Online Student Curriculum

Helping students understand and implement principles of Digital Citizenship

Students can learn digital citizenship principles in interactive, self-paced content easily imported into a district’s learning management system. This content is adapted for online classes directly from thousands of hours of teaching Kindergarten through 12th-grade students in-person in a classroom.

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What’s Included?

The topics and lessons are vetted and also align with ISTE Student Standards and other state standards. Packed full of videos and resources, students grades 4-9 will be taught all elements of digital citizenship and have their own self-reflection activities and goals set so they can take what they’ve learned and apply it to their lives.

There are two courses, with some overlapping content, for upper elementary age and middle school. Those grades are when students are getting their first phones, and online accounts and digital citizenship is a topic that should be reinforced.

Explore The Program Modules

Based on Digital Respons-Ability’s direct work with students, we have adapted our curriculum to be online. These self-paced modules are divided into two courses: Respons-Able Students 1 (grades 4-6) and Respons-Able Students 2 (grades 7-9). Each module is 1-2 hours long and includes interactive activities and an optional assessment with a certificate. The student modules include resources for teachers and parents to reinforce digital citizenship learning in the classroom or at home.

Respons-Able Students Online I (Grades 4-6)

SKU: DRARSO1001

How do computers think? What is an algorithm?

This module will share the basics of computational thinking such as the concept of sequencing. It will also introduce algorithms that impact our everyday life.

What is your digital footprint, and how can that footprint be used by advertisers?

Learn about the trails we leave behind online and how information can affect us. Students will examine their “bubbles” and how algorithms can reinforce them online.

What are the different social media platforms out there and what do they do? What is digital law?

Those questions and the topics of intellectual property, online safety, passphrases, and more are covered in this module.

What is cyberbullying and why do people do it?

This module will address the where’s, how’s, and whys of cyberbullying and role-play ways to help us deal with difficult online situations.

How can we use technology in a healthy way for our bodies and minds?

This module will help us self-reflect on our habits and moods online. Mindfulness and other techniques will be shared so we can better understand how the content we see online can affect us. Healthy sleep, bedtime, and wake-up habits will be discussed, and students can create digital wellness plans.

How can technology make the world a better place? And how can YOU use technology for good?

Hear other young people’s stories and get ideas and resources on how you can be a positive digital citizen.

Respons-Able Students Online II (grades 7-9)

SKU: DRARSO1002

How can we evaluate what we see online? What’s reliable news and what is trying to deceive us?

This module dives into different types of fake news, the CRAAP method, and quizzes students on how they would examine what they see in their feeds.

What is your digital footprint, and how can that footprint be used by advertisers?

Learn about the trails we leave behind online and how information can affect us. Students will examine their “bubbles” and how algorithms can reinforce them online.

What are the different social media platforms out there and what do they do? What is digital law?

Those questions and the topics of intellectual property, online safety, passphrases, and more are covered in this module.

What is cyberbullying and why do people do it? This module will address the where’s, how’s, and whys of cyberbullying and role-play ways to help us deal with difficult online situations.

How does what we see online make us feel? And how do our online actions make others feel?

This module examines the concept of digital empathy and digital wellness. It introduces mindfulness and ways to self-check our moods, behaviors, and physical health.

Have you ever bought anything online? Or seen something that appeared to be a scam?

This module considers digital commerce, the buying and selling of goods and services online. Financial scams, dark patterns, entrepreneurship, financial online tools, budgeting, saving, and more are covered so students can be safer and more informed when engaged in digital commerce.

Do you know what resources are out there to help you find a job or where you want to go to college?

It may seem far off, but preparing ahead of time and using different digital tools can make the process easier. The concepts of creating a digital brand will be discussed, and students will visualize themselves as an employer and how to evaluate someone’s digital footprint.

Who do you want to be online?

That is the central question this module encourages students to answer. Students will self-reflect on their own digital identity and help set their own digital SMART goals.