Digital Citizenship

One of our roles as library teachers is to help our students become responsible citizens of the digital world. This includes teaching technology skills, safe use of the internet, properly citing sources of information and avoiding plagiarism. We also address how to recognize and avoid cyberbullying.

Here are some helpful resources on these topics:

• Think You Know:  - Learn about online safety when using blogs, chatting and online gaming.
• Think You Know (younger)- games for younger students, teaches online safety
• Professor Garfield- learn about online safety and cyberbullying with Professor Garfield
• Common Sense Media - collection of short digital citizenship videos
• Digital Compass - pick a character, play the game, see how well you do
• Privacy Playground - game students can play to show how to stay safe online