This lesson plan is designed to allow students to explore different aspects of digital citizenship.  You should begin with a brief discussion and then allow students to proceed through the Hyperdoc, making their own selections of which media to watch/play and which questions to discuss with a partner. 

In the aftermath of the divisive 2020 presidential election, PBS NewsHour and Student Reporting Labs (SRL) aired "We the Young People", a half-hour virtual special highlighting the impact of young voters. The show featured teen voices and conversations with experts focusing on issues that affect young people.

In the first video, Jevin West, an Associate Professor at the University of Washington who studies the spread of misinformation, talks to student reporter Bridgette Adu-Wadier about the ongoing problem of misinformation online and in our society and how it has impacted democratic processes. In the second video, multimedia reporter Heather Taylor-Wynn talks to two teen fact-checkers from Poynter’s MediaWise program about solutions to slow down the spread of misinformation.

Passwords are an essential part of life online - and if we're not careful about keeping them secret, they can cause big problems. By understanding the risks and making passwords stronger, we can feel a little more secure.

SRL's Becky Wandel spoke with science producer Nsikan Akpan about he how he debunked that cellphone-horns story. This resource includes a video and teaching resources to help students dig more deeply into the facts behind science stories we see in the news.

This self-paced course from ISTE covers how to teach and model digcit so you can help students be responsible and active in online communities.

The Importance of Digital Citizenship HyperDoc will help students learn about, understand, and use their gained knowledge of digital citizenship wisely.  Students will visit five links about different aspects of digital citizenship and communicate, through writing notes, what they learn and experience in each section.  

Learn how to become a better visual storyteller by analyzing and creating your own video sequences.

9 Elements of Digital CitizenshipIn this jigsaw group activity, students will be creating an info commercial on one of the nine pillars of a good digital citizen.  Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately.  Each student will pick one of the pillars to create an info commercial demonstrating that particular element of digital citizenship.  This is a jigsaw activity.  A jigsaw teaching strategy is when students take ownership of their own learning.  One student learns the material and then shares the information to the rest of their classmates. By the end of the Unit, we will have movie time watching these info commercials.  Students will understand the following:1. What is digital citizenship?2. What is Digital Access?3. What is Digital Commerce?4. What is  Digital Communication and Collaboration?5. What is Digital Etiquette?6. What is Digital Fluency?7. What is Digital Health and Welfare?8. What is Digital Law?9.  What is Digital Rights and Responsibility? 10.  What is Digital Security and Privacy 

This blog post shares why and how to introduce social media to younger students.

This Canva presentation can help elementary teachers instruct students in using digital tools for good.

Richard Culatta, CEO of ISTE, describes a change in how we should approach teaching digital citizenship.

The books on this list can help you earn your Educational Technology Endorsement microcredentials.

This lesson is designed to engage students in discussions regarding their digital footprint.  Students will learn what their digital footprint is, what is included in a digital footprint, and learn tips on how to make their digital footprint a positive one.

In this Common Sense Education Nearpod lesson on Digital Citizenship & Literacy, students define the term "digital footprint" and identify the online activities contributing to it. They examine ways they are—and are not—in control of their digital footprint.

This Nearpod lesson can help teacher lower elementary students that from our head down to our toes, and our feet up to our nose, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online.

From our head down to our toes, and our feet up to our nose, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online.

Students will learn to turn their story ideas into fully developed pitches. A pitch enables students to explain their story succinctly and also keep their story focused during the production process. Click on the Activities Tab to complete the lesson.

This Canva presentation can help middle school teachers instruct students in developing positive online interactions.

This Canva presentation can help high school teachers instruct students in developing positive online interactions.