Digital Citizenship Week

Digital Citizenship Week is an annual campaign to promote a healthy, balanced, and positive approach to media and tech use among young people. Every year, during the third week of October, PUSD partners with Common Sense Media to teach our students about how to be good Digital Citizens.

This year, Common Sense has created brand-new resources to support students' digital well-being in the age of AI. Lessons and resources are linked below for K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, and 9th-12th grades.

Share your wins with EdTech for a chance to win class prizes! Email your pictures and stories to edtech@pusd.us.

You can also follow Common Sense Media's Instagram account for educators, and share how your students are learning about digital literacy and citizenship. Have your phone handy? Use the QR code to go directly to our Instagram account. Be sure to tag Common Sense Media in your post (@commonsenseedu) and use the hashtag #DigCitWeek!

• Follow Common Sense on Instagram today!
• Tips on protecting students' privacy on social media

Each day this week is centered around a different theme.

• Monday: 🧠 Critical Thinking
• With unverified answers at their fingertips, help students think critically about what they see online.
• Tuesday: 🔎 Curiosity
• K-5: Help kids be curious explorers as they learn and discover new things online.
• 6-12: Nurturing students' sense of curiosity is essential when algorithms can tell us what to think or believe.
• Wednesday: 🎨 Creativity
• K-5: Help kids express themselves and share their unique ideas as they start to engage with tech more deeply.
• 6-12: Help students foster creative persistence as they start to engage with tech more deeply.
• Thursday: 🫶 Human Connection
• Prioritize face-to-face connection in an increasingly virtual world.
• Friday: 🌱 Healthy Habits
• Help students build healthy habits around tech!

• Digital Literacy & Citizenship Week: Resources, Programs, Initiatives from the California Department of Education

• New! See Common Sense Education's full Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum

• Take Common Sense Education's free PD course: Teaching Digital Literacy & Well-Being

• More AI resources for teachers, schools, & districts

• Digital literacy resources to share with families

• Common Sense Education's YouTube Channel

• Digital Citizenship Nearpod Lessons

• Digital Literacy Lesson Plans from CDE

Free digital citizenship webinars

• Teaching Digital Citizenship in an AI-Powered World -- REGISTER
  Thursday, October 9, at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET
  Presented by Common Sense Education and Nearpod
• Building Authentic Relationships in an AI-Driven World -- REGISTER
  Tuesday, October 14, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET
  Presented by Common Sense Education on EdWeb
• Let's Get Real About Digital Safety -- REGISTER
  Tuesday, October 21, at 3:30 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. ET
  Presented by Common Sense Media, National Parents Union, and EDSAFE AI Alliance