Learning kitGrades 2-3

Digital citizenship

Kind and smart online

Find your real and online communities, follow your digital footprint, spot what is true and not, design a kind online place, and make a message that helps others. Ages 7 to 8 or grades 2 to 3, with a grown-up nearby.

Time
About 60 minutes, in two or three short sittings
Steps
5 steps
You need
A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Paper and markers are handy for the last step. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.
Unlock the kit, $5 I have a code

$5 for one learner: every step, the Comic Maker activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the learner's own work.

A comic: a pop-up shouts that a girl won a prize, she wonders if it is too good to be true, asks her grandparent, and learns it is a trick.

The 5 steps

  1. 1Explore your communitiesRead and quizA community is a group you belong to. You have real ones and online ones.
  2. 2Discover your digital footprintRead and quizWhen you walk in sand, you leave footprints. Online, you leave a different kind.
  3. 3Examine what's true and notInvestigateNot everything online is true. Be a detective before you believe it.
  4. 4Design a digital communityDesign itMake up your own online place for something you love, with kind rules.
  5. 5Create content for changeMake itMake something that helps people be kind or safe online.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One learner

Unlock the kit, $5

  • All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
  • Comic Maker activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the learner's own work: your community plan, your message for change and your notes

We email a link that opens the kit on any computer. No account needed. We keep the email only to send the kit and certificate links: privacy.

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Co-ops and classes: unlock it for a group

One payment and one code. Each learner types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

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Questions

What does the learner do in Kind and smart online?

It has 5 steps: 1. Explore your communities; 2. Discover your digital footprint; 3. Examine what's true and not; 4. Design a digital community; 5. Create content for change. Find your real and online communities, follow your digital footprint, spot what is true and not, design a kind online place, and make a message that helps others. Ages 7 to 8 or grades 2 to 3, with a grown-up nearby.

What age is it for?

Grades 2-3. About 60 minutes, in two or three short sittings.

What is needed?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Paper and markers are handy for the last step. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. A numbered certificate with a page of the learner's own work, for your records or a portfolio. It is not course credit.

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