Digital Passport is a great way to teach digital citizenship in 3rd through 6th-grade classrooms. It provides a foundation for appropriate and safe online behavior by offering fun and interactive lessons and meets Common Core and ISTE Nets Standards. Students can engage in videos, games, and quizzes about cyber-bullying, respect, digital literacy, and many other topics to promote digital citizenship. The site offers educator materials that can be utilized by simply registering for a login and password. Both students and teachers can access Digital Passport on computers, tablets, or phones in school and at home. The application can be accessed directly through the website or downloaded.
One way to implement this tool in lessons is to allow students to have the opportunity to work on Chrome books or in a lab. Students can be assigned quizzes through the teacher dashboard. Once students get through the lessons, they earn badges and a "Certificate of Achievement," which allows for positive reinforcement. Teachers can monitor student progress during the activity and print reports to share with each student, their parents, and administrators. During lessons, students can be assigned to work individually on a device or as a class on a smart board, which allows for an exciting and innovative way to learn about digital citizenship.
Common Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum is an effective tool for teachers to use to help students learn and thrive in a world of media and technology safely and responsibly.
Have your students sign up to become the Carnegie Cyber Academy's next cadet by completing missions on topics like cyber defense and security. Or, supplement your digital citizenship instruction with games and resources available on their website
This YouTube video describes how for children today, their entire lives are part of their digital dossier, often from before they are even born. Show it to your students and get their thoughts. They may not be aware of the digital footprints they leave behind every day. This is one way to address digital security and digital citizenship with your students.
A great teacher resource with ideas to integrate digital citizenship into lesson plans across all subjects. I love the suggested reading list for students such as the Case of the Digital Deception by Ellie O'Ryan and The Pirates of Plagiarism by Lisa Downey.
