Students need to be able to recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living in an interconnected digital world. Join me as I discuss Google resources for teaching digital literacy.
5 modules
self-paced
contains readings, videos, and activities
Upon completion of the course, you’ll find a downloadable Digital Citizenship and Safety Toolkit that you can use to keep students engaged in the topic. If you successfully pass the five quizzes you will receive a Digital Citizenship and Safety Community Educator recognition badge!
The Be Internet Awesome program from Google includes an ISTE aligned curriculum for teachers.
In addition to a robust curriculum for teachers, the program includes Interland, an adventure-packed online game that puts critical lessons into hands-on practice.
My Digital Citizenship Pledge Google Drawing Template
Digital Citizenship Pledge Lesson Plan by Common Sense Media
Google created a series of lesson plans to help you guide your student to use search meaningfully in their school work and beyond. Each topic of lessons is tiered by skill level: beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Have students focus on being kind to one another. With this activity, students write three kind things they will do. Then they design their friendly ghost.
Three Kind Things Google Slide Template
Additional Resources:
Google a Day are short challenges to help students improve their search skills. They include Google Slide decks that you can use.
Put your students' search skills to the test with these trivia challenges.
Google offers a free online course to introduce you to how searching works. It includes methods and strategies to find exactly what you are searching for.
Have you ever Googled yourself? In order to keep an eye on your digital footprint, you should Google yourself on a regular basis. Have your students do it too.
TRY IT - Google Yourself
Google Alerts allows you to monitor your digital footprint. You can set up an alert for your own name and Google will email you if your name pops up on the Internet.
Have students think about what their digital footprint will look like 10 to 15 years from now. Allow them to illustrate their footprint with words, images, or videos.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) can shape students into strong digital citizens by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to protect their own data and reputation and be considerate of others. Below are some resources for SEL that can strengthen digital citizenship.
Digital Citizenship 9 Elements of Progression Chart by Dr. Mike Ribble
Using Google Classroom to Teach Digital Citizenship by Becky Thal