Digital Citizenship Mini-Lesson

Lesson Topic: Digital Citizenship
Grade Level: High School
Instructor: Eric Cho
Date of Lesson: 1/17/2024

Instructional Objectives (Students Will Be Able To):
SWBAT gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a digital citizenship.
SWBAT learn, through classroom engagement, the elements of digital citizenship and practice it by themselves with the instructor as a guide.
SWBAT be safe, savvy, critical, and responsible online and in-class.
SWBAT navigate the wide digital space in a way that benefits their intellectual and educational development.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1 (Cite textual evidence to support analysis of technical text)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.2 (Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.3 (Follow a complex multistep procedure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7 (Translate technical information expressed in words into visual form)

International Society for Technology in Education Standards (ISTE Standards):
ISTE Standard 1a (Develop strategies leveraging technology) & 1d (Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations)
ISTE Standard 2a (Cultivate and manage digital identity), 2b (Engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behaviors), & 2c (Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property)
ISTE Standard 4b (Select and use digital tools to plan a design process)

Anticipatory Set
Prior to the lesson, have students engage in a discussion regarding their personal encounters with the digital space. In what ways are they involved with the internet? How often are they using social media? What do they think it means to be a digital citizenship? In what ways do they think they are being a digital citizen? In what ways are they not?

Class Readings
Article that defines digital citizenship
Article that explores the complexity of digital citizenship
Through the first article, students will have an understanding of digital citizenship and the ways it is defined. The second article provides a long list of what students need to know in digital world. This will make students aware of how complex the digital world is.

Youtube
Video that goes over the nine elements of digital citizenship
This video is in-depth but also easy to understand due to the drawings and the "cartoon feel" the video has. There are very important discussions on communication, literacy, and etiquette, so students must connect this video with the class readings and their assignment.

Verification of Student Learning (Kahoot)
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/b08f30cf-00c6-412e-945a-301b6842d73d

Assignment/Demonstration of Learning 

After learning about digital citizenship and effective ways to navigate the digital space, students will demonstrate their knowledge through a group project. Students will get into groups of four and use Google slides to do a presentation on digital citizenship. To ensure that students are connecting their life experiences with what they learned in class, students must find one form of social media or online space and explore digital citizenship in that specific perspective. If students choose Instagram, they will examine the elements of digital citizenship in the space of Instagram. How does one reflect digital citizenship on Instagram? How does one go against digital citizenship on Instagram? Students must provide three examples of communication, literacy, and etiquette in the social media platform of their choosing. To conclude, they must lead a class discussion time after their presentation regarding a current event. They must formulate the discussion around the current event and digital citizenship.