Technology Training for Teachers
Throughout the year, we will be offering training for staff for our digital tools.
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Digital Citizenship for Teachers
| Assessment View |
Assess your students’ learning of lesson objectives and gauge their understanding and attitudes through interactive unit-level assessments. |
| BrainPOP: Digital Citizenship View |
Link to video. |
| Classroom Posters View |
Download colorful posters to remind your students about digital citizenship and device care and maintenance. |
| Digital Citizenship Toolkits View |
Toolkits put topical resources at your fingertips. In each toolkit, you’ll find lesson plans, activities, videos, and parent outreach materials – your one-stop shop for E-rate/CIPA compliance, Cyberbullying, and Gender & Digital Life. |
| Digital Citizenship Videos View |
Link to videos. |
| Engage Families View |
Invite parents into the conversation with our Connecting Families program and resources. |
| Extended Learning – Digital Bytes View |
Challenge teens to take a real-world look at digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities in Digital Bytes. |
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NetCetera Toolkit |
Free resources to help you teach and learn about online safety. Includes videos, booklets, and lessons for parents, students, and teachers. |
| StaySafeOnline.org View |
Help others learn about cybersecurity, cybersafety and cyberethics with these lesson plans and classroom materials. |
| StaySafeOnline.org – 1. Lesson Plan View |
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| StaySafeOnline.org – 2. Getting Started View |
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StaySafeOnline.org – 3. Instructions and Team Roles |
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StaySafeOnline.org – 4. Class Exercise/Activities |
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StaySafeOnline.org – 5. Class Exercise/Activities Answer Sheet |
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StaySafeOnline.org – 6. Class Exercise Report Form |
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Unit 1 – A Creator’s Rights |
What rights do you have as a creator? |
| Unit 1 – Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding View |
How do you judge the intentions and impact of people’s words and actions online? |
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Unit 1 – Digital Life 101 |
What is the place of digital media in our lives? |
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Unit 1 – Scams and Schemes |
What is identity theft, and how can protect yourself from it? |
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Unit 1 – Strategic Searching |
What steps can help you find what you’re looking for when you search online? |
| Unit 2 – A Creator’s Responsibilities View |
What responsibilities do you have to respect others’ creative work? |
| Unit 2 – Gender Stereotypes Online View |
What are gender stereotypes, and can they shape our experiences online? |
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Unit 2 – My Media |
What are your personal media habits, and how much time do you spend with different forms of media? |
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Unit 2 – Safe Online Talk |
How should you handle inappropriate online talk? |
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Unit 2 – Which Me Should I Be? |
What are the outcomes of presenting yourself in different ways online? |
| Unit 3 – Cyberbullying; Crossing the Line View |
When does inappropriate online behavior cross the line into cyberbullying, and what can you do about it? |
| Unit 3 – Identifying High-Quality Sites View |
When can you trust what you find on the Internet? |
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Unit 3 – Rework, Reuse, Remix |
What rights do you have as a creator? |
| Unit 3 – The Reality of Digital Drama View |
Does the way we think about digital drama have anything to do with gender? |
| Unit 3 – Trillion Dollar Footprint View |
What is a digital footprint, and what does yours convey? |
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