Students Practice Digital Citizenship

For the past month, third and fourth grade students at Solvay Elementary School have explored resources to enhance their digital citizenship in the Library Learning Commons. Just as they practice respectful, responsible, and safe behaviors in school on a daily basis, students also apply these skills in an online environment.
 
Students used the Webonauts Internet academy published by PBS Kids to think about digital privacy and security. They also used the Digital Passport program created by Common Sense Media to consider appropriate cell phone use. In addition to this, they used Google Interland, in which students discern fact from fiction and recognize signs of phishing scams. 
 
Students become critical thinkers about what sources of entertainment they consume on YouTube and via video games to find options that are developmentally appropriate. To learn along with our student, visit https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ to inform your digital choices.