Digital Friendships

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

5

Overview

Kids make friends everywhere they go--including online. But are all of these friendships the same? How can kids start online friendships and also learn ways to stay safe? Help your students understand both the benefits and the risks of online-only friendships.

Students will be able to:

Compare and contrast different kinds of online-only friendships.
Describe the benefits and risks of online-only friendships.
Describe how to respond to an online-only friend if the friend asks something that makes them uncomfortable.

Resources available in both English and Spanish.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 5

DLCS18.5.R1
Identify, demonstrate, and apply personal safe use of digital devices.

Vocabulary

personal safety
digital device
digital citizenship
personal information

Knowledge

Students know:

strategies to be safe while using digital devices.

Skills

Students are able to:

create and use passwords which are only shared with their parents or teacher.
log off of digital device when no longer using it.
explain why you should not share personal information with others online.

Understanding

Students understand that:

passwords are important to have and not share.
logging out of resources and devices protect your accounts and information.
you should never share personal information with others online.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 5

DLCS18.5.10
Identify appropriate and inappropriate uses of communication technology and discuss the permanence of actions in the digital world.

Vocabulary

digital footprint
permanence
digital world

Knowledge

Students know:

the difference between appropriate and inappropriate uses of communication technology.
everthing shared in a digital world may be permanently stored whether in data on a website, downloaded, screen shot, etc.
causes and effects of inappropriate uses of communication.

Skills

Students are able to:

identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate uses of communciation technology.
discuss the permanence of actions in the digital word which may be referred to as a digital footprint.

Understanding

Students understand that:

there are appropriate and inappropriate uses of communication online just as there are when communicating face
to
face.
they should assume that nothing is private when communicated in a digital world.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

CommonSense.org

License Type

Custom

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/digital-friend…

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.commonsense.org/about-us/our-mission/site-terms-use

Comments or Notes

The teacher will need to create a free account at https://www.commonsense.org/education/user/register?destination=/education in order to access the lesson.

Approved Date

2019-06-23

Design by Adaptive Theme