Sturgeon School Division: Digital Citizenship

General Resources:  Listed below are websites that contain digital citizenship information (lesson plans, videos, images, articles, etc.), posters for classrooms, and permission forms to post information online.

Common Sense Media - Provides free educator resources from cyberbullying to plagiarism, our digital literacy programs teach skills, safety, and ethics (all ages) http://www.commonsensemedia.org/   

2learn - The 2learn site has a section called "digital presence" where lessons and links to websites cover digital citizenship, plagarism, copyright, safety and cyberbullying. (all ages) http://www.2learn.ca/ydp/sites.aspx?page=digital

Media Awareness Network - Provides web awareness lessons for teachers focusing on safety, plagarism, copyright, and cyberbullying. (all ages)http://www.media-awareness.net/english/teachers/wa_teachers/index.cfm

Microsoft Digital Citizenship and Creative Content Curriculum - This website provides 4 units that focus on; being a digital citizen, copyright, fair use, protecting intellectual property, plagiarism, policy-making and using social media. (grades 7-10 - requires account to be created)  http://digitalcitizenshiped.com/

NetSmartz -  is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.    http://www.netsmartzkids.org/ (ages 5-12)   http://www.nsteens.org/ (ages 13-17)

Digizen - A website created for teachers, parents, and students to bring awareness to what it means to be digital citizen. The website has a variety of activities. (ages 10-16) http://www.digizen.org/teachers/

PBS webonauts - Webonauts Internet Academy is a web original game for PBS KIDS GO! that gives kids 8- to 10-year-old an opportunity to have some fun while exploring what it means to be a citizen in a web-infused‚ information-rich world. http://pbskids.org/webonauts/ 

OnGuardOnline.gov - is the American federal government’s website to provide hints and tips related to texting, cyberbullying, securing identity online. http://onguardonline.gov/topics/protect-kids-online

2SMRT4U - A website created by MTV to provide resources (activities, videos, handouts) on how girls can protect themselves online.  The focus is on cyberbullying and social networking.http://www.2smrt4u.com/TakeActionKit

Cybersafety Wiki - A school created wiki that provides a cybersafety webquest for students (ages 9-13)  This webquest covers cyberbullying, digital etiquette, digital law, and digital rights and responsibilities. The webquest has handouts, projects, and rubrics.   http://is278library.wikispaces.com/Cybersafety

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use - A website that provides lessons for teachers that focus on cyberbullying (ages 10-16)  http://www.cyberbully.org/cyberbully/

BrainPOP Website - An interactive website that provides a variety of videos, activities, and games related to Digital Citizenship. Topics range from email, blogs, cyberbullying, Internet safety, website research, website evaluation. (ages 7-12).  Some of the topics are free, others require a paid subscription to access. http://www.brainpop.com

Permission Forms for Posting Information 

Digital Citizenship Classroom Posters (8X11)