Grade 5 Digital Citizenship

"Our world is changing, and schools need to adapt to new realities of knowledge, society, and education.  Technology has fundamentally changed our idea of community and the ways in which we interact with each other, so that building individual networks for learning and support is more important than ever before" (Ministry of Education, 2015). The lessons and activities in this module are connected to Ribble's Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship. Each activity and lesson is connected to Saskatchewan Curricular outcomes in Grade 5.

Grade 7 Digital Citizenship

"... students are often not learning to be safe and responsible Internet users at home, so schools and teachers must make sure students are acquiring these skills in the classroom; otherwise we are putting young people at risk (Ministry of Education 2015)."  Some of the areas dealt with are online safety and security, what are digital rights and responsibilities & appropriate online behaviour (netiquette). Lessons and activities in this module connect to Ribble's Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship and Saskatchewan Curricular outcomes for each lesson are listed. All necessary resources are included.

Grade 8 - Digital Communicators - How do we communicate as digital citizens?

To say that students are immersed in the digital world is an understatement to say the least.  If we take the time to dissect the digital world, it quickly becomes apparent that the primary function of the digital world is to communicate.  As the digital world has evolved, the sophistication and complexity of communication has increased exponentially.  Seemingly mundane modalities of communication today would have been the stuff of science fiction only a few short years ago.  Navigating this new world safely, effectively and ethically is the challenge which has been placed before the digital natives.  The purpose of this unit is not to simply give students a set of tools they can use, but to create a higher level of consciousness of the digital world and to allow students to maximize the positive potential while consciously mitigating the risks.