Digital Citizenship Lexington Public Schools 2016 -give overview -Lynnette start with summer work background with counselors -Ann continue with meetings in Spring, in addition to Estabrook, then summer work

Overview A group of classroom teachers, librarians, counselors, and ITS staff met this summer to develop a consistent Digital Citizenship Curriculum for the Lexington elementary schools. Guided by the Massachusetts Technology Literacy Standards, lessons were selected from the Common Sense Media curriculum. Lessons were vertically aligned to review and reinforce the content determined to be most important for our K-5 students. Collaborative teaching effort - classroom teachers, librarians, counselors and ITS staff.

Digital Citizenship Lessons -hand out grids

Key Digital Citizenship Areas -show poster

Sample video from “What is the Internet?” 1st Grade lesson

Sample Video from “Pause and Think Online” 2nd Grade Lesson

Sample Lesson from Grade 4 Power of Words Lesson

Student Technology Contracts Contracts for K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Available online.

Commonsense Media www.commonsensemedia.org Resources for Digital Citizenship: iBooks (curriculum and workbooks), family pledge Resources for movies, books and video games

Settings at home Turn on Safe Search - should be done on each browser and YouTube Click here for directions -check your cable/internet company for parental controls (usually in Settings)

Sources www.commonsensemedia.org Meadowbrook School, Weston, MA