Digital Citizenship

Prepare kids to think critically and use technology in positive, creative, and powerful ways (available in multiple languages).

Find out what deepfakes are and how they might affect our world. What are three things you can do to avoid getting fooled by them?

Watch teens' honest -- and sometimes frank -- thoughts about the pressures and risks that come with sexting. How would you react in similar situations?

Explore the ways microtargeted political ads attempt to influence elections. Watch the video, and then use the worksheet and discussion questions to dig deeper.

Reflect on your digital life as you watch this video. Think about how you will act, create, learn, and lead. How will you be a digital citizen today?

What are the different parts of a news article or website? Learn how to identify them and make sure you're consuming more trustworthy info.

The news can cause strong feelings. Read some headlines and consider how they might influence someone's reactions.

Learn from a professional fact-checker how to verify information—including events that happened a long time ago.

Learn how opinions and facts affect the news and how to tell them apart.

Use this video to reflect on the media you consume, create, and share. Consider drawing out a map similar to the one in the video.

When we see digital drama or cyberbullying, we have a choice: We can be bystanders or upstanders. Talk through a few ways you can be an upstander.

How can actions online affect others, both positively and negatively? Think through the consequences of different types of online posts.

The news can cause strong feelings. Read some headlines and consider how they might influence someone's reactions.

When we see digital drama or cyberbullying, we have a choice: We can be bystanders or upstanders. Talk through a few ways you can be an upstander.

How can actions online affect others, both positively and negatively? Think through the consequences of different types of online posts.

Evaluate your own digital footprint and decide: What impression do you think you make? How do others see you online?

Find out what personal information you might be giving up when you're online. Which online activities should you avoid, and which are OK?

Not getting enough sleep affects our physical health, our emotions, and how well we work. Make sure your devices aren't stealing your sleep!

Read this info about online safety, then imagine you're teaching it to younger kids. Make it interesting by creating a slideshow, movie, poster, or comic.

This activity book helps young people put their privacy and well-being first by taking back control from tech and media.

Use the worksheet to chart out your media diet. Ask a family member or friend to do it too. Think about and discuss the results.

Explore four islands in this game by Google that covers key digital citizenship topics like protecting privacy, sharing safely, and being kind online.

Understand the essential qualities of good journalism, how news goes viral, and common tactics employed in news to deceive or manipulate reads.

Explore how decisions made in your digital life can affect your relationships and future.

Test your critical-thinking skills with this free app that uses actual examples of deceptive (and not) media.

Explore the ways microtargeted political ads attempt to influence elections. Watch the video, and then use the worksheet and discussion questions to dig deeper.

Check out this video about Netflix's manipulative thumbnails. Work through the discussion questions to think through the benefits and costs of data-driven media platforms.

In this lesson, students consider how digital media tries to get them hooked, and what they can do about it.

Work through one of these research-backed simulations that'll help you practice the skills you need to navigate tricky and challenging situations on social media.

Work through this lesson plan that'll help you consider how social media has affected breaking news as well as elections and voting.

Find out what deepfakes are and how they might affect our world. What are three things you can do to avoid getting fooled by them?

Watch teens' honest -- and sometimes frank -- thoughts about the pressures and risks that come with sexting. How would you react in similar situations?

Reflect on your digital life as you watch this video. Think about how you will act, create, learn, and lead. How will you be a digital citizen today?

What are the different parts of a news article or website? Learn how to identify them and make sure you're consuming more trustworthy info.

Learn from a professional fact-checker how to verify information—including events that happened a long time ago.

Learn how opinions and facts affect the news and how to tell them apart.

Use this video to reflect on the media you consume, create, and share. Consider drawing out a map similar to the one in the video.

Learn how your private info can end up online, whether you intended it to or not.

Watch these videos that tackle lots of online issues like cyberbullying, sharing photos, and online identity from teens' perspectives.

Listen to other students' thoughts and experiences with social media. Do you think you're an oversharer?

Find out what a digital footprint is and how you should think about it before posting and sharing information online.

Learn what skills you need to become an awesome digital citizen.

Prepare kids to think critically and use technology in positive, creative, and powerful ways (available in multiple languages).

Help students take ownership of their digital lives with lessons that address the digital dilemmas they face today, and give them the skills they need to succeed as digital learners.

Practical project-based lessons teach critical computer skills.