Digital Citizenship Curriculum (DCC)
So what is the rational behind rolling out a DCC?
Young kids embrace technology every day without examining the consequence of their actions. Students are using technology without being supervised, out of lesson and after school. Therefore, there is a need to teach them digital citizenship.
Today, with digitalisation, employers judge prospective students or employees for their social media profile. So, it is important to teach students how to create online personas that project positive and constructive image.
Cyber-bullying is another reason for teaching digital citizenship. We can only prevent cyber-bullying by educating students about digital citizenship. Lack of awareness about digital citizenship can lead to cyber-bullying which has grave consequences at times.
Information Search and Analysis is an important aspect of Digital Citizenship. There are lots of resources available over the Internet and not all are authentic. Digital citizenship teaches students how to look out, select, and streamline information and how to choose a real and authentic source of information.
Today, with digitalisation, employers judge prospective students or employees for their social media profile. So, it is important to teach students how to create online personas that project positive and constructive image.
Cyber-bullying is another reason for teaching digital citizenship. We can only prevent cyber-bullying by educating students about digital citizenship. Lack of awareness about digital citizenship can lead to cyber-bullying which has grave consequences at times.
Information Search and Analysis is an important aspect of Digital Citizenship. There are lots of resources available over the Internet and not all are authentic. Digital citizenship teaches students how to look out, select, and streamline information and how to choose a real and authentic source of information.
Yesterday I delivered the DCC to the secondary grade level coordinators and homeroom teachers.Teachers were given Digital resources as well as hard copies of the curriculum. You may find these resources by clicking on the link below.
The folder contains the following resources for each grade;
- Lesson plan
- Lesson resource (media file)
- Student resource
- Lesson in action
During the session teachers went through the lesson plans and discussed with their teams about how they would deliver the lessons. They also had the opportunity to see an example of the lesson in action to gauge a better understanding of the lesson objectives and outcomes as well as familiarize themselves with the resources.
The curriculum will be rolled out in the coming homeroom periods.
We are using resources from the website "Common Sense Media", for further information and resources please click on the link below.
I would recommend this site to parents too, as it deals with a lot of parent concerns and has a section dedicated to it.
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