Unit One: Digital Citizenship
Using curriculum and tools from Common Sense Media we teach students how to make right choices in their use of technology.
Strong Passwords Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online.
Digital Citizenship Pledge Students work together to outline common expectations in order to build a strong digital citizenship community. Each member of the class signs a We the Digital Citizens Pledge.
You've Won a Prize! Students learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it.
How to Cite a Site Students reflect on the importance of citing all sources when they do research. They then learn how to write bibliographical citations for online sources.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/science/30obmammals.html?_r=0
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mammals
Picture Perfect Students learn how photos can be altered digitally. They will consider the creative upsides of photo alteration, as well as its power to distort our perceptions of beauty and health.
Using curriculum and tools from Common Sense Media we teach students how to make right choices in their use of technology.
Strong Passwords Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online.
Digital Citizenship Pledge Students work together to outline common expectations in order to build a strong digital citizenship community. Each member of the class signs a We the Digital Citizens Pledge.
You've Won a Prize! Students learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it.
How to Cite a Site Students reflect on the importance of citing all sources when they do research. They then learn how to write bibliographical citations for online sources.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/science/30obmammals.html?_r=0
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mammals
Picture Perfect Students learn how photos can be altered digitally. They will consider the creative upsides of photo alteration, as well as its power to distort our perceptions of beauty and health.
Digital Citizenship Lesson 5:
Picture Perfect
(Source: Common Sense Media)
Picture Perfect
(Source: Common Sense Media)
- Look at the picture to the right and discuss these two questions"
What would make this photo “real”?
What would make this photo “fake”? - Watch the "Dove - Evolution" video below. We will discuss it once everyone has watched it.
- Get a copy of the "Magazine Magic Student Handout." You will work on this in groups and then discuss answers in class.
- After some review time, you will take a short quiz on this topic.