Digital Citizenship & Safety
What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital Citizenship is the ability to use technology and the internet in a safe, responsible, and respectful way. In today’s connected world, it means understanding how to:
- Stay safe online by not sharing personal information like passwords, addresses, or phone numbers
- Make good choices about what they post, like, and share
- Be kind and respectful when talking to others online (just like in the classroom)
- Avoid cyberbullying and know what to do if you see it
- Think before they click and check if the information is true or not
- Build a positive digital footprint that can help them in the future
Digital Citizenship Lessons
Common Sense Media is a resource that both schools and families can use to educate and reinforce Digital Citizenship skills and lessons with students. Free lessons and activities that help students build essential digital habits and skills.
Resources
Common Sense Media
- Introductory video on What is Digital Citizenship?
- Digital Connections is a video series that families can watch and discuss together.
- Another helpful resource is the Family Tech Planner, which families can use with their children to help make screen time safe and positive.
- Digital Compass and Digital Passport are interactive games that are fun, engaging activities for families to learn about digital citizenship together.
- Social Media Test Drive provides a simulated experience of realistic digital dilemmas and scenarios, along with key concepts and strategies for navigating them (middle school level).
Cybercop
CyberCop teaches our parents and students how to be safe in this digital world! The district has offered workshops for parents to teach them:
- Current apps kids are using and what you need to know about them
- Risks associated with popular social media sites
- "Sexting" and online predators
- How to set expectations and consequences
- How to monitor online activity and find secret Instagram accounts
- How to talk to your child about pornography
- Parental controls and privacy settings
Guides
- Internet Matters Resource for Families
- Citizenship in the Digital Age
- Parenting, Media, and Everything In Between
- App Guide for Parents & Teachers
- Parenting in the digital world checklist (PDF)
- Lista de verificacion sobre como criar a los hijos en un mundo digital (PDF)
- Student internet & mobile device contract (PDF) (Recommended between Students and Parent)
- Contrato de estudiante sobre el uso de internet & dispositivo movil (PDF) (Recomendado entre Estudiantes y Padres)