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News Literacy Tips, Tools & Quizzes

How news-literate are you? Test and sharpen your news literacy skills with short activities, engaging quizzes and shareable graphics for learners of all ages.  learn more

Teaching Digital Citizenship

InCtrl is a series of free standards-based lessons that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These lessons, for students in grades 4-8, are designed to engage students through inquiry-based…  learn more

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My Digital Life: Discovery Education

Discover multimodal activities that empower your students to explore their curiosity around the topic of digital citizenship. These resources connect learners with content through student-friendly directions, engagement strategies,…  learn more

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Minecraft Education: Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship lesson introduces digital theft, media literacy, sharing and harassment concepts through a series of exciting Minecraft activities Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Week 2024

Mark your calendars, educators! Digital Citizenship Week is set to take place from October 14-18, 2024. This annual event provides an excellent opportunity for teachers to focus on…  learn more

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Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week October 14-18, 2024

Digital Citizenship Week offers numerous benefits by promoting responsible and ethical behavior in the digital realm, educating kids and families about digital literacy and online safety, encouraging digital…  learn more

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Common Sense: Who Are You Online?

What are the benefits and drawbacks of presenting yourself in different ways online? What does it actually mean to "be yourself" or to "be "real"? Those are deep…  learn more

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Truth or Trick: Videos and Their Influence

Videos have a way of grabbing your attention, but have you ever considered who's behind the video and why they might be posting it?  In this lesson, students…  learn more

Common Sense: Are Deepfake Videos a Threat to Democracy?

Every day, teens engage with countless images and videos that have been edited or digitally altered. From simple Snapchat filters to short, lighthearted, or ironic TikTok videos, it's clear that young people…  learn more

Media Literacy Week Teachers’ Hub

This space is designed to provide you with lessons and resources for you to use during Media Literacy Week, brought to you by MediaSmarts and supported by the…  learn more

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Media Literacy Week: Digital Citizen Day

What is Digital Citizen Day? Digital Citizen Dayis an annual event encouraging everyone to engage and share responsibly in our digital world.  If you’re online, you’re a digital…  learn more

Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship: Lesson Plans and Resources

In our digital age, it’s important that we teach our students the ins and outs of media literacy. That’s why we’ve put together this collection of resources for…  learn more

Digital Citizenship for Kids

Basically, digital citizenship is about teaching young people how to act responsibly online. In today’s digital age, students have a heap of information at their fingertips, and with…  learn more

How to Teach Digital Citizenship in Kindergarten

Students learn how to live in the digital world of internet websites, copy-righted images, and virtual friends who may be something different. There are several great programs available…  learn more

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NetsmartzKids: Be Safer Online!

The NetSmartz program offers age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians,…  learn more

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Carnegie Cyber Academy

Welcome to the Carnegie Cyber Academy, the most prestigious cyber defense training facility in the world. My name is Commander Omni. I am the school's dean. At the…  learn more

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ISTE: Digital Citizenship Lessons

Help your students become healthy digital citizens with ISTE+ASCD's new Digital Citizenship Lessons! Each of the five Digital Citizenship competencies is explored through learning activities tailored for different…  learn more

Everything You Need to Teach Digital Citizenship

Common Sense: Help students take ownership of their digital lives. All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and…  learn more

Education World: Evaluating Web Sites

Students learn the six criteria for evaluating Web sites and then use those criteria to locate three sites that provide good information and three that do not. Understand…  learn more

Common Sense: News Literacy Lessons to Help Students Understand Election Media

Use these free lesson plans to help students apply media literacy skills in a real-world context. Politics and elections come with a confusing media landscape. But elections, and the…  learn more

ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools

Some edtech uses adaptive learning, which is a form of AI, and facial recognition also qualifies. But generative AI—like writing tools that can create whole essays based on…  learn more

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Google Digital Literacy & Citizenship Curriculum

iKeepSafe is dedicated to the education of families on how to stay safe online. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Google to develop curriculum that educators can use…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Progression Chart

The Progression Chart has been created to organize the Elements of Digital CItizenship and show a path that they can be shared with others.  Please see the Nine…  learn more

TeachersFirst's Digital Citizenship Resources

Explore this Editor's Choice of the best tools to teach digital citizenship found on TeachersFirst. Modeling and helping students to learn about digital citizenship is the responsibility of…  learn more

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Finding Credible News

The web is full of questionable stuff, from rumors and inaccurate information to outright lies and so-called fake news. So how do we help students weed out the…  learn more

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Common Sense: Digital Connections for Educators

Introduce students in grades 6–8 to Digital Connections, an interactive video series created by Common Sense Education in collaboration with AT&T and the Public Library Association. Through the six-part interactive…  learn more

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Privacy Pirates: An Interactive Unit on Online Privacy (Ages 7-9)

This tutorial introduces children, ages 7-9, to the concept of online privacy and teaches them to distinguish between information that is appropriate to give out and information better…  learn more

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Online Safety and Digital Well-Being

Video lessons engage your students in learning how to safely navigate the online world and develop skills for school, work, and life. There are seven topics in this…  learn more

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Make Digital Citizenship about the Do's, not the Don'ts

