Digital+Citizenship+Resources

** Here are several DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP RESOURCES to help you in teaching Digital Citizenship: **
With the amount of technology in our classrooms this is the time we need to teach ourselves and our students how to effectively and responsibly use these tools. We have a great opportunity to help our students learn what it means to live in a society so heavily involved in technology. Now is the perfect time to discuss digital responsibility, safety and citizenship with students.

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Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum on from ** [|Common Sense Media] ** The website offers more than 20 videos from 2 – 4 minutes to use in conjunction with their lesson plans and printable curriculum. You are able to download colorful posters to remind your students about digital citizenship and device care and maintenance.

Post a __[|digital citizenship poster]__ in your classroom, school office, or hallway.

Teach a 45-minute digital citizenship lesson to students. If you’re just getting started, we suggest these foundational lessons:

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Edutopia.org offers ten (10) short videos explaining digital citizenship and why it is important.

[|BrainPOP’s digital citizenship spotlight] touches on issues including online safety, cyberbullying, plagiarism, information privacy, and more.

Livebinders on Digital Citizenship Resources such as ** [|Helping Students to Manage their Digital Footprint.] **

Having students create Digital Citizenship posters on edu.glogster.com such as this one on ** [|Be Smart Online] ****. **

__[|NetSmartzKids]__ a program of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, offers digital citizenship and online safety resources.

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Have students read this guide to online [|Matters Manner], arranged in an infographic that can help students learn more about how their online actions impact them now and in the future. Then have them submit their own Do and Don’t. =====

A [|Simple Guide] to all that teachers need to know about Digital Citizenship with more resources.
A good [|Digital Citizenship Resource] for teachers. Digital Citizenship resource is prepared by the Australia Department of Education and is available for free under a Creative Commons Attribution. It includes games, learning activities, videos and teacher lessons.