Digital Citizenship at South Portland High School

Julie York yorkju@spsd.org

Highlights at SPHS

• Multiple Classroom Presentations & Lessons

• Student Community Technology Work

• School Wide Digital Citizenship Week

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Presentations & Lessons• It’s about being a good

person, not just about being a good person online.

• A focus getting students to create and share perspectives.

• Tons of resources available: Common Sense Media, YouTube, prior student videos and presentations.

• Keep focused on age-appropriate and relevant content.

Student Community Technology Work

• Involving students in the community connects their digital experiences to their real world experiences.

• Works especially well with the ‘students as teachers’ model.

• Senior Citizen cell phones & Elementary School/SPPD Digital Safety Video

School Wide Digital Citizenship Week

• Technology Integration Specialist & Homebase Week Long Initiative: sites.google.com/site/sphsonlinetechnology/digital-citizenship-week

• Guest Speaker Josh Gunderson

• Weekly Emails (Geek of the Week)

• School Wide Tech ELT Curriculum Inclusion