Curated OER
Hate 2.0
Combat hate online by bringing it into the light. Begin by giving learners a quiz, then lead a discussion based on the issues the quiz brought up. As a class, develop strategies to confront online hate. Assign different venues to groups...
Curated Video
What Makes YouTube Unique
Start off a unit on YouTube with an introduction to the service and all that it offers. Learners watch various video clips before participating in a brief discussion about YouTube. The plan includes an activity based around...
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Common Sense Media: The Power of Words [Pdf]
Students consider that while they are enjoying their favorite websites they may encounter messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. They explore ways to handle cyberbullying and how to respond in the...
Other
Wosu Public Media: Are You Digi Fit?: Choose to Be Positive With Others Online
This instructional activity teaches children how to behave appropriately when interacting with others online. They are guided in understanding how their words can be perceived by others online and how to deal with an online bully....
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Wosu Public Media: Are You Digi Fit?: Who Are You Online? [Pdf]
This is a brief K-4 lesson summary that links to a Common Sense Media slideshow. It looks at what a digital footprint is and how it can be positive or negative and influence how people see you now or in the future. The slideshow can be...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Pause and Think
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, the Digital Citizens teach young scholars how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics, poster, coloring book, and...
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Ryerson University: Cyber Respect and Online Kindness: Cyberbullying [Pdf]
This resource contains information about cyberbullying, and offers guidance on how to report it and navigate it with cyber respect and online kindness.
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Albion.com: Netiquette Home Page
A thorough netiquette guide to keep you from social communication blunders in your email messages. Includes a quiz.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Global Citizens: Myrindah's Page
Through links all over the globe, we will create a new sense of global citizens who have pride in this beautiful planet and tolerance of all people.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Putting a Stop to Online Meanness
[Free Registration/Login Required] The internet is filled with all kinds of interesting people, but sometimes, some of them can be mean to each other. With this role play, help your students understand why it's often easier to be mean...
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University of Florida
University of Florida: Netiquette Guide for Online Courses [Pdf]
This guide provides tips for how to behave during an online course and just in general when you communicate through the Internet. It looks at password protection, online communication, email, and message boards.
Microsoft
Microsoft: New Microsoft Data Shows Improved Civility Online, Driven by Teens
The global Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) improved in 2020, bouncing back from its lowest reading in four years, even as Covid-19 upended the world. A feeling of solidarity during the pandemic among people in some regions, as...
Microsoft
Microsoft: Safer Internet Day 2021: Closing the Digital Civility Divide
Microsoft's annual Digital Civility Index (DCI) measures teens' and adults' exposure to online risks. This article reports on findings for Asia-Pacific countries.(Published February 9, 2021)
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Kids' Turn Central: Netiquette: Minding Your P's and Q's Online in Chat Rooms
An article with general tips on how to behave when participating in online chat rooms.