Digital Citizenship and Ethics

Aggregation of resources, video & links, definitions and key questions by Alec Couros on his blog: Open Thinking.

As technology becomes more of an integral part of our society, it's important to help students understand appropriate use of social media tools and other digital citizenship skills. Edmodo offers various resources to help you get started, including security best practices, sample guidelines and a sample code of conduct for your students.

This diigo list site hosted by Anne Bubnic links to a number of digital citizenship lesson plans (or a variety of grades).

Excellent article that positions what does it mean to be an effective citizen? What roles should our schools play in developing effective citizens? I like how it puts forth that our definition of "good citizen" has changed over the ages.

A wiki focussed on Digital Citizenship Week: Learning objective: A renewed focus on the choices we make and how they affect us, specifically about balance, responsibility and safety. Guiding Question: How are you a responsible digital citizen?

Blogpost by Kim Cofino summarizing a week of studying and learning about Digitial Citizenship. Guiding Question: How are you a responsible digital citizen?

Best Practices for Digital Citizenship poster.

Spreadsheet summary of resources categorized by topics: netiquette/cyberbullying, general DC websites, safety & privacy, copyright & digital rights, evaluating websites.

Great poster (infographic-like) that guides students through what to do with digital photos. Asking key questions and coaching decision-making.

Great poster (infographic-like) that guides students through decision-making when thinking about posting digital images.

Great spot to make connections with teachers, students, and classrooms abroad. This wiki is hosted by Michael Graffin out of Perth, Australia.

Kid-friendly news articles for teachers, parents and kids. The great thing about this site is that it allows you to track current events and make classroom learning relevant to the real world yet the articles are written at a level (e.g., vocabulary, sentence structure, concepts) that most middle school kids can easily follow. The site also provides lesson plan guidance for teachers if they wish.

where your students can experience the excitement and the challenges of life online, in the safety of their own classroom.

Loading Livebinder E-Safety Welcome to this binder on E-safety. This binder contains activities for young learners and teens. Guide them to be responsible digital citizens while keeping safe and confident online.

Curriculum Lessons by Grade Level Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively. We encourage schools to consider the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum because it covers all aspects of responsible and effective technology use in a package that is easy for all teachers to use.

Kidsmart - Learn how to be a smart surfer of the internet: covers topics from digital footprints and social networking to music and games Cybersmart Curriculum - Lessons for K-12 that cover online safey, cyberbulling, and digital citizenship 1-3 Citizens of Cyberspace Lesson Plan 1-3 Good Manners Everywhere Lesson Plan Cybersmart Curriculum - Lessons for K-12 that cover online safety, cyberbullying, and digital citizenship Cybersmart Curriculum - Lessons for K-12 that cover online safety, cyberbullying, and digital citizenship Cybersmart Curriculum - Lessons for K-12 that cover online safety and cyberbullying