Digital Citizenship Collaborative Unit

Grade Level: 6th Grade

Collaborating Teacher: Orgena Alexander - Web 2.0 Teacher at Dalton Middle School
Topic of Instruction: The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship

Problem Identification
Our school recently had an issue with cyberbullying, as most schools do, and Mrs. Alexander and I thought it
would be best to make sure our students understand what is right and wrong when it comes to communication
with people by means of the internet and other social media outlet.

Learner Analysis
The targeted learners for this assessment is a group of sixth grade students ranging in ages 11-13, with
large amount of experience with computers, social media, and other avenues of technology. This group consists
of 51 students at Dalton Middle School. We are a part of the Dalton Public Schools system, an inner city school
system with a population majority of Hispanic student. The group for this lesson consists of 80% Hispanic
students, 15% are Caucasian and 5% are middle eastern or mixed ethnicities. Although the majority of students
of non-American cultures, they have been in the country for many years and speak fluent english.

Entry Level Skills

Use social Media
Beginning internet merchandising
Navigate the Web
Use technology as the most common mean of communication

Objectives
Students will exhibit the use of social media and the internet as a means of communication in a way that
is kind and shows digital etiquette to other digital citizens.
Students will create a video that will serve as a PSA to be aired on the morning news show to make
others aware of Cyberbullying.
Tasks
Pretest on Cyberbullying and proper Digital Etiquette.
Present lessons about Cyberbullying and Digital Etiquette
Students will create thumbnails of screenshots for the PSA
Students will film the PSA
PSA will be submitted to our DMS News Show
Students will take quiz...a repeat of the pretest.

Assessment
Rubric for PSA

4 3 2 1

Content Covers topic in Includes essential Includes essential Content is minimal

depth with details knowledge about information about OR there are
and examples. the topic. Subject the topic but there several factual
Subject knowledge knowledge appears are 1-2 factual errors. New
is excellent. to be good. errors. New learning not evident
Evidence of learning for student not developed or
genuine learning only not useful for student or
others find work developed or useful others
useful and benefit for others.
from this product.

Originality Product shows a Product shows Uses other people's Uses other people's
large amount of some original ideas (giving them ideas, but does not
original thought. thought. Work credit), but there is give them credit.
Ideas are creative shows new ideas little evidence of
and inventive. and insights. original thinking.

Message Message clear Message clear and There is a message Message is

persuasive and convincing. Student but lacks enough confusing and not
compelling. Student creates an accurate interest to be persuasive. The
creates an original, PSA that compelling. Student PSA is not accurate.
accurate and adequately creates an accurate
interesting PSA that addresses the PSA but it does not
 adequately chosen issue. adequately address
addresses the the issue.
chosen issue.

Use of Time Used time well Used time well Used some of the Did not use class
during each class during each class time well during time to focus on the
period. Focused on period. Usually each class period. project OR often
getting the project focused on getting There was some distracted others
done. Never the project done focus on getting the
distracted others. and never distracted project done but
others. occasionally
distracted others.

Course Evaluation
An online course evaluation will be given to students to rate the course. This data will be used to make
adjustments to other courses. Although many students did not respond to the written part of the evaluation,
several students suggested to both Mrs. Alexander and I, that there should be more time to produce the PSA.
This is something we will take into consideration in the future.