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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Technology in the world around us

Keeping Safe and Exploring Technology – Lesson 4 Objectives Know when and why to take breaks from device time. Consider the feelings of people around them, even when engaged in fun online activities. Lesson Resources Keeping Safe and Exploring Technology – Lesson slides Technology in the supermarket – sort and stick activity – Version 1  …

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Technology in our homes

Keeping Safe and Exploring Technology – Lesson 3 Objectives Know when and why to take breaks from device time. Consider the feelings of people around them, even when engaged in fun online activities. Lesson Resources Keeping Safe and Exploring Technology – Lesson slides Does it use the internet? – