Alberta Rider

Dear Teachers,

Next week is Digital Citizenship week.  All the schools in our District will be participating in Digital Citizenship Week on some level next week and into October.  If your classroom instructional week is totally booked next week, please try to fit in teaching your students about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world during the month of October.  There are three focus areas recommended:  Password Safety, Cyberbullying and Online Health.  TTSD has adopted the Common Sense Media curriculum for teaching Digital Citizenship.  Here is the attached link to the lessons.  Please use these as starting points and adjust as needed for your students:  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Itnv4nb84slV6nJXdjB2kwtumu_71GXTDHiWYsA-T6U/edit

Sample Schedule (feel free to adjust to fit your needs):

Day	Topic	Lesson Idea
Monday	Password Safety	Common Sense Media -Lesson1
Tuesday	Cyberbullying	Common Sense Media - Lesson 3
Wednesday	Online Health & Wellness	Discussion about screen time and being physically active.  See resources below.

Here are a few links to resources and short videos that fit nicely with the above lessons:

Protecting Personal Information & Digital Footprint

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/follow-the-digital-trail

Cyberbullying

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/power-of-words

Online Health & Wellness

http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/k_ergonomics.html?tracking=K_RelatedArticle%20#

http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/GuideAct2.pdf  (See Lesson Plan #13)

Each morning next week on the announcements Ann will read a technology tip.  Please have your students listen for it and briefly discuss it.  Please also include a little blurb in your classroom newsletter sometime in October letting your families know what students are learning about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world.  

Sample Newsletter Blurb (feel free to cut & paste into your newsletter):

This week (month) is Digital Citizenship week (month.)  Students have been learning about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world.  We discussed why it is important to not share our private information, such as our full name, password, address and phone number with people that we don't know.  We also learned about cyberbullying, and that we should always use kind words and comments when posting online.  Lastly, we learned just how important it is to balance our time online.  We need to limit our screen time and make sure we are being physically active too.