Digital Citizenship

  • Digital citizenship is a holistic and positive approach to helping students learn how to be safe and secure, as well as smart and effective participants in a digital world. This video explains the importance of digital citizenship education and offers advice on helping students manage their digital lives.
  • six core topics

  • Digital Citizenship Core Intersections

  • 458 minutes – that’s how much time the average teen spends using media each day. This video explores how students can practice good digital citizenship skills all 458 minutes they’re online. Challenges your students to be smart and effective participants in the digital world!  

The time students use social media is increasing dramatically.

The example of digital dilemma

Resources for teaching digital citizenship

Resources for teaching digital citizenship

Resources for teaching digital citizenship (UK)

Useful documents:

common_sense_education_digital_citizenship_research_backgrounder common_sense_family_media_agreement document-digital-citizenship-curriculum-overview-2 engagingfamiliesdigcit_implementationguide Google_BeInternetAwesome_Pledge InCtrl_LivinginaDigitalWorldLesson instructional_models_for_digital_citizenship_doc_2020_1 We, the Digital Citizens | Common Sense Education

References:

Mendoza, K. (2020, October 12). Quick Digital Citizenship Activities for K–5 Distance Learning. Common Sense Education. https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/quick-digital-citizenship-activities-for-k-5-distance-learning

SOUTH WEST GRID FOR LEARNIN. (2015). SWGfL Digital Literacy – Home. SWGfL Digital Literacy. https://digital-literacy.org.uk

TechInCtrl. (2019, March 28). Digital Citizenship. InCtrl. https://teachinctrl.org/digital-citizenship/

TechInCtrl. (2021, February 24). Teaching Key Digital Citizenship Concepts to Children. InCtrl. https://teachinctrl.org