This document proposes a digital citizenship curriculum for 6th grade students focusing on digital literacy, digital commerce, digital rights and responsibilities, digital communication and etiquette, and digital health and wellness. Key topics include finding quality online information, cyberbullying, online etiquette, appropriate technology use, and peer influence on technology choices. The curriculum aims to teach students safe, responsible and ethical technology use through discussion questions on these digital citizenship themes.

1. Digital Citizenship
6th grade core
2013-2014
proposa

2. Digital Literacy and Digital
Commerce
Process of teaching and learning about
technology and the use of technology
Using the Internet
appropriately
Focus Question:
Do students know where to get quality information
from the Internet?
Additional Questions:
1. What resources do teachers need to find quality
information on the Internet?
2. How should the Internet be used in the classroom?

3. Digital Rights & Responsibilities:
Those freedoms extended to
everyone in a digital world
Cyberbullying
Focus Question:
What is cyberbullying?
Additional Question:
1. How can students protect themselves while online?
2. What should parents know about the issues of
cyberbullying?

4. Digital Communication and
Etiquette:
Electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
Etiquette Use When
Working Online
Focus Question:
What etiquette should be used while working online?
Additional Question:
1.Do students need to follow rules when working
online?
2. How do students know what is appropriate to do
online?

5. Digital Health and Wellness:
Physical and psychological well-being in a digital
technology world.
Focus Question:
Do students spend too much time using
technologies?
Additional Questions:
1. Where are students gaining information
about the use of technologies?
2. How much do peers influence the
use of certain technologies?