Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship

Media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language.

Free curriculum from Common Sense Media for GR 9-12. Designed to empower students to think critically and make informed choices about how they create, communicate, and treat others in our ever-evolving, 24/7 digital world. Browse the units to find the topics and lessons that are just right for your students.

Teacher-made sample PSA media project for 12th grade US Government Class

number of questions on the CST for each grade 4 and 5 standard

This site provides k12 curriculum on digital citizenship and professional development for adults working with K12 students on digital citizenship.

Reputation.com is among a growing corps of online reputation managers that promise to make clients look better online. In an age when a person's reputation is increasingly defined by Google, Facebook and Twitter, these services offer what is essentially an online makeover, improving how someone appears on the Internet, usually by spotlighting flattering features and concealing negative ones.

This is good information to remember yourself, and to share with our teenagers.

Emily and Sarah Buder were honored at the White House on March 10th for supporting a young girl who was cyberbullied by starting a positive letter writing campaign. They later turned their efforts into a book, which is filled with letters from those who were bullied (or who were doing the bullying). It should be required reading for all middle schoolers. See the related story: http://bit.ly/h937uN

A new reporting tool will let Facebook users, including teens and younger users, to privately report troubling content not just to the site itself but to parents, teachers and others in their support system. And an improved Safety Center, due out in the next few weeks, will provide educational videos, articles and other content created by bullying experts to help adults address the problem.

Missed Facebook DC Live from the White House yesterday? Check out this video-on-demand with President Obama's Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes, Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan, author and teen behavior expert Rosalind Wiseman, and MTV Vice President of Public Affairs Jason Rzepka.

New government bullying prevention website unveiled at the White House on 3/10/11 by the Dept of Health Resources & Services. Provides info on programs and materials that can help schools and communities expand their own anti-bullying initiatives. Emphasizes intervention, role of bystanders etc.

"The Last Text," a very powerful video produced by AT&T. Should be shown to every student. This documentary (featuring families affected by texting while behind the wheel) is being distributed to educators, government officials, safety organizations and public as part of a educational awareness campaign.

tasks that teach students how to assess credibility of online information

Noelle, did you create these forms and doc? If so, would you be willing to share the backside spreadsheets to view, so that I could make a copy of them? Thanks

No, I did not create these. They were shared by Google's Education Trainer, Dan Russell, at a training I attended. You can access his presentation and other resources at https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/

"Internet filters in schools often compromise a teacher's ability to teach, yet at the same time are easy for tech-savvy students to get around, a parliamentary committee on cyberbullying has heard. The Federal Parliament undertook a cyber-safety committee late last week to investigate community concerns about protecting children from bullying online and the measures that could be used to prevent it, such as Internet filtering."

In a continuing effort to keep students safe, some high schools in Oakland, CA have just launched a new "text-a-tip" program. This cell phone texting technology provides students with a quick and anonymous way to notify campus police about situations such as bullying, drugs, and fights.