Digital Citizenship and Responsibility Unit

Savannah Robinson
FRIT 7739
February 22, 2021
Collaboration and Topic Selection

Topic: Cyberbullying

Goals:
 Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital
citizen.
 Recognize activities of cyberbullying.

Standards:
Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of
living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and
model in ways that are safe, legal, and ethical.
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the
permanence of their actions in the digital world.
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behavior when using technology,
including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
c. Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of
using and sharing intellectual property.
d. Manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware
of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.

Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves

creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and
digital media appropriate to their goals.
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of
their creation or communication.
b. Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into
new creations.
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety
of digital objects such as visualizations, models, or simulations.
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their
intended audiences.

Hook: Review of the qualities of a super hero. Invite students to share their favorite
superhero. Think about specific super powers of your favorite superhero. All
superheroes use their powers to help other people. A super digital citizen is
someone who uses technology to learn, create, and participate.
Screencastify – Video
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February 22, 2021

Overview
Peardeck – lessons
 Digital Citizen
o How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?
 Being an Upstander
o How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?
 Cyberbullying
o How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?

Being an Upstander
How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?

Technology:
 Peardeck – lesson
 Flipgrid – assignment
 Google Classroom – turn in assignment
 Quizizz – assessment

Learning Target: I can be an upstander.

Vocabulary: digital citizen, upstander, bystander

Connect: Review of the qualities of an upstander. Make connections to characters in

a book read in class. In this lesson, you will learn the characteristics that make
someone an upstanding digital citizen.

Teach:
 Explain the difference between a bystander and an upstander.
 A bystander observes a conflict or unacceptable behavior, but doesn not take
part in it.
 An upstander is a person who supports and stands up for someone else.
 Model how to create a character profile of an upstander.

Guided Practice:
 Use storytelling to describe the important role of an upstander in tough
situations.
 Present scenarios and discuss how an upstander character would approach
challenging situations.

Independent Practice:
 Create a character profile of an upstander
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February 22, 2021
 Decide how an upstander character would approach challenging situations
 Create multi-page book

Close:
 Compile upstander profiles into a class ebook.
 Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital
citizen.

Assessment: Quizizz

Cyberbullying
How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?

Technology:
 Peardeck – lesson
 Flipgrid – assignment
 Google Classroom – turn in assignment
 Quizizz – assessment

Learning Target: I can recognize cyberbullying.

Vocabulary: digital citizen, upstander, cyberbullying

Connect: Review of the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital

citizen. In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize cyberbullying.

Teach:
 Cyberbullying is when someone uses digital devices, sites, or apps to
intimidate, harm, or upset someone.
 Give examples of cyberbullying.
o Someone making fun of or pressuring someone else repeatedly
o Comments, memes, private messages, or chatting
o The person being bullied not knowing everyone who's doing the
bullying (as people can hide their identity online)
o A group of people ganging up on someone
 Explain ways cyberbullying can be addressed.
 https://read.bookcreator.com/library/-LCESe5qTaw-
qLZCBqm3/book/tynQ7tgJRyus2tgU9Ki9mQ/

o Defending or supporting the person being bullied.
o Telling a trusted adult.
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o Addressing it directly with the bully.

Guided Practice:
 Give examples of cyberbullying.
 Invite students to discuss what an upstander would do.

Independent Practice:
 Review the scenarios and decide what a digital citizen would do to be an
upstander.

Close:
 Reflect on how to recognize and address cyberbullying.

Assessment: Quizizz

Web Resources
Digital Citizenship
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED593612.pdf
https://www.smartbrief.com/s/2018/04/ideas-teaching-digital-citizenship

Cyberbullying
https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-essential-guide-to-
cyberbullying-prevention

Horizon Report Technology

https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2020/3/2020_horizon_report_
pdf.pdf?

Web 2.0 Tools

http://t2i2.weebly.com/web-20-tools.html
https://www.techlearning.com/tl-advisor-blog/3936