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Edutopia

Edutopia: Ideas for Digital Citizenship Pbl Projects

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Explore ideas for project-based learning with a focus on digital citizenship skills.
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University of Potomac: Online Etiquette: 14 Netiquette Rules Online Students Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Netiquette guidelines are a set of rules that dictate what tasteful and respectful online behavior is. How to speak respectfully without taking part in disrespect or bullying is among the main reasons why we need these rules. These rules...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Super Digital Citizen: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore what it means to be responsible and respectful to their offline and online communities as a step toward learning how to be good digital citizens. Students create digital superheroes who exhibit exemplary attributes and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that discusses nine elements of digital citizenship, including Access, Commerce, Communication, Literacy, Etiquette, Law, Rights and Responsibilities, Health and Wellness, and Security.
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Digital Citizenship: Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. This website provides nine themes of Digitial Citizenship.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Digital Citizenship: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will establish group norms to create a positive online community that promotes responsible and respectful digital behavior within their classroom. Requires free membership.
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Kings Canyon Unified School District: Digital Citizenship Lesson [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A instructional activity script to use with students before viewing a 5-minute video called Faux Paw's Adventures on the Internet, and for reviewing the rules of Internet safety after watching the video. The video can be found on Youtube...
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Elk Grove Unified School District: Digital Citizenship: Digital Footprint

For Students 6th - 8th
A digital footprint is all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally. Filling out a form, leaving a blog comment, updating your status, checking into a location,...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Rings of Responsibility: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore what it means to take on responsibilities in both their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital citizens. Students sit in circles, which depict the "Rings of Responsibility," in...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Follow the Digital Trail: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars learn that the information they put online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." This trail can be big or small, helpful or hurtful, depending on how they manage it. Free membership required.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: How to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn ways in which teachers can impart internet safety skills to young students.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Social Media Guidelines

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read about the ways in which educators can create social media guidelines that work to keep students safe.
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Kids' Turn Central: Netiquette: Minding Your P's and Q's Online in Chat Rooms

For Students 3rd - 8th
An article with general tips on how to behave when participating in online chat rooms.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Human Toll

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Depression took a terrible toll on individuals and families. Read about the massive unemployment, ways people tried to survive, and the subtle change in people's attitudes toward the role of government in helping its citizens.
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Digital History

Digital History: Years of Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
It's not surprising the United States would have challenges in its first years. Read about the problems with foreign countries, its own citizens who resisted taxes, and dealings with Native Americans.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: That's Private!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. By helping a Digital Citizen sign up for a new app, 2nd graders learn about the kinds of information they should keep to themselves when...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: We Are Civil Communicators

For Teachers 11th - 12th
When we talk about our personal beliefs and politics, passions can run high -- especially when we're online. These intense moments can often lead to tit-for-tat insults, or worse. But, if addressed calmly and coolly, they can be an...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: The Change You Want to See

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Research shows that happiness in life is less about what you do and more about why you do it. When your actions have purpose, they lead to positive results -- both for you and the world. Help learners use the power of the internet to...
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Digital History

Digital History: World War I on the Home Front

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the extent of anti-German and anti-Italian sentiment in the United States, sentiment against American citizens, in World War I. See how German culture was suppressed throughout the country.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson Plan: Powerful Passwords

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn the benefits of using passwords and then play a board game to discover some strategies for creating and keeping secure passwords. Requires free membership.
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 6. Cyber Safety

For Students 3rd - 5th
This learning module is made up of nine quests organized into sets of three. In the first set, students learn how to protect themselves online. In the second, they go through three simulations/games to learn how to protect their...
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BBC

Bbc: Week of 7 21 14: French Blogger Fined Over Review's Google Search Placing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the lawsuit against a blogger and why both Google and the judge in the case have found fault with the blogger's actions.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Anti Social Media: Spirit Day: Educators and Parents: Cyberbullying

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Learn how educators and parents join together on Spirit Day to prevent online bullying of LGBT youth.

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