1. Building a Digital Citizenship Program -With Common Sense Education
InnEdCo – June 24, 2015
Building a Digital Citizenship Program -With Common Sense Education
Brian Dino Common Sense Education & Denver Public Schools
Ian Yates CMS Community School
Denver Public Schools
tinyurl.com/dpscsm

2. We are dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media
and technology.

3. Reach of Common Sense Education
150,000 educators and 89,000 schools in 63 countries registered
1,400 Colorado Schools & 3,000 Colorado Educators
Colorado: 30,000 students have played Digital Passport, over 5,000 passports awarded
Goal: Be in all schools

4. 1 2 3 Objectives Objectives Introduce Common Sense Education
Overview of Education Programs 3
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Discuss how Common Sense can help you teach digital citizenship

5. What exactly are kids doing with technology these days?

6. Key Issues
Kids aged 8-18 spend 7.5 hours per day with media
41% of kids aged 8-17 leave their Facebook privacy settings on “default”
- Kids aged 8-18 spend 7.5 hours per day with media (Kaiser Family Foundation, M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds, 2010). Note: This includes media use outside of school, and does not include texting or talking on the cell phone.
- One in three year olds have reported being Cyberbullied. 1 in 10 tell an adult when it happens. Source: Pew Internet and American Life, 2011
- 35% of college admissions officers discovered something online about an applicant that negatively impacted their application. Source: Kaplan Test Prep’s 2012 College Admissions Officers Survey
- 41% of kids aged 8-17 say that leave their Facebook privacy settings on “default.” (Pew Research, 2011)
One in three year olds have reported being
cyberbullied
35% of college admissions officers found something online about an applicant that negatively impacted their application

7. What We Do Rate Educate Advocate/Research
The largest, most trusted library of media ratings and reviews that help parents, educators, and kids select age-appropriate + enriching media
- Over 23,000 reviews across all media types
Distribution partnerships with Time Warner, Comcast, Amplify, DirectTV, Netflix, Target, Amazon and more, reaching 100 million homes
Rated for age-appropriateness and learning value
Educate
Advice and issue education for parents, educators and policymakers on the impact of media and technology on kids’ health and development.
K-12 curricular content, professional development, and parent outreach that promote deeper learning skills on topics ranging from digital citizenship to the Common Core
90,000+ registered schools/239,000+registered educators
Advocate/Research
An authoritative and respected non-partisan voice to policymakers, the industry, legislators and thought leaders
Children’s Online Privacy
Connected Classrooms
Reliable, independent data on children's use of media and technology and the impact it has on their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development

8. Rate Ratings on age-appropriate movies, books, apps, TV shows, video
games, websites, and music that parents and kids will love.
Library of more than 23,000 reviews by age, entertainment type,
learning rating, and genre.
One of the main things we do is RATE by offering parents age-appropriate movies, books, apps, TV shows, video games, websites, and music that parents and kids will love.
We have a library of more than 23,000 reviews by age, entertainment type, Learning rating, and genre.

9. Ratings + Reviews 23,000+ reviews across all media types
Key rating elements:
Age-appropriateness
Detailed “nutritional labeling” of parental pain points
Learning potential for digital content
Over 25 major media distribution partners

10. Educate
Leader in providing K-12 schools complementary programs to help
students harness the power of technology for learning and life.
Lastly, we EDUCATE as the leader in providing K-12 schools complementary programs to help students harness the power of technology for learning and life. That’s what I’ll be focusing on today.
Common Sense has a suite of additional free resources related to digital citizenship, 1-1 learning, and technology integration.
Digital Passport™ – Award-winning game for 3-5 graders that badges students for skills related to digital safety. (Available in the App Store)
Graphite™ – A free service designed to help preK-12 educators discover, use, and share the best apps, games, websites, and digital curricula for students by providing rigorous ratings and practical insights from teachers.
1-1 Essentials—Customizable and turnkey resources for schools to prepare, plan, and implement a 1-1 program
Educate Families Program – A five step program for schools to help parents navigate and discuss the impact of digital media on kids
Professional Development – Free online training, webinars, and communities on digital citizenship and beyond
Common Sense Schools and Educator Program – Educators and Schools using Common Sense Media resources in deep and rich ways are encouraged to apply to be recognized as Common Sense Media Educators or Common Sense Media Schools.

