Digital Citizenship

Teaching Digital Citizenship Page


Teaching Digital Citizenship

Before you can teach digital citizenship to others, you must have a good foundation in understadning the nine themes of Digital Citizenship. Take a look at the articles on this website to gain a better understanding of the nine themes. Once a user has a good grounding in the themes then they can begin to expand on these ideas and pass the information on to others.

Teaching Resources

To help teach the concept of Digital Citizenship there are materials that can provide resources for those in the classroom as well as those working with Boards of Education.

Teaching Digital Citizenship Reflection: A Four-Stage Technology Learning Framework Article (PDF) - Begin with this article to give a framework for teaching the concepts of Digital Citizenship

Digital Compass and Scenario Article (PDF) - This is a classroom activity to get students to think about their feelings about appropriate technology behavior.

Secondary Digital Driver's License Article (PDF) - These two articles provide short quizzes to see how students view appropriate behavior and questions whether students need to learn some technology basics before using technology.

Elementary Digital Driver's License Article (PDF)

Teaching Digital Citizenship: When will it become a Priority for 21st Century Schools? Article (PDF) - This article has scenarios for each of the nine theme areas of Digital Citizenship and provides both appropriate and inappropriate answers to situations.

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