For far too long, digital citizenship has been taught in a negative way, with a list of things not to do online. But we don’t teach other important…  learn more

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Digital Well-Being Lessons for Grades K–12

Research-based lessons to support students' social-emotional learning and digital well-being. Media and tech have a way of magnifying the stress that young people face on a daily basis.…  learn more

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PBS LearningMedia: Technological Literacy

Technological Literacy examines the knowledge and ability to use technology in a responsible manner. Is it possible that digital piracy is helping the success of Game of Thrones?…  learn more

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Navigating the online world: teaching the elements of digital citizenship to students

Students today are “zoomers,” growing up in a fast-paced world with technology at their fingertips. In fact, it can sometimes be hard to pry the screens away! But…  learn more

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Digital Learning Day 2024

Join the thousands of teachers and students around the globe celebrating the use of digital technology in education for Digital Learning Day on February 15th. 15 lessons in this…  learn more

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"Back-to-School Special: 5 Lessons Kids Need Now" Webinar

The skills kids need to navigate a digital world are vast and varied! Choosing just five is nearly an impossible task. However, if you want to equip your…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship - Instructional Technology

Cy is the cyber security mascot for Deer Park ISD. His job is to share tips with students, staff, and the community on how to be responsible and…  learn more

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News Literacy Classroom Resources

Resource Library. Looking for classroom resources? NLP’s resource library includes lesson plans, classroom activities, posters and infographics, quizzes, training materials and videos for educators teaching news literacy.  learn more

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TOOLKIT FOR DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

The toolkit provides resources for educator use in developing both an understanding of digital citizenship and ideas for implementing into classroom curriculum. It is built to help educators…  learn more

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Common Sense: Is Seeing Believing?

Why do people alter digital photos and videos?  The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered. And it's often hard to tell the…  learn more

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Common Sense: Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Use digital citizenship lesson plans to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives. Browse lessons by grade and topic below, or see…  learn more

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ISTE: Digital Citizenship in Education

Bring Digital Citizenship to the Classroom in Meaningful Ways. Teaching digital well-being doesn’t mean providing students with a list of “don’ts.” It’s about the do’s – modeling and…  learn more

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Best Free Digital Citizenship Sites, Lessons and Activities

Explore the top free sites, lessons, and activities for teaching digital citizenship. More than Generation Z or Generation Alpha, students today may fairly be termed Generation Digital. They've…  learn more

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120+ Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics

Here’s a long list of websites to address Digital Citizenship topics you teach in your classroom.  learn more

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What is a Digital Reputation?

All of the information about you that lives online forms your digital reputation. Pretty much everything you do online—like posting a photo or video, commenting on a post,…  learn more

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DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEEK RESOURCE ROUNDUP

For the past ten years, Digital Citizenship Week, started by Common Sense Media, has taken place the third week in October.  Hopefully, these resources will provide you with…  learn more

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Teaching Students About Digital Footprints and Digital Citizenship

This video is an overview of the "Master The Internet" presentations I teach my middle school students. Part two covers Digital Footprints and Digital Citizenship. This is a…  learn more

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19 Topics to Teach in Digital Citizenship–and How

Start teaching digital citizenship in kindergarten and include it every year through middle school. Select age-appropriate topics and teach them in an age-appropriate way.  learn more

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FIVE FREE, READY-TO-USE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP RESOURCES FOR PK-12 LESSONS

Teaching Digital Citizenship isn’t just for Dig Cit Week so I’ve got a few resources to share with you! Whew. digital citizenship. It’s a biggie. Let me say…  learn more

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SIX WAYS TO PROMOTE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND DEVICE OWNERSHIP

Digital citizenship refers to the responsible and ethical use of technology and the internet. It encompasses the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that individuals need to navigate the digital…  learn more

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Common Sense: Digital Citizenship Week

October 16-20, 2023. This #DigCitWeek, support students' mental health and digital well-being. Growing up has always had its challenges. But for kids today, social media and tech can…  learn more

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Teaching Kids to be Safe and Ethical Online Portal Page

Stay on the Path: Teaching Kids to be Safe and Ethical Online is a series of resources that aims to promote and encourage ethical online behaviours and digital…  learn more

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DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEEK: PRIORITIZE STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH AND DIGITAL WELL-BEING

Digital Citizenship Week is coming up soon, October 16-20, 2023! Common Sense started Digital Citizenship Week to highlight the importance of helping kids, families, and teachers navigate our 24/7 digital…  learn more

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NetSmartz: Free Resources

Download presentations, tip sheets, lesson plans, and other safety resources. NetSmartz is NCMEC's online safety education program. It provides age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children be…  learn more

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Becoming a Good Digital Citizen: Navigating the Online World Ethically

In today's hyper-connected world, being a good digital citizen is as important as being a good citizen in our physical communities. Just as we uphold certain values and…  learn more

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Media Smarts Lesson Plans

MediaSmarts has been developing digital media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Our work falls into three main areas: education, public awareness,…  learn more

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Media Smarts Teacher Resources

Welcome to the MediaSmarts’ website, home to one of the world's most comprehensive collections of digital and media literacy resources. This section is intended to introduce you to…  learn more

