Digital Literacy and
Citizenship: Growing Up in a
Connected Culture
Project Cornerstone
Unpacking the Power
of Media
9/23/11
Common Sense Media takes a
comprehensive approach to media
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Digital Literacy and Citizenship:
Essential 21st Century Skills
Digital Literacy
Digital Citizenship
Safety and Security
Outcome: Kids who think critically, behave safetly
and participate responsibly
Scale
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Anonymous
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Replicable
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Searchable
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Persistent
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Raising Digital Citizens
Basic Rules of the Road
Embrace their world
Encourage balanced use
Monitor media as best you can
Choose age appropriate media
Teach media literacy skills
Take advantage of teachable
moments
Teach kids to ask the who, what,
when, and how questions
Point out all the ways
marketers target them
Protecting Personal Privacy
Explain that nothing is
really private
Keep passwords private
Set up privacy settings
Creating Identity
Explain that the identity they
create today could haunt
them tomorrow
Talk about risky behavior
Discuss accountability
Respecting Others
Only post or tag with permission
Apply the Golden Rule
Avoid forwarding texts, etc.
Parent Media Education Program
overview
Comprehensive library of online
resources available for FREE for
schools to educate parents
• Flexible action plan
• Materials in English and Spanish
• Surveys
• Parents
• Students
• Educators
• Communication templates
• Posters
• Letter from Principal
• Newsletter Article
• Parent education materials
• Tip sheets
• Videos
• Discussion guides
• Power Point slides and scripts
• Family Media Agreements
Curriculum Approach in a Nutshell
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Goal
― To enable and empower kids to be safe, respectful and responsible
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Balanced tone and research based
― Celebrate positives, avoid perils
― Collaborated with the Harvard School of Education
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Modular and flexible
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Student-centered and developmentally appropriate
― Low tech + high tech options
― 45 minute lessons
― Extension activities
― Engaging and fun, great graphics
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Whole Community
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Access for all and standards aligned
― Students, parent/caregiver, teachers
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Free online at www.commonsense.org/educators
Common Core, NETS, AASL
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Rings of Responsibility
Community
Friends and
Family
Self
Safety and Security
Grade
Topics
K-5
• Avoiding strangers
• Guarding private information
• Staying safe online
6-8
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9-12
Judging inappropriate talk
Creating strong passwords
Strategies for safe communication
Keeping financial information
secure
• Recognizing phishing schemes
Going Places Safely
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Lessons
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Digital Citizenship
Grade
Topics
# of
Lessons
K-5
• Going online
• Being kind to others online
• Digital footprint
6-8
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Sharing and oversharing
Digital footprint
Cyberbullying
Plagiarism
Self Exploration and identity
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9-12
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Digital drama
Romantic relationships
Sexting
Building positive online communities
Privacy
21st century creation
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10
Research &
Information Literacy
Grade
Topics
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Lessons
8
K-5
• Simple Searches
• Signs of Bogus Websites
6-8
• Keyword searches
• Finding credible websites
• Identifying ads
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9-12
• Advanced searching and research
• Evaluating the trustworthiness of
Web content
• Distinguishing experts from novices
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Integration ideas
• Beginning of the year
– Part of community building
– Links with classroom norms and rules – eg: how do we stay safe in the
classroom? W hen moving around the school? When going online?
• Integrating with core curriculum
• During technology introduction/period
• Prior to field trip/beginning research, etc
• Cyberbullying toolkit for parents and educators
– www.commonsense.org/cyberbullying-toolkit
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Engaging and educating parents
and
families
• Introduce to classroom curriculum
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Curriculum overview letter
Strand overview letters
Distribute materials in person or electronically
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Tip sheets
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Parent/teacher curriculum videos
• Partner with parent association to distribute information and
facilitate school wide presentations and conversations
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Workshops scripts and slides
Parent videos
Tip sheets
Discussion guides
Contact info:
Merve Lapus
415-553-6746
mlapus@commonsense.org
www.commonsense.org/educators