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Digital citizenship is essential for students to gain the knowledge and critical thinking skills to not only engage responsibly in civic life, but also to effectively search for and evaluate any kind of information found online, and to learn how to navigate their digital lives safely. We've collected all sorts of engaging digital curriculum and resources below.
The nine elements of digital citizenship (from Mike Ribble and ISTE):
Digital access
Digital etiquette
Digital law
Digital communication
Digital literacy
Digital commerce
Digital rights and responsibilities
Digital safety and security
Digital health and wellness
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Be Internet Awesome - Google's digital citizenship curriculum for grades 3-5
Common Sense Education - Find digital citizenship lesson plans for grades K-12 (free account required)
Digital Citizen Curriculum - A K-6 digital citizen curriculum from the Iowa City Community School District
Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety - Digital literacy curriculum for grades 6-9 (free account required)
Teaching Digital Citizenship Through an Inquiry Lens - NYCDOE Dept. of Library Services curriculum and video
Media & News Literacy/Civics
Media & News Literacy/Civics
Civics in Digital Life - Lesson plans and activities about civic agency and engagement for grades 8-12
Civic Online Reasoning - Curriculum from the wonderful Stanford History Education Group to help students learn to evaluate online content
Media Literacy Now - A wealth of websites and resources to aid in the teaching of media literacy for all grade levels
NewseumEd - Free resources, activities, and lessons for teaching news and media literacy
PBS News and Media Literacy Collection - videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families that help students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources
News Literacy Project
News Literacy Project
Checkology - Engaging interactive lessons that teach students how to identify credible information and develop news and media literacy (free account required)
Resource Library - News literacy lesson plans, classroom activities, posters and infographics, quizzes, and more
Games
Games
BBC iReporter - Students play the role of journalist and learn about the importance of accuracy and integrity in journalism
Harmony Square - Students learn how social media can be used to mislead people and disrupt social harmony
Interland - Adventure game that teaches Google's Be Internet Awesome digital safety curriculum to kids
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