Information Technology

 

In Atlanta Public Schools, we utilize Common Sense Education's K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum to help build a positive school culture that supports the safe and responsible use of technology. This curriculum provides teachers with a very specific Scope and Sequence in which to teach lessons that focus on cyberbullying, privacy, safety and other digital dilemmas that prove to be a challenge for schools. There is also a focus on showing how important technology is to our students and the world they live in, in that technology provides an amazing opportunity for students to create, collaborate, communicate and to critically think!

 

The Common Sense Media website can be located here:  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ 

 

For more information contact: Jennifer Hall or Tommy Clay

 

Congratulations to the following schools who have earned their Digital Citizenship Certification through Common Sense Media!

• Carver Early College (ETS - Jan Dickerson)
• Continental Colony Elementary School (ETS - Gina Wilson)
• Crawford Long Middle School (ETS - Renee Dawson & Jan Dickerson)
• Finch Elementary School (ETS - James Wilborn)
• F.L. Stanton Elementary School (ETS - Ruben Barkley & Jan Dickerson)
• Heritage Elementary School (ETS - Gina Wilson)
• Humphries Elementary School (ETS - Gina Wilson)
• Jackson Elementary School-both campuses (ETS - Lynn Freeman) 
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School (ETS - Nia Cannon & Jennifer Hall)
• Mary Lin Elementary School (ETS - Lynn Freeman)
• South Atlanta High School (ETS - Jan Dickerson)
• Sutton Middle School-both campuses (ETS - Lynn Freeman)
• Springdale Park Elementary School (ETS - Lynn Freeman)

 

 

Viewing these videos with your student(s) is a great starting point to disucss the importance of digital citizenship.

 

Kindergarten "My Online Neighborhood"  

 

1st Grade "Pause and Think Online"

 

2nd Grade "We the Digital Citizens" 

 

3rd Grade "The Power of Words"

 

4th Grade "Private and Personal Information"  

 

5th Grade "What is Cyberbullying?"

 

6th Grade "Teen Voices: Presenting Yourself Online"

 

7th Grade "Teen Voices: Friendships and Social Media"

 

8th Grade "Teen Voices: Sexting, Relationships, and Risks"

 

9th Grade "Teen Voices: Who are you on Social Media?"

 

10th Grade "Teen Voices: Hate Speech Online"

 

11th Grade "Is the Internet Making you Meaner?"

 

12th Grade "Screen Time: How Much is too Much?"