STEP 1: Prepare and Train Yourself
MAKE your own account at Common Sense Media and start flipping through the assessments for your grade level. Take some of the assessments.
Visit this site for training on how to manage your class in Digital Passport:
Step 2: Make a Teacher Account
Make an account.Then go to Educators/Digital Citizenship/Scope and Sequence. You will find resources for the classroom including videos to share with students.(once the teacher signs up, kids DO NOT need an email address)
(Content for K-12)
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The Digital Passport (games are for 3rd and up)
Create a teacher account and set up your class. Refer to the training video above if you need help.
Remember: Look for the + to set up your class.
Step 3: Choose Lessons (At Least 4 Required)
Visit this page for deployment plans for teachers: Includes 5 short modules suitable for whole class.
On the Common Sense site, go to: Educators/Digital Citizenship/Scope and Sequence
Have students use this note taking guide ( or other notepaper) throughout the week to record what they are learning.
Step 4: Preview Games
These games are for 3rd grade and up, although you may find something interesting for your class or something you may wish to play with the whole class.
Awesome online stuff from Common Sense Media: Students enter your email and can take short cyber assessments. Suitable for individual or whole class.
A separate page has been set up for student access. Find the link on the district web site front page.It looks like this:
Monday- Thursday
Do 1 module each day from the Common Sense site.
Students visit the Common Sense Digital Passport site and play games during their lab time.
Or play a game as a whole class using your interactive board.
For the modules, remember to go to: Common Sense Site/Educators/Digital Citizenship/Scope and Sequence
Friday
Complete an optional simple project to allow students to show what they learned.
