Teaching Digital Etiquette to Elementary Students

Our students come to elementary school deeply immersed in a digital world, but they have not
been taught how to be digitally literate or responsible. The purpose of this workshop is to draw
educators attention to our 2st Century students. Within completion of this PD educators will
learn how to teach elementary students how to use digital etiquette to be responsible digital
citizens.

Professional Development Objectives:

Participants will learn about the rules of etiquette applicable to digital technology.

Participant will provide examples of appropriate digital communication.

Participants will apply knowledge of content by redelivering netiquette

expectations to students in their classrooms.

Participants will be able to define digital citizenship..

NETS-T:
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
b.
Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems
using digital tools
and resources
4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
a. Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and
technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the
appropriate documentation of sources.
c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to
the use of
technology and information.
5. Engage in professional growth and leadership

Professional Development Activities:

This PD includes activities to teach educators how to teach their elementary students
netiquette when digitally interacting on and offline. The activities are designed for educators to
check for understanding an evaluate their competency in delivering digital netiquette to their
students.
Introduction:
Our students come to elementary school deeply immersed in a digital world, but they have not
been taught how to be digitally literate or responsible. The purpose of this workshop is to draw

educators attention to our 2st Century students. Within completion of this PD educators will
learn how to teach elementary students how to use digital etiquette to be responsible digital
citizens.
Participants will play a Kahoot game to assess their prior knowledge about digital etiquette.
https://play.kahoot.it/#/lobby?quizId=95a51349-68c0-4f73-8c6b-ef24a51e8795

Our elementary students need to be taught best practices when interacting with cyberspace.
Students should not:
argue or speak inappropriately with others on message boards
click on pop-ups
use abbreviations when texting
give anyone your personal information

Teaching:
Why is Digital Etiquette important?
Share Infographic slide
As you can see from this infographic students lives are online in increasingly mobile and social
ways

Children ages 2-11 comprise nearly 9.5% of active online users

63% of students in grades 6-12 want to learn online
At school that ban mobile devices, 63% of students use them anyway
67% of teens think most bullying happens online
1 in 10 Admission Officers from the top 500 colleges check applicants social networking
profiles; therefore a students digital footprint is as important as their personal character

One of the most important aspects of being a good digital citizen is that we practice digital
etiquette, also referred to as netiquette. Simply, netiquette is a set of basic guideline or best
practices one should adhere to in order to ensure the internet is a safe and positive environment
for yourself and others. BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. feature several digital citizenship videos for
students in grades K-2 and 3-5. Today I will share a digital etiquette video for students in
grades 3-5.
https://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/digitaletiquette/

Review and Share:

Participants will share thoughts about digital etiquette and what digital citizenship rules they feel
are most important for elementary students on a Padlet wall.
http://padlet.com/ksy30253/ib7joknt44ov

Questions?

Closure:
Resources:
Bad Netiquette Stinks
http://www.netsmartz.org/NetSmartzKids/BadNetiquetteStinks
BrainPop Digital Etiquette
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/digitaletiquette/
Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-andsequence
blendspace resources
https://www.tes.com/lessons/J646KSbnuPq3Hw/copy-of-digital-etiquette-and-citizenship