Running head: GOOD DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

Good Digital Citizenship

Joshua Stoneking
OTL504 Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in 21st Century Learning
Colorado State University Global Campus
Michael Miller, PhD
November 28, 2015

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Stage 1 Desired Results

Content Standard:

ISTE Standard 5: Digital Citizenship.

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and
ethical behavior (ISTE, 2007).
Unpacked Standard:
Essential Questions:

Advocate and practice safe, legal, and

responsible use of technology and
information.

Demonstrate personal responsibility for

lifelong learning.

Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

(ISTE, 2007).
Students will set their own personal goals by:

What constitutes a good digital citizen?

What are some of the positive and negative effects
that digital citizens can cause?

Understanding what ethical and unethical online behavior looks like.

Becoming empowered to address unethical behavior, whether the student is the one receiving the
unethical behavior, or the student is a bystander to it.
Write down a pledge that they will commit to being responsible and ethical digital citizens.

Progress on students' personalized goals will be monitored by:

Active participation of teacher in students activities by making personal interaction with every student a
priority every day.
Addressing conflicts between students, should they arise, and coming to an amicable solution, ensuring
any cyberbullying that may have taken place to come to an end.
Posting examples of both ethical and unethical online behavior on class page or in class and ask students
what their thoughts are on each example.

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Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Directly Aligned to Content Standard

Pre-Assessment:
Start class with an informal formative assessment by asking students what their thoughts are on what constitutes a
responsible digital citizen. Ideas for questions to ask:

What is a digital citizen?

What is an example of a moral digital citizen? An immoral digital citizen?
Why is it important to be a moral digital citizen?
What is cyberbullying?
What are some of the effects of cyberbullying?
What can you do to stop cyberbullying if you personally encounter it or watch it happen?

Asking these questions will help the teacher know where to start the lesson. If students have proficient knowledge
of what a moral digital citizen is, what constitutes cyberbullying, etc. the teacher can go more in depth on those
subjects or spend time on other areas that students may not be as proficient at.

Rubric:

4
Class
participation

Student

comments or
asks a question
more than twice.

Student comments
or asks a question at
least twice during
the discussion.

Student only
comments or ask a
question once.

Student is an

expert on what
constitutes moral
and ethical
online behavior.

Student has a good

grasp on what a
moral digital citizen
is.

Student has a fair

understanding of
what constitutes a
moral digital citizen.

Student does not

understand what a
moral digital citizen
is.

Provides at least 2
examples of moral
and ethical online
behavior.

Provides only 1

example of what
ethical or unethical
online behavior
looks like.

Does not provide any

examples of what
moral or immoral
online behavior is.

Understanding
of what a moral
digital citizen is.

Provides
multiple
examples of both
moral and
immoral online
behavior.

Student is not
engaged in the
discussion at all.

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Stage 3 Learning Plan Directly Aligned to Content Standard AND Assessments

Learning Activities:
Classroom Discussion:
Class will begin with the formative assessment as outlined in Pre-Assessment. This will help direct the flow of
the discussion and help students start thinking on the subject of what makes a good digital citizen. Make sure
students are aware of the severity of cyberbullying by noting the following facts through-out the discussion:

70% of students have encountered some form of cyberbullying.

43% of students have been bullied themselves online and 1 in 4 have experienced it more than once.
81% of students believe that bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person (Do
Something).
20% of students cyberbullied think about suicide, and 1 in 10 attempt it.
4500 kids commit suicide each year
Suicide is the No. 3 killer of teens in the US (Cyberbully Hotline).

Let students control the discussion, but remain engaged in case it gets off topic. After discussing the severity of
cyberbullying, ask students what they think they can do if they see someone being cyberbullied or are cyberbullied
themselves. Listen to the answers, then throw out some suggestions of what students can do as well as some
resources for them should them encounter cyberbullying.

Tell your parents about what is going on. Get them involved.
Talk to your teacher or school counselor about what is going on, especially if the cyberbullying is taking
place on the district network.
If you witness cyberbullying happening, you have a responsibility to speak up. Whether it is telling the
perpetrator that what they are doing is not ok or talking to a parent or teacher about it.
If you want to keep some anonymity, text DS to 741-741 any time to speak with a trained crisis counselor
(Do Something).
Stage 4 Feedback Strategies, including Timeliness

During the discussion, complement students when they raise a good point. It is important that student buy in to
ending cyberbullying. If a student needs more guidance, make sure to at least complement them for engaging in
the discussion and help direct their thoughts on why it is important to be a strong advocate against cyberbullying.
Following the discussion, have students write 3 things they learned, 2 things they found surprising, and 1 thing
they are willing to commit to in order to end cyberbullying. Use this as a ticket out of class for the day.

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Reference
Cyberbully Hotline. (n.d.). Cyberbullying rampant on the internet. Retrieved from
http://www.cyberbullyhotline.com/07-10-12-scourge.html
Do Something.org. (n.d.). 11 facts about cyber bullying. Retrieved from
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying
ISTE. (2007). ISTE standards: Students. International Society for Technology in Education.
Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE-standards/standards-for-students