11. Education Programs
Common Sense empowers schools and students to harness the power of digital media and technology for learning and life.
Digital Literacy & Citizenship
Teaching & Learning in 21st Century Schools
Empower students to think critically, participate responsibly and behave ethically in a digital world
Help schools and their teachers leverage technology to create 21st century classrooms that propel student performance
Teachers prepared to deliver 21st century learning
Academic skills and achievement
Educational equity
College readiness & job opportunities
Behavioral skills/character education
Positive school climate
Insuring privacy of student info
Healthy communities
This slide provides an overview of how Common Sense’s education programs work together to provide complimentary resources that help schools harness the potential of technology for learning.
As you can see, the primary programs are listed at the top, including:
Digital Literacy & Citizenship Curriculum, which empowers students to think critically, participate responsibly, and behave ethically in a digital world;
1-1 Essentials, which prepares and plans schools and districts with effective 1-1 implementation with customized tools;
Graphite, which helps teachers discover, use, and share high quality digital content for learning.
The two resources listed at the bottom-- Professional Development and the Educate Families Program – help support the top level programs by educating teachers and families to harness the potential of technology with students.
Next, I’ll go into depth about these resources.
Students have skills & knowledge to thrive and work in the 21st century

12. Digital Citizenship Definition
A digital citizen knows how to harness the power
of technology safely, respectfully, and responsibly.
Avoid risky situations
Reflect before reveal
Protect privacy
Cultivate a positive digital footprint
Communicate respectfully
Build community
Search effectively
Evaluate website credibility
Respect copyright and avoiding plagiarism

13. Digital Literacy & Citizenship Curriculum
A digital citizen knows how to harness the power
of technology safely, respectfully, and responsibly.
K-12
Balanced tone, not fear-based
40+ videos
80 lessons
Unit assessments
Free!
Students are growing up in a very different world – a world where media and technology is like the air they breathe. We want students to benefit from the potential of technology for learning, communicating, and sharing. But- students are not always aware of the consequences of their actions, and schools face challenges when students communicate, collaborate, and create in the digital world.
The K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum provides a solution to help students think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world.
K-12
Comprehensive (covers a variety of topics related to behavior, ethics, and information literacy skills)
45 minute lessons
Balanced tone, not fear-based
Student videos (videos are great discussion-starters)
Free!

14. Standards Alignment
The curriculum is aligned to the following standards:
ISTE’s NETS
ELA Common Core
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Links:

15. Curriculum Categories
Relationships & Communication
Privacy & Security
Internet Safety
Cyberbullying
Digital Footprint & Reputation
Self-image & Identity
Information Literacy
Creative Credit & Copyright
There are eight main curriculum categories that are covered. The K-12 curriculum includes 65 lessons—5 lessons (one unit) per grade level, per year. The units build on each other by reinforcing developmentally appropriate topics. You can use the units either sequentially by grade level or at any grade level within this band.
The curriculum categories include:
Relationships & Communication – Students reflect on using intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to build and strengthen positive online communities
Privacy & Security – Students learn strategies for managing their online information and keeping it secure from online risks such as identity thieves, phishing, and scams. They learn how to create strong passwords and analyze privacy policies.
Internet Safety—Students learn how to stay safe online by distinguishing between inappropriate contact and positive connections.
Cyberbullying—Students learn what to do if they are involved in a cyberbullying situation. They explore the roles people play and how individual actions can impact their friends and broader communities. They are encouraged to take the active role of upstander and build positive, supportive communities.
Digital Footprint & Reputation—Students learn to protect their own privacy and respect others’ privacy. By encouraging students to self-reflect before they self-reveal, they will consider how what they share online can impact themselves and others.
Self-image & Identity—Students explore their own digital lives, focusing on their online versus offline identity. Students learn the benefits and risks of presenting themselves through different personas and the effects on their sense of self, reputation, and relationships.
Information Literacy—Information literacy includes the ability to identify, find, evaluate, and use information effectively. Students learn effective search strategies and how to evaluate the quality, credibility, and validity of websites, and give proper credit.
Creative Credit & Copyright—Living in a “copy/paste” culture, students need to reflect on their responsibilities and rights as creators in the online spaces where they consume, create, and share information. From addressing plagiarism to piracy, students learn about copyright and fair use.

16. Scope and Sequence
Here you can see we’ve laid out a Scope and Sequence, covering a variety of age-appropriate topics each year, but building on a foundation from one year to the next.
However, some schools and districts cherry pick lessons or put together their own Scope and Sequence.

