Sarah Hanson

Module #4 Assignment: Digital Citizenship

School Population
School: Landstuhl Elementary Middle School
School and Student Demographics: Landstuhl Elementary Middle School is located on
an Army base in Landstuhl, Germany. LEMS serves the military and civilian community
that work at the hospital on the base. The school serves students from kindergarten to
8th grade. There are currently 804 students enrolled. Class sizes are small; with an
average of 19 students in each classroom. The socioeconomic status of families within
the community vary.
Grade Level of Intended Learners: K-2
Technology Resources: There are two computer labs within the school. Teachers have
a scheduled day and time each week to use a computer lab for one hour. The majority
of classrooms have SMART boards and ELMO projectors . Classrooms are equipped
with an average of five computers. Older grades (4-8) have access to computers on
wheels. There is one per grade level. However, the battery life on most of the laptops is
very low and, because of this, they are sometimes difficult to use.
My Digital Citizenship Philosophy
Students: I will be focusing on teaching students Internet Safety and Information
Literacy. I want students to understand how to safely use the internet as well as how to
find and effectively use information from the internet. For grades K-2, I think these are
two necessary stepping stones to build off of as they learn to use the internet in different
ways.
Parents: Parents will work with their child to discuss Internet Safety and how to use the
internet responsibly. This includes reviewing how often children and parents are using
the internet at home, what kind of supervision children have while using the internet,
and how to enjoy the internet together. I have seen many parents and children glued to
their phones and other electronic devices. It is important for families to balance
electronic usage in this digital age.
Teachers: As part of professional development, teachers learn the importance of digital
literacy and citizenship and teaching this to their students. Teachers learn how to use

the common sense media website and discover the ease of the scope and sequence
and how to incorporate it into their current curriculum.

Students
Unit
Internet
Safety
(September)

Teacher
Hanson

Expected
Outcome
Students learn
rules on how to
stay safe online

How do I go
places safely
on the
computer?

Information
Literacy
(October)
How can you
use the
alphabet to
find things
online?

Media Center
Specialist

Identify, find, and

evaluate, and use
information
effectively
How to search
websites
Identify
characteristics of
credible websites

Teaching
Resources
Going Places
Safely
(Students learn
how they can visit
different places
without leaving
their
homes/schools
but need to learn
how to do so
safely by asking
permission, talking
only to people
they know, and
using sites
specifically
designed for
children.)
A-B-C Searching
(Students learn
how to search
online using the
alphabet and
apply it to their
alphabet
dictionary with
support from the
Media Center
Specialist)

Feedback/Assessment
Closing questions:
Student wrap-up
questions
Create a wordle on
Internet Safety as a
class
Unit 1 Assessment:
Read questions aloud
and have students
answer on their own
computers

Brainstorm other
resources used at
home and in the
classroom that require
using the alphabet for
searching information
(dictionary, word wall,
looking for a library
book)
Students create a
Picture Dictionary
using the information
found online

How can you

give credit to
your own
creative
work?

Definition of credit
and why giving
credit to others is
important
Students give
themselves credit
for their own work

My Creative Work
(Students are
introduced to
citing their own
work and others
by creating a time
capsule with work
created using
Picassohead.
Students discuss
why its important
to give themselves
and others credit
based on original
ideas)

Closing/Wrap-Up
Questions
Information Literacy
Unit 1 Individual
Assessment

Parents
Unit

Teacher

Expected
Outcome

Teaching
Resources

Feedback/Assessment

Internet
Safety
(September)

Parent/Child
collaboration

Parents create
time to explore
the internet with
their child

Be A Role Model
article
(Dont Miss a
Moment video and
5 tips to balance
media and
technology)

Parents make a
contract with their child
with a time/date each
week devoted to
looking at new
websites together and
fill out the family media
agreement. They also
create a time/date
each week to unplug
and spend time
together without
electronics. Contracts
are signed and shared
with the teacher.

Teacher if
intervention is
wanted/needed

Parents and
children spend
time unplugged
to develop a
healthy balance
with technology

Family Media
Agreement
(How to use the
internet safely and
correctly)
Digital Life Survey
(Parents fill this
out as a selfassessment. Will
not be turned into
the teacher)

My Favorite Place
handout (to be
completed with child).

Other Resources
from the Common
Sense Media
Family Toolbox

Parents can gain a

deeper understanding
of how their child views
the internet and
explore website with
their child

Teachers
Unit

Teacher

Expected
Outcome

Teaching
Resources

Feedback/Assessmen
t

Professional
Development

All Teachers
K-8

Understand and
navigate the
Common Sense
Media website

K-12 Online
Curriculum
Training
(Teachers gain an
understanding of
the importance of
digital literacy and
citizenship)

Digital Literacy and

Citizenship Training
Certificate

August-October

See the
importance in
teaching students
digital literacy and
the crossWebinars to help
curricular
further prepare to
framework
teach digital
citizenship
Implement the
scope and
sequence to the
current curriculum

Grade-level
discussion on when
and how to implement
the scope and
sequence at grade
level. Choose lesson
plans most
appropriate for that
grade level.
Follow-up survey in
October after
implementing the
scope and sequence