This week our class had Sheri Kinney, our district's Library Learning Commons Coordinator, in to lead a lesson on digital citizenship. We started by asking our students to share in partners what they thought this term means. We then used our "community brain" to web our shared learning (see photo) to get a sense of what our students already know about digital citizenship and to identify gaps so we can focus our learning! Sheri then gave students questionnaires created by Common Sense Education and Harvard Graduate School of Education's GoodPlay Project, related to teenagers' technology use. This provided students with a better understanding of teenagers' 24/7, social use of digital media and technologies. It also begins to highlight the importance of carrying out online relationships responsibly and being good digital citizens. Many were surprised to learn about just how much time teenagers spend on their phones texting, using social media and connecting digitally with others!
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| Our "community brain" on digital citizenship background knowledge |
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| Sheri Kinney speaks about technology use in the teenager population |
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