Digital Citizenship in the Intermediate Classroom
This project will see the development of a resource hub where teachers, parents and students can find access to a variety of tools and resources on their journey towards digital citizenship. This comprehensive resource, usable mainly with intermediate students (grades 4, 5 and 6) though easily adaptable for all grades, will identify major themes in digital citizenship such as copyright, account security, effective online interactions and the critical analysis of online sources. Each topic will include a listing of proposed outcomes, developed by the British Columbia Ministry of Education, a brief description which includes the reason each is an important topic of study, a collection of resources tied to the topic and lesson plans and activity ideas to build understanding and help foster effective online practices. Once complete, the resource hub will be available online along with a presentation that will guide educators through the effective implementation of digital citizenship lessons in their own classrooms.
Please note that there are many resources and different ways that each outcome could be addressed. These lesson plans simply provide one idea for approaching each outcome. All lessons require a level of comfort in working with technology from both the teacher and their students, as well as the availability of technology in the classroom (typically a computer linked to a projector, but also student laptops, mobile devices and a variety of programs and/or software on which student accounts may be required).
These lessons can be used as a broad curriculum covering many topics, or lesson by lesson covering individual themes depending on teacher preference and need. Thus you do not need to start with the first lesson in Research and Information Literacy and work from there. Feel free to choose lessons that fit your individual needs in the classroom.
The intent of this project is to encourage the development of awareness and practices supporting digital citizenship in the classroom and will be aligned directly with the outcomes developed for the Digital Literacy Framework by the B.C. Ministry of Education.
According the Ministry of Education, the basic elements of digital literacy include participation, access, integration, analysis, evaluation, management, creation, communication and empowerment while using technology. Lesson plans and resources will be compiled with the aim of reaching these elements in a variety of ways.
To read any of the files contained within this site, simply click on the blue highlighted text (not the title blocks) to open the file in a new tab.
Please note that there are many resources and different ways that each outcome could be addressed. These lesson plans simply provide one idea for approaching each outcome. All lessons require a level of comfort in working with technology from both the teacher and their students, as well as the availability of technology in the classroom (typically a computer linked to a projector, but also student laptops, mobile devices and a variety of programs and/or software on which student accounts may be required).
These lessons can be used as a broad curriculum covering many topics, or lesson by lesson covering individual themes depending on teacher preference and need. Thus you do not need to start with the first lesson in Research and Information Literacy and work from there. Feel free to choose lessons that fit your individual needs in the classroom.
The intent of this project is to encourage the development of awareness and practices supporting digital citizenship in the classroom and will be aligned directly with the outcomes developed for the Digital Literacy Framework by the B.C. Ministry of Education.
According the Ministry of Education, the basic elements of digital literacy include participation, access, integration, analysis, evaluation, management, creation, communication and empowerment while using technology. Lesson plans and resources will be compiled with the aim of reaching these elements in a variety of ways.
To read any of the files contained within this site, simply click on the blue highlighted text (not the title blocks) to open the file in a new tab.
Proposal
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Chapter 2 - Literature Review
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Chapter 3 - Procedures and Methods
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Chapter 4 - Field/Beta Testing and Findings
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Chapter 5 - Conclusions and Recommendations
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Appendices and References
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Click here to read my Journal Log - Lesson Planning
Click here to read my Responses to the Solicitation for Feedback
Click here to read my Journal Log - Lesson Planning
Click here to read my Responses to the Solicitation for Feedback
Complete Process Paper for Submission
(contains all of the above elements in one document in final edited form for submission to the Dean)
Click here to read my Master's Process Paper
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Lesson Plan Template
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Digital Citizenship in the Intermediate Classroom and all the lesson plans contained within it authored by Kristin Sward are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
