ICT+Links

http://learnscratch.org/ Scratch Guide for beginners

Lesson 1 Here - http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/rings-responsibility-4-5

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship
 Students reflect on how to behave ethically online.



Unit 1: Digital Life
The lessons in this unit are designed to harness students' enthusiasm, encouraging them to talk about the impact of digital media on their lives, their communities, and our culture. Students discuss the positive and negative aspects of digital life and are introduced to the concept of digital citizenship. >  [|Read the unit overview] | [=1822|See the unit lessons]]

Unit 2: Privacy and Digital Footprints
In a world in which everyone is connected and anything created can be copied, pasted, and sent to millions of people, it is important that students bring a sense of ethical responsibility to the online spaces where they consume, create, and share information. In this unit's lessons, students learn to manage their own privacy and respect the privacy of others. >  [|Read the unit overview] | [=1893|See the unit lessons]]

Unit 3: Connected Culture
Students explore the ethics of participating in and building positive online communities, as well as how communities are upset because of cyberbullying and other damaging behaviors. The lessons explore the impact of students' individual actions – both negative and positive – on their friends and on the broader communities in which they participate. >  [|Read the unit overview] | [=1823|See the unit lessons]]

Unit 4: Respecting Creative Work
The lessons in this unit address students' rights and responsibilities about respecting creative work, as well as explore topics ranging from copyright to fair use. Students reflect on the ethics of using creative work from others, and they are encouraged to celebrate their role as 21st-century creative artists. >  [|Read the unit overview] | [=1824|See the unit lessons]]