A Parent’s Guide to Keeping Your Children Safe Online

As children become more connected and tech-savvy, ensuring their safety online is a top priority for parents. However, with the ever-changing digital landscape, it can be overwhelming to keep up. This guide offers quick, practical tips and handy tools to help you keep your children safe online and navigate online safety confidently, whether it’s managing…

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Keep safe and create

About this unit: A combination of 3 lessons from Common Sense Education’s excellent digital citizenship curriculum and the chance for your students to apply their learning to digital making activities that would help them share the important online safety messages with others.  National Curriculum Links – Computing KS1 The content of this plan cover the…

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Copyright and Fair Dealing

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – Lesson 6 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 terms copyright, public…

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Upstanders and Allies

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – Lesson 5 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 the different perspectives of…

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My Social Media Life

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – Lesson 4 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 Identify the role of social…

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The Power of Digital Footprints

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – 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 Define the term “digital footprint”…

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Big Big Data

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – 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 Explain why information about them…

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My Media Use: A Personal Challenge

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y8) – 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 Make an inventory of their…

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Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Year 8)

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. A note about this unit The lessons in this unit or work are taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their…

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Finding Credible News

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y7) – Lesson 6 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 Learn reasons that people put…

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