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Digital Citizenship - Can we REALLY ever have enough of this?

Tomorrow I head into the 4th grade classrooms to talk about digital citizenship with ten year olds.  I am a bit nervous as I know that this is a tough topic to discuss BUT these discussions HAVE to take place in schools!  I know that we can't teach everything, it's no possible, but this day and age kiddos are online ALL the time, whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or simply messaging.  Kids have devices in their hands DAILY, both at school and at home.  I KNOW that teachers are doing this every chance they get, BUT one more time is NOT going to hurt them.  Tomorrow when I talk to them, I am going to use the Think U Know website that has CyberCafe.   It's REALLY great and I am using it ALL!!  It has little examples of emailing and when it's appropriate and not appropriate to respond and what you should do, it talks about messaging and photos, and also about sharing personal information online and being safe - it's ALL here.  I am simply running through and discussing this with kiddos.  I am anticipating that it will be around 25 minutes - which is what I am planning and we MIGHT also have time for passwords and searching online - we will see.  I can't wait.

A few weeks ago I spent a week in fifth grade also teaching digital citizenship.  Each day was a different topic.  I talked about digital citizenship and what it means, staying safe online, searching, photos and editing that is done, and creating a good digital footprint.  EVERYTHING I used was from Common Sense Media - AWESOME:)!!

I also came across THIS today on Teach Hub.com - another great resource for what to teach at each grade level; a starting point none the less:)!

GOOD LUCK!  This is a TOUGH and OH SO IMPORTANT topic - KEEP COMING BACK TO IT!  I don't think it's EVER done as we are constantly reminding kiddos of appropriate use and being safe online - it's our job!!!

Happy Night all,
Mrs. I:)

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