Digital Citizenship
There are lots of digital citizenship resources available. The two biggest and most complete providers seem to be Google and Common Sense Education. Best practice suggests that instead of cocooning students, we teach them to be good at digital citizenship, confident and competent in 17 areas: digital citizenship, digital commerce, digital communication, digital footprint , digital law—plagiarism, copyrights, fair use, public domain, digital privacy, digital rights and responsibilities, digital search/research, fair use/public domain, image copyrights, internet safety, netiquette, online plagiarism, passwords, social media and stranger danger.
Common Sense Education Digital Citizenship
All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. The Common Sense Education Digital Citizenship Curriculum: addresses top concerns for schools, prepares students with critical 21st-century skills, supports educators with training and recognition, engages the whole community through family outreach.
www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship#digcit-program
Be Internet Awesome + Interland
The Be Internet Awesome curriculum gives educators the tools and methods they need to teach digital safety fundamentals. The materials developed by Google enable educators to bring the most critical teachings—and the excitement of Interland, a complementary interactive game—into the classroom.
Included in the curriculum are lesson plans for the five topics, with activities and worksheets that were designed to complement Interland.
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/educators
Media Smarts
MediaSmarts’ website, home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of digital and media literacy resources.
