Digital Citizenship

Leataata Floyd ~ March 3, 2016

Objectives: Teacher will:

• become familiar with resources for helping student become good digital citizens
• decide how to best work with students on the various DC topics so that all of them have been presented. 
• consider ways to incorporate DC curriculum as part of an academic lesson.
• create a plan for Digital Citizenship curriculum delivery.

Next steps:

• Incorporate Digital Citizenship topics into school curriculum.

Follow-up suggestions:

• School sets a schedule for the delivery of the DC curriculum.

• Teachers investigate other DC tools by searching the S2H database

• Additional PD on this topic

Resource List

Commonsense Media

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/erate-teachers

One of the richest, most well organized sites around all issues of media and its relationship to children.  Has resources for teachers, parents, students.  Well-constructed lessons.

Digital Bytes (geared at 13 year olds and up)

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/digital-bytes

State of California Resources from the State Justice Dept.

http://oag.ca.gov/cybersafety/children/educators

Clearly organized and rocking list of resources, research and curricula

Stop Bullying  --  http://stopbullying.gov/       http://espanol.stopbullying.gov/

Federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Very nice summary of state laws around bullying, an app for smartphones, 38 videos (many cartoon based), several print resources for download, good resource list.

Youth Privacy from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada https://www.priv.gc.ca/youth-jeunes/index_e.asp

Yes, Canada has a whole government office devoted to privacy. Has a graphic novel about teen privacy. Tools, videos, lesson plans.

School2Home

Cybersafety resources for parents,students,administrators and teachers.  

Check out the Password Rap in teacher resources.

Actual Text of Chavez AB 307 (2006) -http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_307_bill_20060918_chaptered.html

NSTeens.org - Making Safer Choices Online

A student site with games, videos, activities that make good points in a non-preachy way.

Not In Our Town http://www.niot.org/nios

English and Spanish Resources - Not specifically about internet safety but about intolerance that leads to cyber bullying

Building Intentional Communities http://buildingintentionalcommunities.com/

This is a commercial site that wants to see you buy their training program but they have an excellent free resource list that can offer many conversation starters and ideas.  Not specifically built around cyber bullying but the root causes.  

Resource List

Copyright

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Teaching Copyright  http://www.teachingcopyright.or

Copyright Quiz:  http://www.copyrightkids.org/quizframes.htm

Tech&Learning articles: http://techlearning.com/search/copyright/match/

“Copyright Flowchart: Can I Use It? Yes? No? If This… Then…,” by Silvia Tolisano, 7/18/14 http://techlearning.com/default.aspx?tabid=100&entryid=7927

“Kindergarten Copyright,” by Rosemary Shaw. T&L 2003 http://techlearning.com/news/0002/kindergarten-copyright/56088

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org

Licenses:  http://creativecommons.org/choose/

“Fighting Plagiarism,” by Jamie McKenzie, May, 2013 http://fno.org/may2013/plagiarism.html

“Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers,” by RobertHarris, updated 12/30/13  http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm

“Teachers Should Know Copyright from Wrong,” by Star Lawrence, March, 2008 http://www.edutopia.org/copyright-rules-teacher

Cyber Smart:  http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/cybersmart-citizens.aspx

Cyber wise: LAUSD Middle School resources

Module 7: Digital Citizenship