17. Student Assessments Lesson level quizzes
Unit level interactive assessments
15-20 questions
Students results to teacher with score for unit
Each lesson includes a 3-question quiz at the end (you can access it in the lesson PDF download).
Each unit has an interactive assessment students can take online.
15-20 questions
Students results to teacher with score for unit

18. Family Tip Sheets With Each Lesson
In order to educate and engage parents on these issues, the curriculum includes Parent Tip Sheets offering guidance on the issues students learn about
How can teachers get these resources in the hands of parents?
Have kids take home the Parent Tip Sheets
Distribute resources where parents will get them: Many teachers found that parent tip sheets or curriculum information sent home via the students didn’t always make it home. You can parents information, post it on the school website or in the school newsletter, or on your classroom wiki. You are also free to link to any of our resources on your school or class website.
Assign the lesson Homework to kids (which always involves parents) and have them to report back to class the next day.

19. “Lesson in Action” Videos for Teachers
Accompanying several (but not all) of our lessons, you can watch a video of a “lesson in action” so you can see what it looks like, and get ideas for teaching strategies.
College Bound: Lesson in Action

20. “Lesson in Action” Videos for Teachers
Accompanying several (but not all) of our lessons, you can watch a video of a “lesson in action” so you can see what it looks like, and get ideas for teaching strategies.
Understanding the Impact of Digital Footprints

21. Available in Two Formats
Online - Printable
iBooks Textbooks
This curriculum is available in two formats:
Online as downloadable PDFs
As interactive iBooks Textbooks
Although both versions have the same lessons, there are some interactivity differences. Let’s take a look.

22. Easy-to-use Lessons
After registering as an educator on teachers can download all materials for free. (Point out the Download Lesson Materials) button.

23. Videos for Students and Teachers
Authentic videos of real stories + motion graphic videos
After registering as an educator on teachers can download all materials for free. (Point out the Download Lesson Materials) button.
For teachers:
“Lesson in Action” videos

24. iBooks Textbooks
Interactive, multimedia iBooks Textbooks include student
workbooks and teacher editions for grade bands
K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12
The same curriculum is available as interactive, multimedia iBooks Textbook include student workbooks and teacher editions for grade bands K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

25. iBooks - Teacher Edition Features
Lessons in the palm of your hand
Interactive student assessments
Embedded professional development
Background & implementation
Teaching Tips
Videos of lessons in action
Appendix with additional resources and FAQs
The Teacher Edition provides teachers everything they need to teach students digital citizenship:
Easy-to-use lesson plans
Student assessments
Embedded professional development
Background & implementation
Teaching Tips
Videos of lessons in action
Appendix with additional resources and FAQs

26. iBooks - Student Workbook Features
Engaging lesson activities
Focus on building empathy,
perspective-taking, and
decision-making
Custom widgets - students type, drag and drop, draw, and more
Embedded videos
Vocabulary popovers
Interactive assessments
Ability to work to teacher
The Student Workbook, which accompanies the Teacher Edition, includes:
Engaging lesson activities that focus on building empathy, perspective-taking, and decision-making
Custom widgets - students type, drag and drop, draw, and more
Embedded videos
Vocabulary popovers
Interactive assessments
Ability to work to teacher by lesson

27. Digital Passport
Immersive, interactive blended learning experience for 3rd-5th grade students
Covers 5 digital citizenship topics
Badging
Robust teacher dashboard with student reporting
Award-winning
Another digital citizenship resource teachers and students love is Digital Passport (available from our site or at
Digital Passport is an Immersive, interactive blended learning experience for 3rd-5th grade students
Covers 5 digital citizenship topics
Badging – students get badges for completing each of the 5 games
Robust teacher dashboard with student reporting
Award-winning – E-School News Reader’s Choice Award, and Bronze Medal from 2012 Serious Play Awards
Available as an app in Edmodo, the App Store, or Google Play (note: fee-based).
Download the App!
Colorado: 19,000 students have played, over 4,000 passports awarded

28. Completed Badges = Certificate
Students earn a Digital Passport certificate at the completion. Fun to post on the classroom wall and share with parents! A great way to kick off the school year when having students sign Responsible Use or Acceptable Use Policies.

