Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Digital Citizenship
Virtual learning resource on rights and responsibilities as consumers and producers of digital media and the internet. Click through the pages for more information. Includes handouts, audio, downlodable resources, assessment and activities.
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Kings Canyon Unified School District: Digital Citizenship Lesson [Pdf]
A lesson script to use with learners 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 by searching...
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier
Explore the wide-ranging impact that living digitally is having on people's lives every day, and the far-reaching implications this has for society, relationships, how war is waged, our health, education, and what the future holds....
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Albury Local Internet: Internet Netiquette
A list of general do's and don'ts for Internet etiquette for e-mail and chat.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Digital Citizenship: Grades 3 5
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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Elk Grove Unified School District: Digital Citizenship: Digital Footprint
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,...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?
[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...
Google
Google: Be Internet Awesome: Interland
Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with Interland, an online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games. Play your way to being an Internet Legend!
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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.
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Digital Citizenship: Acceptable Technology
The Acceptable Use Policy is used in schools to help govern how technology and the Internet are used within the classroom. It is an agreement that is signed by both the parents and the student stating that they will follow the rules set...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Rings of Responsibility: Grades 3 5
Students 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 order to...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Follow the Digital Trail: K 2
Students 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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating a Safe Persona on the Internet
Contains plans for five lessons that explore naming conventions and safety on the internet. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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B4 U Surf: Cyber Safety Glossary
The Cyber Safety Glossary provides useful information to educate you about illegal, fraudulent schemes and how to avoid them.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Important Information About Internet Safety for Your Child
A one-page informational flyer for parents to understand internet safety for their children.
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Wise Kids: Online Safety Tips for Kids
A good list of rules to govern your Internet use, with explanations for each. It also includes an Internet Safety Agreement that covers the same rules and that teachers or parents can print out and ask students to sign.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Online Safety: It Starts With You [Pdf]
More and more, kids are using the internet for amazing things like research, entertainment, to connect with friends, and more. But without clear guidelines, the digital world can be a tough place to navigate. These lessons are designed...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: The Power of Digital Footprints
Our digital footprints can impact our future. What others find about us online shapes how they see us or feel about us. Help your students learn about their digital footprint and the steps they can take to shape what others find and see...
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A Thin Line: Digital Rights Project
Find out about MTV's Digital Rights Project, "A Thin Line." Look for details about digital safety and security, impact of digital disrespect, cyberbullying, sexting, etc.
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: Privacy Pirates
Sail away on the open seas in order to protect your online privacy from the privacy pirates. This animated game helps students become responsible digital citizens as they learn how to keep their personal information secure.
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Think U Know: Cyber Cafe
The Cyber Cafe from Think U Know offers a safe and interactive environment for students to learn and practice responsible digital citizenship. Learn how to safely use email, social media, and search the web.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Pause and Think
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics, poster, coloring book, and resources for...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: That's Private!
[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...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Growing Up Online
Information and analysis on the practices and habits of children and teens who live their lives online. Focus is on teen culture in the digital age and on how online media have intensified fears of the dangerous dimensions of adolescence.