We may be leaving out information or disregarding it because it doesn't conform with our own beliefs.  Students will learn about confirmation bias, different perspectives and how to avoid confirmation bias.  This lesson is part of a media unit curated at our Digital Citizenship website, "Who Am I Online?". 

This guide walks you through the "Be Internet Awesome" Digital Citizenship games and curriculum created by Google for grades 2-6 (although older students might also enjoy the games). The games are extremely engaging and can be played on their own--or accompanied by their corresponding lessons. The lesson plans provide everything educators need to begin teaching this content in their classrooms

This website is dedicated to teaching people how to be ethical and efficient users of the Internet. It includes games, activities, lessons, parent guides, posters and other programs that could be used to teach students how to safely and effectively use the Internet.

Students will examine how technology is changing or eliminated careers that currently exist. Students will draw conclusions and develop hypotheses about these current careers and the changes that could possibly occur based on technology.

With so much information at our fingertips, students learn what it means to "give credit" when using content they find online. Taking on the role of a detective, students learn why it's important to give credit and the right ways to do it when they use words, images, or ideas that belong to others.

In this introduction to plagiarism and good digital citizenship, second graders are encouraged to give credit to people whose work they reference when doing projects.

Although written for second grade, this lesson could be easily adapted to upper primary and even middle school levels.

This guide walks you through the part of the Common Sense website that focuses on K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum. The lesson plans include everything educators need to begin teaching this content in their classrooms and many have accompanying high-quality videos. There are also engaging games for younger students and an interactive social media simulation for older students. Topics include: media balance & well-being, privacy & security, digital footprint & identity, relationships & comunication, cyberbullying, digital drama & hate speech, and news & media literacy. 

These materials aim to provide accessible and practical information about copyright – its protections, its limitations, and its role in encouraging creativity. Rather than just emphasizing what copyright prohibits, the goal here is to offer useful and positive information about what copyright allows and how students can successfully navigate and rely on copyright in their own roles as creators.
It is important to note that these materials focus on copyright in the United States. Other countries have similar frameworks, but their rules may differ on certain concepts such as fair use.
Lessons for students in grades K-12 are provided in pdf and google slide format.

As an English/digital media teacher at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky, Jason Behler has found that his students become deeply engaged when creating their own podcasts, especially because he allows them great freedom in selecting their own genre and content. His students develop skills in collaboration and time management as well as technical and communication skills. Podcasting does not need to be confined to a class in digital media, and it does not require expensive equipment. Podcasting can be integrated into any content area to add spark to your lessons.

Welcome to Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning - an interactive, multimodal, multicultural, open access eBook for teaching and learning key topics in United States Government and Civic Life. Open access means these materials are online, digital, and free of charge (Billings, 2019). This book is available online to anyone with an internet connection. The eBook can also be viewed and printed as a PDF file for offline viewing.

Students examine what deepfakes are and consider the deeper civic and ethical implications of deepfake technology. In an age of easy image manipulation, this lesson fosters critical thinking skills that empower students to question how we can mitigate the impact of doctored media content. This lesson plan includes a slide deck and brainstorm sheet for classroom use.

Students examine what deepfakes are and consider the deeper civic and ethical implications of deepfake technology. In an age of easy image manipulation, this lesson fosters critical thinking skills that empower students to question how we can mitigate the impact of doctored media content. This lesson plan includes a slide deck and brainstorm sheet for classroom use.

This is a lesson using Digital Age Skills in Digital Citizenship.

Original Author: Tessa Janssen

This resource is published by Common Sense Education.The Digital Citizenship Curriculum (K-12) is a free research-based curriculum. The purpose of these resources is to provide additional strategies and activities to help students navigate through situations that may occur while using technology and how to respond. Image used"IMG_0367" by Nicola since 1972 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This soft chalk lesson discusses the concept of Digital Law and is intended for use with 7-12 grade students.

This course is about digital citizenship and its importance in using the internet. This quick and easy-to-follow module includes the four key aspects of digital citizenship and videos that contain further information on those key aspects. This resource can be utilized as a learning tool for both teachers and middle school-aged/high school-aged learners who are directly interacting with or new to how the internet works. This resource can also be utilized as a source to learn and practice digital citizenship together in the classroom. 

The Digital Citizenship: An Annotated Bibliography project is an annotated bibliography of recommended readings on digital citizenship topics that incorporates a variety of content including research articles, books, and reports. The annotated bibliography was curated to provide librarians and educators with current resources which explain what is known and understood about digital citizenship and its related elements.

The annotated bibliography is organized using Ribble’s (2015) Nine Elements*: digital access, digital commerce, digital communication and collaboration, digital etiquette, digital fluency, digital health and wellness, digital law, digital rights and responsibility, and digital security and privacy. The creators also included a page on general digital citizenship resources that includes materials that look at all of digital citizenship including frameworks, research articles, and standards. This bibliography includes works produced since 2015, with a focus on more recent works produced since 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in digital reliance.

This project was funded by an ALA Carnegie-Whitney grant, https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/sundry/alapubawrds/carnegiewhitney.