29. CMS Digital Passport
Certificates help legitimize Digital Passport, and they provide incentive for students to construct their own learning.
Students earn a Digital Passport certificate at the completion. Fun to post on the classroom wall and share with parents! A great way to kick off the school year when having students sign Responsible Use or Acceptable Use Policies.

31. Digital Compass
8 “choose your own adventure” stories, based on K-12 curriculum categories
For 6th – 9th graders
9 endings per story
8 characters = 8 perspectives
45 minute experience per story
Each story includes teacher wraparound materials
Ties to existing unit structure
Aligns to ELA CCSS

32. Digital Compass

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38. Digital Compass

39. Digital Compass

40. Digital Compass

41. Digital Bytes
Designed for classrooms and afterschool programs taking a media- rich, project-based learning approach
Encourages teens (recommended ages 13-18) to take control of their learning through several topical, collaborative activities focused on digital citizenship, e.g. “Activism vs. Slacktivism”
Incorporates media deconstruction and production
Teens can work in small groups, in partners, or individually

42. Earn the recognition you deserve.
Certification Program
Earn the recognition you deserve.
For educators who have demonstrated passion for teaching our digital citizenship curriculum to students and their families.
We are proud of the educators and schools who are embracing technology safely, responsibly and effectively in service of student learning. 
Earn the recognition you deserve by applying to be a Common Sense Media Certified Educator or School.
Digital Citizenship Certified Educators and Schools have shown a significant commitment to teaching digital citizenship to students, staff, and families.
Graphite Certified Educators have contributed high-quality teacher Field Notes on Graphite and have committed to sharing their technology integration expertise throughout 2014.
For schools that have taken a community-wide approach to teaching digital literacy and citizenship to students, staff and families with our resources.
For educators who have contributed high-quality Field Notes and an App Flow on Graphite and are committed to sharing best practices all year.

43. Colorado Certified Schools
We are proud of the educators and schools who are embracing technology safely, responsibly and effectively in service of student learning. 
Earn the recognition you deserve by applying to be a Common Sense Media Certified Educator or School.
Digital Citizenship Certified Educators and Schools have shown a significant commitment to teaching digital citizenship to students, staff, and families.
Graphite Certified Educators have contributed high-quality teacher Field Notes on Graphite and have committed to sharing their technology integration expertise throughout 2014.

44. Colorado Certified Schools
We are proud of the educators and schools who are embracing technology safely, responsibly and effectively in service of student learning. 
Earn the recognition you deserve by applying to be a Common Sense Media Certified Educator or School.
Digital Citizenship Certified Educators and Schools have shown a significant commitment to teaching digital citizenship to students, staff, and families.
Graphite Certified Educators have contributed high-quality teacher Field Notes on Graphite and have committed to sharing their technology integration expertise throughout 2014.

45. Implementation Ideas
Eldorado K-8 Digital Driver’s License – beginning of year
Eldorado uses lessons from Common Sense in their start-of-year Digital Driver’s license program

46. Implementation Ideas School level
Teachers/counselors delivering lessons in classroom and advisory
Digital Passport/Compass before using devices at start of year
Family Media Night/Back to School Night/Part of Health Week
Parent communication/workshop on managing family media
District level
Digital Citizenship Week – have all teachers teach a lesson
District has a kickoff/media event – Colo. Digital Citizenship Day
Links to parent resources on district portal/parent portal
Who Can Deliver Lessons?
Counselors, tech teachers, librarians, after-school programs, PTA

47. CMS Implementation Plan
The CMS Community School Road to Certification
Publicize Publicize Publicize. Many educators don’t know about CSM.
Passionate explanations regarding the risk factors. You must believe.
Vest important people at your school by including them.
Create rituals that encourage buy in. Assemblies and graduations.
Parents!!! They need to know the facts. We provide informational meetings, have parents disseminate CSM materials, and offer lab time for parents to gain experience with social media.
Don’t make it a unit, make it a year! Blend CSM into your curriculum.

48. CMS Implementation Plan
Lastly, make it fun.
CSM games take a serious subject and make it enjoyable to learn about. Promoting the fun factor is important for getting strong effort from students. They eagerly anticipate their game scores from Digital Passport.

