Digital Citizenship in Schools

Useful tips for those that are new to Twitter

This is an old article and I find that many of the examples are outdated. However, the underlying structure and social media literacies are as current and as valid as ever. -Attention (this is a big one for teachers and certainly one that worries everyone in my school. Some great strategies are described here to raise awareness among the students) Participation ("That doesn't mean, however, that all forms of participation are beneficial to the participant or others" "I don't believe in the myth of the digital natives") Collaboration (Here he talks a lot about collaboration towards social change and activism. Academic Integrity should probably be included here, too. "Though collaboration has a slightly different definition from cooperation and collective action, in general doing things together gives us more power than doing things alone.") Network awareness Critical consumption (I like that he talks about being overwhelmed with information and having to decide what action to take. It is a very hard thing to do though.)

Episodes 2, 4 and 9 feature discussions on digital citizenship during the pandemic.

Full DC curriculum

Create a Digital Artefact with Prezi video?

Digital Citizenship resource created by the governing body of Physical and Health Education in Ontario, Canada. Age-appropriate animation series for Grades 4, 5 and 6.

Curated list of picture books for digital citizenship and media literacy conversations by Shannon McClintock Miller

Amazing and timely! Thank You .

Fact checking

This is US focused, but has a good selection of resources and links to some more relevant Australian content.

This is a document that focuses on Australia's approach to its fair use copyright permission. Probably worthwhile for most teachers to have as support for what you can and can't do.

An excellent short video visually explaining 21st Century Skills - useful for primary school aged children

Websites for kids: for the Guide

From 60-second micro lessons to brain breaks, teachers are finding creative ways to meet students where they are. Increasingly, that's on TikTok.

Make something together. Create a kooky, silly film or a photo collage after a family adventure. Turn the conversation to creation instead of consumption.

Touche!