Connecting with Digital Audiences

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

What you say, and how you say it, often depends on whom you're talking to, both in-person and online. The person or people you're chatting with -- and the apps or websites you're using -- affect how we communicate. Remind your students to consider their audience before they post or comment online, and help them build community and communicate effectively in the digital world.

Students will be able to:

Apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and outside of school.
Consider different ways that code-switching online can make communication more meaningful and effective.
Write an example post or message that uses code-switching to communicate with an online audience.

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Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.R5
Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.

Vocabulary

curate

Knowledge

Students know:

how to find valid sources to answer a given research topic.
how to cite sources.

Skills

Students are able to:

locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions.

Understanding

Students understand that:

a great deal of information is available.
it is important to validate information and to cite the source of information.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.11
Model and demonstrate behaviors that are safe, legal, and ethical while living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.

Vocabulary

ethics
digital world

a.

virus
malware
packet sniffing
spyware
phishing

b.

browser history

c.

personal data

d.

digital marketing
online wallets
personal information
data accessibility
passwords.

e.

cyberbullying
harassment
sexual communication

f.

online safety

Knowledge

Students know:

safe, legal, and ethical behaviors for online behavior.

a.

tracking methods are often used to improve digital tools and advertising.
hazards exist when unknown entities have access to a user's digital habits.

b.

methods to counteract the use of tracking.

c.

that often, end-user licensing agreements (EULA) are often written to protect the entity that created the digital tool, rather than the user of the digital tool.
that EULAs and terms of service agreements can grant access to the user's personal data.
that personal data can include images, posts, personal information (phone number, address, birth date, access to friends), and browsing data.

d.

often there exists an inverse relationship between online privacy/personal security and convenience.

e.

that inappropriate digital behavior can have physical, legal, and ethical consequences.

f.

that negative digital behaviors can have lasting consequences.
that some behaviors are illegal.
strategies to lessen the impact of negative digital behaviors and assess when to apply them.

Skills

Students are able to:

interact digitally while exercising safe, legal, and ethical behaviors.

a.

identify tracking methods used to gather data.
identify hazards that exist when tracking methods are used.

b.

list techniques to avoid tracking.
apply techniques to avoid tracking.

c.

interpret the terms of EULAs and terms of service agreements.
make an educated decision to agree to EULAs and terms of service agreements.

d.

weigh the risks of using a digital tool to one's personal security.
identify potential risks to using various digital tools.
evaluate a digital tool's security.

e.

identify inappropriate digital behaviors.
identify consequences of inappropriate digital behaviors.

f.

identify negative digital behaviors.
share strategies to to lessen the impact of negative digital behaviors.

Understanding

Students understand that:

because the Internet can be such a persisting environment, it is vital to interact with safe, legal, and ethical behaviors.

a.

entities use tracking methods to make products more appealing to their users.
hazards exists when tracking data can be tied to individual users.

b.

privacy can be violated when tracking is used.
techniques exist to mitigate the effects of tracking methods.

c.

nothing is free—you often give up data to use digital resources for no charge.
it is important to educate yourself on EULAs and terms of service agreements.

d.

free digital tools can compromise one's privacy and security.
it is important to be aware of what one is trading for use of a service.

e.

inappropriate digital behavior can have physical, legal, and ethical consequences.
consequences of inappropriate digital behaviors can have life-altering consequences.

f.

digital identity is tied to online digital behavior.
negative digital behaviors can have lasting consequences.
some digital activity is illegal.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Common Sense Media

License Type

Custom

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

Custom License Type (URL)

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

Accessibility

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Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2019-09-03

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