🗑 The perfect template for digital citizenship week

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I’m excited to share that I am speaking at the Curriculum x AI Summit 2025 – a free, virtual event designed for public school educators.

Attendees will learn how AI can help us strengthen assessment, support differentiation, and build more connected systems across classrooms, staff, and communities.

It is happening from October 27th-30th everyday between 1:00 and 3:30 PM ET. You can see the full agenda and register here.

Key themes:

• Build curriculum and assessments that foster creativity, connection, and critical thinking.

• Align district systems with instructional priorities for safe and effective AI use.

• Create coherent systems that support teachers, engage communities, and expand what works.

A PD certificate will be provided for attendance, and session recordings will be shared following the event.

🗄 TEMPLATE 🗄️

📱 Make learning social with this template

How we interact with people in digital spaces is a big part of digital citizenship.

(It’s not just a student problem. We see LOTS of adults acting poorly on social media, too …)

With this social media reply template, students can practice their social interactions — and use it as a fun lens to study the topic of the day.

The template, which is basically a fake Facebook post, lets students pretend they’re posting for someone — and add replies from other people.

Get the Google Slides template // Get the PowerPoint template

A few ways you could use it in class:

• Post for a historical character or a character in a story you're reading.

• Post as themselves after learning about new content as a reflection activity.

• Post a controversial statement and model how to respond appropriately.

The sky is the limit for this template — and it’s a great way to practice digital citizenship (and review whether students interacted and responded appropriately).

Check out the post below for more ideas on using this template.

💡 THE BIG IDEA 💡

🗨️ 20 must-have resources for teaching digital citizenship

These days, digital citizenship is a set of skills that EVERYONE needs.

It has to do with how we handle our business and interact with others in digital spaces — in ways that honor others, that keep us safe, and that portray our words in the right light.

Digital citizenship isn’t just for the tech teacher. It’s something that can be incorporated into any class — even in quick conversations or a short discussion.

Digital Citizenship Week, coined by Common Sense Media in 2010, is a time to educate students and families on how to be safe, responsible, and ethical digital citizens.

Want to join in the fun and bring a little (or a lot) of digital citizenship into your class this week?

In today’s updated post — 20+ must have resources for teaching digital citizenship — we aim to equip you to weave digital citizenship themes and topics into whatever students are learning.

It’s organized by grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12). Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find …

K-2: Downloadable “Digital Citizens” Coloring Book

A fun, printable activity book that pairs perfectly with the lessons in the K-2 curriculum and helps young students learn about being safe, respectful, and responsible online.

3-5: Digital Citizenship Superhero Hyperdoc

This interactive HyperDoc is a companion lesson to the Super Digital Citizen lesson above from Grade 2 where students become a digital superhero by developing three key superpowers: being safe, responsible, and respectful online. Help students explore what each superpower means and how to use technology in positive ways.

6-8: When When Is Your Brain Ready for Social Media?

This short video from PBS LearningMedia discusses why age 13 is often considered the minimum for social media platforms and explores the cognitive and emotional readiness required for safe online engagement.

9-12: Dealing with Digital Stress (via The Achievery)

This resource provides practical lessons for learners to identify how their online interactions contribute to stress, and more importantly, it teaches them evidence-based strategies for coping with and managing those digital pressures.

BONUS: Common Sense Media’s DigCit Week Calendars

Common Sense Media provides a daily calendar for each grade band with suggested themes and lessons.

• Grades K-2

• Grades 3-5

• Grades 6-8

• Grades 9-12

Get more digital citizenship resources

Our post includes 20+ resources that’ll give you ready-to-use lessons and activities to equip your students with skills and information to navigate digital spaces effectively and responsibly.

👋 How we can help

There are even more ways I can support you in the important work you do in education:

1. Read one of my six books about meaningful teaching with tech.

2. Take one of our online courses about practical and popular topics in education.

3. Bring me to your school, district or event to speak. I love working with educators!