**This resource is published by Common Sense Education.The Digital Citizenship Curriculum (K-12) is a free research-based curriculum. Students will learn news and media literacy skills to better assist them with reading and navigating content online.
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In this unit, students will understand where “fake news” comes from, why it exists and how they can think like fact checkers to become fluent consumers, evaluators, and creators of information. They will apply this knowledge by selecting a controversial topic to evaluate, synthesize, and analyze all aspects before sharing with a local audience.
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This lesson over digital citizenship is a brief overview of the elements of being a good digital citizen, ways our students can better protect themselves online, the lasting effects of a digital footprint, and finally some things that they can do to be a better digital citizen. The information was pulled from a variety of academic resources.
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Misinformation & Data Commodification in the Twenty-First Century Short Description: An instructional text that seeks to untangle the social complexities and ethical dilemmas of online data and information. DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP will educate readers on the economics of the Internet and the means by which political bad actors exploit its platforms to pervert the public discourse. Word Count: 15176 ISBN: 978-1-55195-464-6 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)
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