49. Connecting Families Program
Conversation Cases
Parent Tip Sheets
Advice Videos
Family Media Agreements
Learning Ratings for Parents
Presentation slides and scripts
Widget to embed blog for parents
Communication templates
Parent newsletters
Note: Most materials available in Spanish
Moving on, our Educate Families program provides schools with a comprehensive set of resources to invite families into the conversation about digital literacy and citizenship. The materials enable schools to organize a series of family nights and distribute tip sheets, videos, and other tools. Now more than ever, families and schools must work together to empower kids for safe, responsible, and ethical behavior online and with mobile devices. The materials are available in English and Spanish.
Five actionable steps
Parent Tip Sheets
Advice Videos
Family Media Agreements
Learning Ratings for Parents
Presentation slides and scripts
Widget to embed blog for parents
Communication templates
And much more!

50. Media Literacy
On the Common Sense Media Site: TV’s Best Role Models of 2014 TV That’s Good for Boys Positive Role Model TV for Girls
Common Sense Media also provides a comprehensive parent media education program that complements the youth program provided to schools and afterschool programs for free download from the Common Sense Media website. All parent materials and videos are available in Spanish and English.

51. Graphite www.graphite.org
The next resource I want to introduce you to is Graphite. You can access Graphite at or directly at

52. Graphite Features
Graphite helps teachers discover, share, and use the highest quality educational technology for the classroom.
High-quality, rigorous reviews (>2000 reviews)
Rated for learning potential
Aligned to Common Core
Teachers share insights
Introduce new technology to your classroom and improve student outcomes
Developed by Common Sense Media, Graphite is a free service that helps teachers discover, share, and use the highest quality educational technology for the classroom.
High-quality, rigorous reviews of apps, websites, and games (by teachers)
Products are rated for learning potential
Aligned to Common Core Standards
Teachers share insights with each other
Introduce new technology to your classroom and improve student outcomes with innovative tools like App Flows

53. Reviews Ratings by expert reviews and teachers Common Core Standards
Products assessed on three learning dimensions:
Engagement
Pedagogy
Support
Additional information
Subjects
Skills
Price
Set-up
As I mentioned, at the core of Graphite is ratings and reviews of the learning potential of apps, websites, and games. So, what’s in a Graphite review?
Ratings by expert reviews and teachers: You’ll see two ratings: the Learning Rating is by the Graphite expert reviewer – vetted for their years of expertise in the field and writing skills. The Teacher Rating is by any average teacher who has submitted what we call a “Field Note” – their own rating and review.
Common Core Standards: Each tool is aligned to the Common Core it best meets
Products assessed on three learning dimensions:
Common Sense developed a rubric based on 15 learning dimensions beneath three main areas: engagement, pedagogy, and support.
Engagement
Is it fun, engrossing, compelling?
Does it attract students?
Would they use it / play again?
- Pedagogy
Does it carry depth of content?
Is learning central to the experience?
Do skills transfer offline?
Does it build key concepts?
- Support
Are there app tutorials and tips?
Any support for teachers?
Accessible to many audiences?
There’s also additional information in the review:
Subjects
Skills
Price
Set-up

54. Field Notes Evaluate tools by submitting Field Notes – teacher reviews
Teachers can submit Field Notes of their reviews, sharing what they thought and how they use it in the classroom.
(click) You can find filed notes listed beside any tool on the right

55. Boards Curate Boards – useful collections of your favorites
Teachers can keep collections of their favorites handy by creating Boards.

56. App Flows
Redefine lesson plans to integrate digital tools with pedagogical insight
And teachers can innovate by redefining lesson plans to integrate digital tools with pedagogical insight.
App Flows help you weave technology through the an existing or new lesson plan. You can think and plan with purpose about WHERE, WHY, and HOW a specific feature of an app or a specific piece of a website works with a particular activity. You can find examples under Get Inspired AND you can create your own.
There is an interactive template where you can copy and paste existing lesson, or write new ones, and align tools found on Graphite. You also can denote when you are relying on good non-tech activities too. Save, print it, share it on a board.

57. Professional Development
To support teachers, Common Sense Media offers professional development both in-person and online.
And, you can join any one of their professional learning communities, such as on Edmodo, EdWeb, or Thinkfinity.

58. Next Steps Register at Common Sense Media site
Teach digital citizenship in your class/district!
Write a field note in Graphite
Hang a poster!
Download at least one lesson or toolkit
Explore education resources at

59. Evaluation
This session has a specific link to provide feedback for the session
Use the InnEdCO app or the website to complete the feedback form
Reminder, you must be logged in to see the link within your session on the app.

60. www.commonsense.org/educators Brian Dino, Brian_Dino@dpsk12.org
Ian Yates,