APS Digital Citizenship Curriculum (K-5)

APS Digital Citizenship CurriculumDiscovery Elementary: K-5

Kindergarten: Going Places Safely Online

APS Central Question: How do I go places safely on the computer?

APS Enduring Understanding: There are a lot of exciting things to do online, but it is important to follow certain rules to remain safe.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Discover that the Internet can be used to visit far-away places and learn new things.
Compare how staying safe online is similar to staying safe in the real world.
Explain rules for traveling safely on the Internet.

Grade 1: Staying Safe Online

APS Central Question: How do you stay safe when you visit websites?

APS Enduring Understanding: It is important to stay safe online by choosing websites that are good for you to visit and avoiding sites that are not appropriate.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

understand that being safe when visiting websites is similar to staying safe in real life.
learn to recognize websites that are good for me to visit.
recognize that I should ask an adult I trust before visiting a particular website.

Grade 2-Module 1: Keep it Private
APS Central Question: What kinds of information should I keep to myself when I use the Internet?

APS Enduring Understanding: Certain kinds of information is private and should not be shared online.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

recognize the kind of information that is private.
understand that I should never give out private information on the Internet.
understand that people online are not always who they say they are.

Grade 2-Module 2: Follow the Digital Trail

APS Central Question: What is a digital footprint?

APS Enduring Understanding: Information put online leaves a digital footprint or trail. The digital trail can be big or small, depending on how it is managed.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Learn that information I put online leaves a digital footprint or trail.
Explore what information is appropriate to put online.
Judge the nature of different types of digital footprints by following the information trails of two fictional animals.

Grade 2-Optional Lesson: Computer Trouble

APS Central Question: How can we balance time spent on the internet with other activities?

APS Enduring Understanding: The internet can be used in many fun and creative ways, but it is important to have balance in life.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Understand that the internet can be used for fun, educational and creative purposes.
Recognize that in order to have a healthy life, one must balance screen time and time spent on other activities.

Grade 3-Module 1: Keep It Private/CyberPigs

APS Central Question: What are marketing messages online and what can you do about them?

APS Enduring Understanding: It is important to protect personal information online to avoid marketing efforts and to surf the Internet safely.

Learning Objectives:I will be able to:

Recognize that marketers use different strategies such as spam to try to elicit personal information on the Internet.
Explore strategies for managing unwanted messages.
Understand the need to protect personal information on the Internet, from both a marketing and a safety perspective.
Recognize that online acquaintance may not be who they say they are.

Grade 3-Module 2: What’s Cyberbullying

APS Central Question: What is cyberbullying and how do you deal with it?

APS Enduring Understanding: Bullying can happen in person or online, but both kinds of bullying are hurtful.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying.
Recognize some of the key similarities and differences between in-person bullying and cyberbullying.
Identify strategies for dealing responsibly with cyberbullying.

Grade 3-Optional Lesson: Francine’s Pilfered Paper

APS Central Question: What is plagiarism and how can it be avoided?

APS Enduring Understanding: When doing research, one must not copy another person’s work, but summarize the information and give credit to the source.APS

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

explain what plagiarism is.
practice summarizing material for research in my own words.
cite sources (book) that I use for research.

Grade 4-Module 1: The Keys to Keywords

APS Central Question: Which keywords will give you the best search results?

APS Enduring Understanding: Certain search strategies will increase the accuracy of keyword searches.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Experiment with different keyword searches and compare the results.
Refine searches by using multiple words, synonyms, and alternative words and phrases.
Draw inferences to explain search results.

Grade 4-Module 2: How to Cite a Site

APS Central Question: How do I cite different types of online sources?

APS Enduring Understanding: It is important to cite sources when doing research to give proper credit to the author.

Learning Objectives:I will be able to:

Explain the value of giving proper citations.
Name the components of an MLA style citation for different types of websites.
Create MLA style citations for online articles and professional sites.

Grade 4-Optional Lesson: Faux Paw Goes to the Games-Balancing Screen Time with Real Life

APS Central Question: How does spending too much time online affect achieving your goals?

APS Enduring Understanding: Time spent online should be balanced with other activities, such as exercise, reading, spending time with friends and family, and playing outside.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Recognize how spending too much time online can affect achieving goals.
Understand how to balance time spent on-and-offline.

Grade 4-Optional Lesson: Gekko Goof Website Evaluation

APS Central Question: Can you really trust everything you read online?

APS Enduring Understanding: Not everything you see online is true. It is important to evaluate websites before you use the information for homework or research.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Look at a Web address for clues about the reliability of the website.
Identify the author of the website.
Determine whether the website contains accurate information.

Grade 5-Module 1: Rings of Responsibility

APS Central Question: What kinds of responsibilities does a good digital citizen have?

APS Enduring Understanding: Information put online leaves a digital footprint or trail. The digital trail can be big or small, depending on how it is managed.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Reflect upon my offline responsibilities.
Examine my online responsibilities.
Understand that good digital citizens are responsible and respectful in the digital world and beyond.

Grade 5-Module 2: Super Digital Citizen

APS Central Question: What does it mean to be a good digital citizen?

APS Enduring Understanding: To be a good digital citizen, one must be responsible & respectful in online and offline communities and learn to solve digital dilemmas in a responsible way.

APS Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Compare and contrast responsibilities to online and offline communities.
reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding citizen.
devise resolutions to digital dilemmas.

Grade 5-Optional Lesson: Whose Is It, Anyway?

APS Central Question: How can you show respect for other people’s work?

APS Enduring Understanding: Giving credit is a sign of respect for people’s work.

Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

define plagiarism and describe its consequences.
explain how giving credit is a sign of respect for people’s work.
articulate when it is acceptable to use people’s work, and how to write a citation.

Grade 5-Optional Lesson: Website Evaluation

APS Central Question: How do you evaluate the validity of information on a website?

APS Enduring Understanding: Not all information on websites can be trusted. There is a set of criteria that can be used to evaluate the validity of digital information.

APS Learning Objectives: I will be able to:

Collect and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
Understand that accuracy, relevance, comprehensiveness, and bias are important in evaluating electronic information sources.
Use a checklist to evaluate the validity of websites.

APS Digital Citizenship Curriculum was developed from Common Sense Media Resources and by the following APS Staff:

Teresa Flynn – Supervisor of Library Services, Deborah DeFranco – Supervisor of Health and PE

Kathleen Meagher, Former Director of Secondary Education

Wilmarie Clark, Claremont ITC (K-5)

Marie Hone, Arlington Tradition School ITC (6-8)

Eric Underhill, Carlin Springs ITC (9-12)