use platforms on their devices such as WeVideo, Screencastify, or Adobe Spark Video.

Note for Internet Safety Tips for Teens - Helpful and Funny: Up to 3 min was appropriate content. The rest of the video please view and see if it matches your program of studies for your grade level. Grade 9 it may be appropriate...not sure about younger.

Fake websites to teach students the importance of credibility/evaluating website search results/check facts with a second source.

All About Explorers

This beautifully designed website seems like the perfect place for elementary and middle school students to find information about famous explorers. With many of the world’s most famous explorers featured, this site is easy for students to navigate, includes lesson plans for teachers, and information about the authors.

The giveaway? All About Explorers’ mission is to teach students to check their facts with a second source, so the site is riddled with tons of incorrect information. It states that, “Christopher Columbus was born in 1951 in Sydney, Australia.” and that Juan Ponce de Leon, “was hired by Revlon, a cosmetic company, to search for the Fountain of Youth (a body of water that would enable you to look young forever).”

In addition to incorrect information about the explorers, the biographies about the authors contain numerous inaccuracies. Their chief researcher worked at the University of Demiglace-on-Seine, which isn’t a real school and it states that the webmaster has, “visited six of the seven major continents and a few minor ones as well.”


Help Save the Endangered Tree Octopus from Extinction

Probably the toughest website to catch as a fake, the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus site is beautifully designed, all links work, and the author’s information is available with a link to his regularly updated blog. There is even an online store where readers can purchase mugs, shirts, and stickers, all displaying images of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!

The giveaway? A quick search of the affiliated school, “Kelvnic University,” and the “Wild Haggis Conservation Society,” brings up quite a few websites that state them as fake. In addition, the author states that sasquatch is a natural predator to the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.

Parent Resources

http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/guides/digital-citizenship-guide.pdf - Government of Alberta - Digital Citizenship Parent Guide. (I will be handing these out at the parent meeting)

Other Links and Resources