Lesson #2: You Make the Call
What will we learn?
1. Role play and problem solve situations to practice digital citizenship.
2. Identify and evaluate individual levels of digital citizenship.
2. Identify and evaluate individual levels of digital citizenship.
Got Media Smarts - What are the facts?
What do we really know about the facts on teenage digital citizenship in the real world?
What are our activities and how do they relate to digital citizenship?
What are our activities and how do they relate to digital citizenship?
Look at the "Got Media Smarts" handout from Common Sense Media. Complete the quiz and compare your answers to a partner and discuss your similarities and differences.
Gather as a group and briefly review each answer to the quiz as a class and review class answers. A MimioStudio Notebook format of the quiz is available in the Resources/Handouts. (The answers are cued with a sound to indicate correct or incorrect answers). |
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Moral Compass - You Make the Call
We use technology every day for a variety of different things. Our use of technology has been rapidly changing in recent history as we have increased access to a variety of different technologies. How do these technologies influence our ability to be good digital citizens? What are some of the rules? How do I compare in my daily actions?
A compass helps guide us in the right direction. We have to make choices every day when we use technology. The moral compass outlined by Mike Ribble helps us to make decisions on the challenges we are faced as digital citizens. The following activity is designed to help us reflect on our "Moral Compass".
A compass helps guide us in the right direction. We have to make choices every day when we use technology. The moral compass outlined by Mike Ribble helps us to make decisions on the challenges we are faced as digital citizens. The following activity is designed to help us reflect on our "Moral Compass".
When dealing with digital media, each of us is guided by our Moral Compass. Our Moral Compass can be divided into 8 different levels. A presentation of the Moral Compass has been created with MimioStudio Notebook in the Resources.
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In groups of 2 or 3, review the ten scenarios outlined in the handout and identify the direction the character is taking according to the moral compass from the “Moral Compass Student Handout".
With your group, be prepared to answer the following questions and share your answers with the class:
As a class, discuss each situation. Remember to also reference the six directions on the compass and the consequences for the different directions in each situation. |
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Regina Catholic Schools Digital Citizens
Remember the “Digital Citizen” Guidelines for Regina Catholic Schools. As a class or individual, examine each area on the digital citizen infographic and evaluate your moral compass for each area.
Identify class or personal goals and methods for improving digital citizenship based on the Regina Catholic Schools Digital Citizen Guideline Infographic.
You can also self-evaluate your own understanding of the digital citizenship using the rubric. |
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