Digital Citizenship For Educators

Description

How do we teach digital citizenship? What exactly do we teach? How do we integrate digital citizenship into the curriculum? Uncover a variety of ways for teachers to help their students to balance, respect and protect themselves online and offline. Uncover a variety of ways to protect, balance and respect yourself and your students, so that you can easily integrate digital citizenship in your classroom.

6 Modules Inside:

     –  Fake News and the Responsibility to be Digitally Literate

     –  Respectfully Disagreeing as a Resilient Digital Citizen

     –  Breaking Down Classroom Walls to Build Bridges

     –  Empowering Your Students to be Responsible in the Digital World

     –  Staying Safe Online

     –  Integrating Digital Citizenship into Your Curriculum

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

     –  Identify the elements conducive to an empowering environment;

     –  Evaluate existing Acceptable Use Policies and/or Responsible Use Policies (AUP/RUPs);

     –  Understand the use of copyright free images, music and videos (Creative Commons);

     –  Design and promote strategies to stay balanced in a world filled with distractions;

     –  Compare various viewpoints and arguments for and against privacy and protection online;

     –  Determine appropriate ways to share learning within the classroom with students;

     –  Evaluate digital citizenship resources; and

     –  Design digital citizenship learning opportunities.

Certificate Option:

For educators who need clock hour credits, the Certificate option provides a Certificate of Completion with course hours listed to be used with Teachers College of San Joaquin Professional Learning Center continuing education credits.

No Certificate Option:

The “no certificate” option is designed for you to work at your own pace, therefore there is no course facilitator or feedback.

Time Commitment:

30-35 hours (approx.) 

Course Access Ends:

One Year from Purchase Date

Who is this course for?

This course is appropriate for those working with students in grades, K-12 including teachers, para-educators, counselors, and other support personnel.

All references and materials are located online.