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FOR TEACHERS

Teachers,

See below for short and easy lessons for your own professional development.

Monthly Digital Citizenship Byte Sized Training Ideas

Byte Sized Training

Explore ways to Deal with Digital Distraction.

Suggested resource - Apps that make classroom management easier.

Share new ways to Power Up Communication with Parents.

Suggested resource - 6 tech tools that help boost teacher-parent communication.

Learn ways to Protect Student Data Privacy

Suggested resource - Simple Privacy Evaluation of a Website video
Share - Privacy Evaluations Page for choosing appropriate apps for the classroom.

Discover Ways to Make Formative Assessment More Student Centered

Suggested resource - 53 Ways to Check for Understanding

Explore how to Give Every Student a Stake in Group Work

Suggested resource - Group Work Roles planning worksheet

Share Strategies on How to Use Video in the Classroom to Stimulate Critical Thinking.

Suggested resource - How to customize videos with Edpuzzle video.

Monthly Digital Citizenship Byte Sized Training Ideas

Byte Sized Training

Share the MCPS Digital Citizenship Launch Video (3 min.)

Discuss the current digital landscape & why teaching digital citizenship is valuable.

Suggested Resource - Discuss Teens & the New Digital Landscape Video

Show staff where they can find digital citizenship resources.

Quickly demo or explain where the 6-8 or 9-12 are.
Show staff the Parent Tip Sheets & Student Activity Sheets that are included in each lesson.

Share with the staff the resources that are available on the MCPS Digital Citizenship Website. Highlight a couple of each:

Parent resources

Student resources
Staff resources
- Suggested - Share the News and Media Literacy Toolkit and Anti-Cyberbullying Toolkits with your staff.

Share the Flocabulary Think Before you Post Video

Video Discussion Guide
Top Ten Customizable Poster for classes to fill out with students.

Show staff how to engage students in digital citizenship interactives:

9-12 Digital Bytes (High School)
6-8 Digital Compass (Middle School)

For Students

Lessons for Students:

Digital Life 101 and Feelings on Display
Digital Citizenship: Cyberbullying/Online Cruelty
Fake News
Broadcast on the Internet

FOR PARENTS/COMMUNITY

See what your children (currently Grade 9) are learning about Common Sense digital practices.