Digital Citizenship Unit

Grade Level: 8th

Collaborating Teacher: Torri McCullough
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Cyberbullying, Copyright Laws, Digital Etiquette
Learner Analysis:
The learners are 8th grade students at Robert Smalls International Academy. The students
are composed of students from my Mr. McCulloughs advanced class. There are 14 students in
all. This includes five African American students, three students are Hispanic, five students are
Caucasian, and 1 student is of mixed race. These students are considered to be above grade level.
Mr. McCullough used a lot of technology in his class. Our goal was to ensure that the students
are aware of the responsibility that is comes along with having so much access to technology.
Prior Learning:
Digital citizenship has not been taught at all to these students. They are familiar with the
term cyber-bullying. However, they are not sure exactly what constitutes as cyber-bullying.
Most of the students have never sent an e-mail so things like CC or what should be included in
the body of a message. Ironically, they believed that sending an e-mail was just like texting and it
is appropriate to use text-like speech. There has been issue with things shared on social media
that are inappropriate. There seemed to be very little understanding out how that may affect them
in different areas of their life. In addition, plagiarism is not very well understood. Mr.
McCullough explained that many students would complete their research assignments by
copying and pasting information off of the internet.

Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan

Essential Question: What is Digital Citizenship?
Goal: Students will be able to explain the components of digital citizenship and apply them when
using technology.
Standards: http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE-standards/standards-for-students

Objective:

Activate
Knowledge

Day 1
I can explain
what digital
citizenship.
https://youtu.be/
6TUMHplBveo
Lesson will
begin with

Day 2
I can identify
cyberbullying.

Day 3
I am aware of
copyright laws.

Cyberbullying
Lesson Via
Livebinders

Copyright Quiz
via Livebinder

Day 4
I can use proper digital
etiquette when replying
online.

digital footprint
video.
New
Information

Digital
CitizenshipRobbie Grimes
http://prezi.com
/2ypzu1pmi_ly/
?
utm_campaign=
share&utm_me
dium=copy&rc
=ex0share

Application

Reflect: In your
own words,
explain the
meaning of
digital
citizenship.
Why do you
feel its
important?

Copyright laws
Via Live Binder

Complete
Activity #2

Reflections:
What three
copyright rules
from resource #2
that you believe
to be the most
important?

What is digital
etiquette and how do
we use it?
Digital Etiquette
Live Binder

Complete Digital
Etiquette Quiz- Snip
certificate and email
certificate to teacher.

Works Cited
Grimes, R. (2016, January 26). Digital Citizenship. Retrieved from Prezi.com:
https://prezi.com/2ypzu1pmi_ly/digital-citizenship/#
HannahJ. (n.d.). Good Digital Etiquette. Retrieved from chogger.com:
http://chogger.com/comics/tDEif/good-digital-etiquette
Jaro, B. L. (2014, October 14). Your Digital Footprint. Retrieved from YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6TUMHplBveo
Ramirez, R. (n.d.). Digital Citizenship Pre-Test. Retrieved from www.quia.com:
https://www.quia.com/quiz/5116157.html