Digital Citizenship

With access comes responsibility. Digital citizenship becomes even more critical as students gain unlimited access to the Internet. SLZ Teachers can incorporate digital citizenship within their lessons when students use the internet for research and view educational digital content. The sites listed below have lessons and videos available for teachers to use to promote digital citizenship in and outside of the classroom.

Free Lessons for Students:

(Media Balance & Wellbeing, Privacy & Security, Digital Footprint & Identity, Relationships & Communication, Cyberbullying, Drama & Hate Speech, News & Media Literacy)

Digital Citizenship Websites/Resources:	Common Sense Media This site has resources for teachers regarding digital citizenship, videos and communication tools to connect with parents.
	Netsmartz Workshop Netsmartz has lesson plans, videos and online activities to use with kids, tweens and teens. The lesson plans and activities are categorized by grade level.
	Digital Citizenship Website The Digital Citizenship Institute works with educators to help students navigate and improve the understanding of Digital Citizenship. Some of the resources include students earning a Digital Driver's License and pledges on digital citizenship for parents and their children.
	Interland This site provides students an adventure online game that puts the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice. Here, students will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens.