Digital Citizenship Curriculum

          Are you an educator that would like to teach your students about digital citizenship? Do you have very little time to find materials, educational videos and create lessons? Here is a program that will answer all of your questions and solve your problems.

            Common Sense Media is a non-profit organization that gives educators easily access to digital citizenship curriculum. At the website commonsensemedia.org educators can sign up for free and use the curriculum.  The website makes it very easy for educators to find the right lesson for their grade level. Through the scope and sequence tab, educators can choose material depending on their grade level whether they teach elementary, middle or high school.

            The website lesson plans go into detail of how to introduce the lesson and each step of the lesson. It also gives educational videos for students to watch during the lesson and kid friendly programs to use. There are paper-based activities for educators to use, if students have limited access to technology in their school.

            The best part that I enjoyed from this website was the “educate families” section. This gives many materials to educators to help host a parent night and educate families on how to be a digital citizen. I liked how there are different themes and activities to choose from for parent nights.

            I haven’t seen many districts focus on digital citizenship. I think Common Sense Media is a great way for districts and teachers to integrate digital citizenship into the common core states standard.

            I plan on using this curriculum in my class and hosting a parent night before the end of the school year. I think it is important for students at a young age to learn how to be a digital citizen. I also think it’s extremely important for parents to have an understanding of what is means to be a digital citizen.