1. Materials and Preparation:
      2. Lesson Sequence


      6-8 Digital Citizenship Pledge and AUP

       


       

      Students will collaboratively define what it means to be a positive digital citizen. The class will develop a classroom digital citizenship pledge that will guide students in their use of technology in school and at home. To demonstrate understanding of the different components of the district’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), students will engage in a close read of the policy and connect its different components to the definition of digital citizenship.

       

      Essential Questions:

      What does it mean to be a positive digital citizen?

      Learning Objectives:

      Students will be able to ...

      • establish a shared definition of digital citizenship.


      ·   collaborate on a classroom motto about digital citizenship


      • develop a digital citizenship pledge.

       





      Materials and Preparation:


      ·   Copy of the District AUP , one per student.

      ·   Poster paper or legal size paper, one per group of 3-4 students

      ·   Print out one copy of the We the Digital Citizens Pledge as a

      poster for your classroom wall (which can be printed in black and

      white or in color, sizes 8.5" x 11" or 11" x 17").

       





      Lesson Sequence


      1.  Class question/discussion (25 minutes):


      In small groups of 3 or 4:

      On poster paper or legal sized paper, write the term citizen in the middle of the paper.

      CREATE a cluster diagram brainstorming words or short phrases for what it means to be a good citizen in your day to day activity

      Cluster diagram: alt

       

       

      Have students share out a few terms or phrases

      ADD the word digital next to “citizen” in the middle of the diagram

      ASK What would you change or add to the chart when thinking about what it means to be a good digital citizen? 

      Give a few minutes to discuss and add to their diagram

      ASK groups to share what they added or changed.

      INSTRUCT student groups to use the ideas on their diagram to write a definition for digital citizenship.

      INVITE student groups to share definitions with the class

      DISPLAY definitions in the room

      EXPLAIN that as members of online communities, your class is going to outline the kinds of expectations you all have for being good digital citizens.

      Reassemble the class into small groups of two or three students.

      DISTRIBUTE copies of We the Digital Citizens Pledge Student Handout, one per small group.

      REVIEW the expectations outlined on the pledge as a whole group.

      INSTRUCT students to brainstorm for five minutes in their small groups about additional expectations that they feel are important for an online community. Have them fill in the last two speech bubbles on the handout.

       


      3.  Classroom Collaboration (10 minutes)


      INSTRUCT students to reassemble to share their ideas. As a whole group, decide on two additional expectations to add to the poster version of your classroom’s We the Digital Citizens Pledge.

      ADD the two additional expectations to a class version of the We the Digital Citizens Pledge

      INVITE each student to sign the We the Digital Citizens Pledge poster to indicate his/her commitment.

       


      4.  Close Reading Activity (15)


      DISTRIBUTE copies of the District AUP, one per student

      INSTRUCT students to read it one time through to get the gist


      ·   Discuss:

      o   What are the main ideas?

      o   What jumps out at you?

      o   What questions do you have?


      INSTRUCT students to read the AUP a second time to dig a little deeper


      ·   Discuss:

      o   What is the author’s purpose?

      o   Why did the author use particular words and phrases?


      INSTRUCT students to read the AUP a third time to put it all together


      ·   Discuss:

      o   How does this relate to your responsibilities as a student?

      o   Where do you see connections to the definition students created for digital citizen or the digital citizenship pledge?


       

       


      5.  Closing (5 Minutes)


       
      What are you agreeing to in signing the We

      the Digital Citizens Pledge?       		In signing the pledge, each student is agreeing to the stated terms and is committing to being an upstanding community member, aka a digital citizen.
      Which part of the digital citizenship pledge

      is most meaningful to you?       		Answers will vary.  

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      Adapted from: https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/digital-citizenship-pledge-3-5