Digital Citizenship Basics
Digital citizenship and internet safety are important aspects to be considered in today's digital and inter-connected online world. Ideas such as privacy and security online, digital footprint, media literacy, cyberbullying, and media balance are all important to consider.
With students working online now more than ever in distance learning, digital citizenship is even more valuable to be discussed in the classroom and at home.
The anchor standard for digital citizenship states: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
Resources
Tips for Managing Technology at Home.pdfThe document above provides tips for supporting managing student devices when at home. These tips include things like setting time limits and checking files.
Digital Citizenship Families.pdfThe document above includes links to digital citizenship resources geared toward families to support discussions, activities, and information on digital citizenship and internet safety topics like media balance and cyberbullying.
Setting Up Parental Controls.pdfThe document above includes information for setting up parental controls with a variety of internet providers. Parental controls can be excellent supports for managing technology use at home.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media is an organization that provides reviews and articles for parents and families on a variety of digital topics. They review movies, TV shows, games and apps for parents and share articles on digital citizenship and issues like screen time and digital well being. Common Sense Media also has an extensive K-12 digital citizenship curriculum that we use in our district.
Click on the link above to access Common Sense Media's website for parents. There are many great resources within the Common Sense Media parent site including a Back to School Guide.
Click on the link above to access Common Sense Media's Family Tech Planners to help structure conversations around positive and productive screen time and technology use. The planners are geared toward specific age groups and help with conversations and reflections about technology.
Be Internet Awesome
Be Internet Awesome is Google's digital citizenship and internet safety program. It includes a full curriculum as well as online games that accompany the program called Interland. Be Internet Awesome has a full site for families that can be accessed by clicking on the following link: Be Internet Awesome Families. The family page includes specific activities that families can do at home and resources for internet safety and tools for the home.
Click on the link above to open the Be Internet Awesome Family Guide which gives families the tools and resources to learn about online safety and citizenship at home. Google created this guide for families to make it easier to incorporate and practice good digital habits in your everyday lives.
Google has created a guide to help support parents and guardians prepare their student(s) for safe and responsible use of YouTube. Click on the link above to open the guide with tools, tips, and conversation starters for families. Then watch their Pro Tips playlist with YouTube Creators at the following link: Family YouTube Pro Tips
Click on the link above to access Google's conversation guide to help families tackle the tough tech questions and navigate the digital world together.
Click on the link above for five quick tips for each pillar of our Internet Code of Awesome to help students be safe, smart and positive online.
This video walks through the Be Internet Awesome website, resources, and the Interland games.
This video shares what Be Internet Awesome is all about and why it is important.
This video introduces Interland and the Internauts as well as the games students can play in Be Internet Awesome.