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Cyber Civics Student Hub

Let's learn digital literacy skills and stay safe online!  Teachers and students can check out our popular Cyber Civics curriculum at www.cybercivics.com.  learn more

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10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have

Every student should have these basic tech skills in order to be successful during their education and beyond. As technology is now a part of everyday life, it…  learn more

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PBS Learning Media: Digital Citizenship

Technological Literacy examines the knowledge and ability to use technology in a responsible manner. Is it possible that digital piracy is helping the success of Game of Thrones?…  learn more

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Cyberwise

Learn about everything from TikTok to Snapchat on our Learning Hubs,  take a FREE Digital Citizenship Course for Parents or Educators, ask for a Presentation.  Join us for our next Cyberwise Chat! This is the companion…  learn more

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How to Teach Digital Citizenship

Teaching digital citizenship is the job of all educators--here’s how to prepare them. oday, students need to have a better understanding of their digital footprint, how to effectively…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship: What It Means, How to Teach It, and the Resources You Need

As we venture into this increasingly technological world, new terms are emerging, terms that would have been largely meaningless when we were students: digital citizenship and digital literacy.…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Week Calendar - Elementary School

Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week with this calendar of fun activities and resources! Pick one or teach them all! You can try a quick 15-minute activity, or extend students'…  learn more

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CYBER CIVICS FOR LIBRARIANS/MEDIA SPECIALISTS

As Librarians/Media Specialists, we know that the heavy burden of preparing students with media and digital literacy skills often falls upon you. Cyber Civics lessons call on critical…  learn more

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Cyberborg Currcula

CYBER.ORG believes K-12 cyber education is the key to solving the cyber workforce shortage. Cyber Safety Videos: Short, classroom-friendly videos covering the basics of staying safe online. Find…  learn more

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CREATING PASSWORDS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

Hopefully, red lights and sirens started going off in your head. These made the list of most common passwords in 2022. Yes, you read that right! The next…  learn more

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OER Commons: Cyber Citizenship Collection

This endorseent is the mark of approval for inclusion in the Cyber Citizenship Hub. These resources have been vetted by the Cyber Citizenship team.  learn more

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Cyber Citizenship: OER Commons

Instructional materials, quizzes, games, and more for and by PreK-12 educators on Cyber Citizenship    learn more

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The 5 Principles of Citizenship

Cyberwise. Every student will use technology to connect with others, becoming a “citizen” of all sorts of online communities. Knowing how to be a good citizen offline is…  learn more

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Virtual Library: Digital Citizenship

Digital citizenship can be defined as engaging in appropriate and responsible behavior when using technology.  It encompasses digital literacy, ethics, etiquette, online safety, norms, rights, culture and more.…  learn more

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CyberWise Curriculum

Cyber Civics™ is an easy-to-teach in-classroom series of hands-on lessons and activities for middle school that can also be used for Distance Learning. It meets the growing demand…  learn more

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What Are The Best Examples Of Good Digital Citizenship?

What is good digital citizenship? Previously, we’ve offered a definition of digital citizenship in the past. Below, we offer some specific examples of good digital citizenship. From communicating with on…  learn more

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What Should Every Student Know In A Digital World?

In an increasingly connected and digital world, the things a student needs to know are indeed changing—fundamental human needs sometimes drastically redressed for an alien modern world. Just…  learn more

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Cyberbullying & Digital Citizenship Guide For Students

#Cyberbullying #DigitalCitizenship #CyberBullyingLesson Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship lesson and video for students and kids. This video can be used with elementary school, middle school, or high school students.…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship | Things Explained

It's important to think critically and practice good behaviors when using technology. In this episode of Things Explained, we talk about what it means to be a good…  learn more

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Nine Elements to Digital Citizenship

Nine Elements to Digital Citizenship based on ISTE standards.  learn more

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What Is Digital Citizenship

Updated Digital Citizenship Video! Learn more at www.cyberwise.org, get the digital citizenship curriculum at www.cybercivics.com  learn more

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Cyberbullying Statistics

Internet Safety 101® is a digitally-based internet safety resource designed to educate, equip and empower parents, educators and other adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect children…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Use digital citizenship lesson plans to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives. Browse lessons by grade and topic below, or see…  learn more

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Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship

The updated Digital Citizenship definition - Digital citizenship is the continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use -To lead and assist others in building positive digital…  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Course

CyberCivics Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology  learn more

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Digital Citizenship Using Technology to Solve Tough Problems

Digital citizenship is a skill that has to be practiced. We can’t be telling kids what not to do all the time. We have to be actually talking…  learn more

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A Free Resource for News Literacy

The ability to discern what is fact and what is opinion seems to be more in demand today than ever. Regardless of politics, it is important to develop…  learn more

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Cybercivics: Digital Citizenship

What is digital citizenship?  The short answer is this. Digital Citizenship is “the safe and responsible use of digital tools.” But digital citizenship is really much, much more.…  learn more

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NetSmartz Kids: Be Safer Online

Play Cloud Quest, an interactive safety adventure! Read e-books and download fun printable activities!  learn more