Digital Citizenship

Teaching Digital Citizenship has become a very important part of working with technology. Many students have all kinds of access to technology and they need to be taught how to use it appropriately Students also need to be held accountable for their actions when it comes to using these means of communication. Brain Pop has a great mini video on cyberbullying that might be useful for the upper elementary grades (4th) and higher. The video goes through a scenario where cyberbullying takes place and walks the listener though why it was wrong and what they can do if it happens to them.  Once the students watch the video there are additional resources that you can use like a quiz, questions and answers, as well as a real life example.

Another great resource for materials and ideas on how to go about teaching Digital Citizenship is the Cyberbullying Toolkit put out by Commonsensemedia.org 

Here you will find videos and lesson plans for all grades from Elementary school right up through high school. Click on the link below to see a great example of a video for use in the elementary classroom:

| Common Sense Media

There are so many great resources out there to help you teach this difficult topic....you just have to know what your looking for.