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Before you use Technology in your Class
Before you use Technology in your Class
(This is part of Digital Citizenship!!)
12 structures to keep kids focused when using the Internet (or technology!) in class
Be careful sharing student photos w/Social Media or Blogs! Here are some Photo Apps for Sharing Classroom Pics that allow you to keep your students' faces private, via Jen Roberts.
Lesson Plans for Digital Citizenship
Lesson Plans for Digital Citizenship
Common Sense Media for Educators Reviews of different sites and apps, digital citizenship curriculum (I’m talking free lesson plans, videos, hand-outs by grade level!). Important resources all-around:
Digital Citizenship Curriculum Scope & Sequence - This is an excellent resource, K-12 with slides and lesson plans. Use it for your class as you start the year!! They are in the process of updating during 2018-19. Gr. 3-5 are now updated and they can be accessed here.
Free Training Training on digital citizenship by grade level! Free, easy PD.
Kahoots on Digital Citizenship topics via Common Sense Media
5 Tips for Helping Students of All Ages Find Credible Online Sources
Site has tips specifically for elementary students.
The video above is a webinar with Beth Holland and Richard Byrne...as a teacher YOU need to know what's ok and what's not so you can share it with your students, especially if you are publishing student work online.
Teaching Students to Legally Use Images Online From Jennifer Gonzalez, a clear guide for how to teach students. Also, scroll down for websites that offer images they can legally use, images without copyright restrictions.
Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers
The Ultimate Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons for Educators
Digital Citizenship for Students
Digital Citizenship for Students
Grades 3-5 Digital Passport Games From Common Sense Media, Learn how to be safe online. 6 games that can be assigned via Google Classroom, or used as is.
Planet Nutshell's Netsafe Videos for K-6 on Cybersafety
How to Teach Digital Citizenship Through Blogging Practical ideas!
The News Literacy Project Includes tools and quizzes
4 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety Each at a different grade level, K-2, 3-5, etc.
PBS Videos to teach Digital Citizenship:
Grades 2-5 "Ruff Ruffman, Humble Media Genius Collection" includes lesson plans & the ability to download the videos.
5 Things Students Should do to Safe and Secure Online
Teaching Students to Avoid Plagarism This includes lessons!
Teaching Parents about Digital Citizenship
Teaching Parents about Digital Citizenship
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy
Be Internet Awesome Google's "Be Safe" curriculum, downloadable + their Interland games which go along with the curriculum.
Learning How to Effectively Search
Searching is a Thinking Skill Also, this PreSearch Checklist from Richard Byrne may help
Vocabulary Lists Could Help Your Students Conduct Better Searches Important for both you & your students to know if you are publishing anything to a website, blog, or social media.
Teaching about "Fake News"
I Taught my 5th Graders How to Spot Fake News. Now They Won’t Stop Fact-Checking Me.
Don't Get Scammed Online Lesson plans and video
Factitious This is a game to test fake vs. real news. Good discussion starter, upper elementary to high school.
Ted-Ed Lesson on spotting problem headlines
Finding Credible News A lesson plan from Common Sense Media: slides, handouts, lesson plan.
Mozilla's Web Literacy lesson plans From "Understanding Credibility" to "Composing for the Web" ... ages 8+, helps students understand how a web page works
Images & Videos without copyright restrictions
Images & Videos without copyright restrictions
(Necessary if you post to anywhere public: a blog, Twitter etc.-and remember, don't post images of your students without parent permission!!)
Pixabay All public domain, don’t need to cite, good images! Easiest if you don't want the hassle of citing resources.
Unsplash Photos All royalty free, you don't have to cite, but are given the option to cite.
Nappy Free photos of people of color!
Photos for Class Includes the citation on the image
Creative Commons Search This is a repository where copyright holders have specifically allowed for certain uses of their work...use but cite, use but don't remix, free to remix, etc.
NASA Images (all public domain)
Internet Archive (videos, images & more)
The Public Domain Review (videos, images & more)
Free Music Downloadable free-to-use music to use in student presentations, videos, etc.
Google Image Search (See image below for how to search for copyright-ok images...)
Search for the item, click on "Images" THEN go to “Tools."
Generally choose “Labeled for noncommercial reuse” unless you plan to change it, then it’s “Labeled for reuse with modification” These are allowed public uses, but must be cited.
YES you can teach citing resources to students! I have done it!!!! Since their own original artwork and writing can be copyrighted, it helps them to understand why citing is necessary.
This page is Part 4 of Technology in the Classroom: Digital citizenship resources - these are for you to learn from and resources you can use to teach digital citizenship.
For more resources check out...
Part 1: EdTech Resources Part 2: Tools for Classroom Management Part 3: Tech Tool Basics
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