This Is Me

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y4) – Lesson 3 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Consider how posting selfies or…

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Password Power-Up

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y4) – Lesson 2 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Define the term “password” and…

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Your Rings of Responsibility

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y4) – Lesson 1 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Examine both in-person and online…

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Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Year 4)

About this unit: Six lessons taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent digital citizenship curriculum, covering a wide range of topics including well-being, privacy and security, online identity, relationships, communication and the media. National Curriculum Links – Computing KS2 The content of this plan cover the following NC strands:  use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results…

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Video Calls and Collaborative Drawing

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 6 Objectives Understand how to communicate safely using video chat tools. Understand the need for certain rules of conduct, particularly when using live forums of communication. To work effectively with others on a collaborative document or application. Explore the use of graphics and paint packages to design and plan…

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Collaborative Presentations (Google Slides)

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 5 Objectives To work effectively with another on a collaborative document or application. Understand the need for certain rules of conduct, particularly when using live forums of communication. Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Communication and Collaboration Lesson 1 – An introduction to email Lesson 2 – Sending and receiving attachments Lesson 3…

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Google Forms

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 4 Objectives To log into, create and share a collaborative document or application. To work effectively with others on a collaborative document or application. To understand and demonstrate respect for privacy of people’s data. Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Communication and Collaboration Lesson 1 – An introduction to email Lesson 2…

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Collaboration in the cloud (Google Drive)

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 3 Objectives To understand and explain cloud storage To upload a document to cloud storage To log into, create and share a collaborative document or application Understand the need for certain rules of conduct, particularly when using live forums of communication, e.g. chats, forums, live docs Lesson Resources Lesson…

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Sending and receiving attachments (Gmail)

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 2 Objectives Log on to an email account, open emails, create and send appropriate replies. Know and apply the school’s rules for keeping safe online and be able to apply these beyond school. Attach different files to emails, e.g. text document, sound file or image. Open and save attachments…

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An introduction to email (Gmail)

Communication and Collaboration – Google Lesson 1 Objectives Log on to an email account, open emails, create and send appropriate replies. Recognise the effect that content in their communications may have on others. Understand the need to keep personal information and passwords private in order to protect themselves when communicating online. Know the school’s rules…

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