“Digital citizenship wasn’t that big of a focus for us when we started, but it definitely is now,” said Scott Smith, Chief Technology Officer in North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School District. “We have a digital citizenship topic of the month, whether it’s copyright [or] bullying, and embedding that into the daily activities of what we do is of paramount importance.”
The district has revised its acceptable use policy several times, and the document itself has changed from a responsible use policy to a required use policy to indicate that if students are going to use technology in schools, they must adhere to certain hallmarks of school culture.
“It has to do with the culture of our schools [and] what it means to be a responsible citizen and student,” Scott said.
Here are 10 digital citizenship resources:
Common Sense Media offers a free K-12 digital citizenship curriculum designed to help students think about their behaviors and actions online.
Teachers can access YouTube’s digital citizenship resources to help educate students, ages 13-17, about responsible online behavior, protecting their identity, and more.
BrainPOP’s digital citizenship spotlight touches on issues including online safety, cyberbullying, plagiarism, information privacy, and more.
BrainPOP Jr. also offers a digital citizenship spotlight geared toward younger students.
This guide to “Staying Sane in Cyberspace” includes 45 digital citizenship resources compiled by TechChef4u.
A guide to online manners, arranged in an infographic, can help students learn more about how their online actions impact them now and in the future.
This resource provides valuable information on Creative Commons, online attribution, and usage rules.
While this is a paper resource, this poster about Facebook bullying could serve as a helpful and useful guide for students.
Embrace Civility in the Digital Age, formerly the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, offers a number of resources and tools to teach students how to be cyber-savvy.
NetSmartzKids, a program of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, offers digital citizenship and online safety resources.
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