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Digital Citizenship

As students use technology more and more for communication, entertainment and learning, it becomes more and more critical that students learn to recognize the risks that exist online, as well as learn how to use the information that they find in responsible ways. We hope that the following resources are great tools for families to use at home, when discussing safe and responsible behavior online:

Useful Sites and Resources

Ultimate Parent Guides

Parents play a key role in overseeing the online safety of their children. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit dedicated to educating users of connected technology about  safety, privacy, security and digital wellness, developed a series of ultimate parent guides to help parents navigate the digital world with their children.   Included in this collection are guides for several popular apps and websites that kids use.

In addition to these guides, Common Sense Media also has curated digital skills resources, organized by age and topic.  Their curriculum is an important resource in our District Digital Citizenship Curriculum.

Family Conversations

As adults, it can be challenging to navigate conversations with children about technology usage, habits and things they may have encountered.  The following resources provide good starting points for healthy conversations:

Common Sense Media also has these Family Planners to inspire conversations about technology use as a family.

Other Great Resources To Follow

  • Media Smarts Resources for Parents is another site that we reference a lot in our curriculum, and is a great tool for home as well.
  • Devorah Heitner has worked with our district several times, exploring digital citizenship topics with students and parent groups.  Her website and blog are terrific resources.  Devorah has also published some downloadable guides to address more sensitive topics like sexting and "digital damage control".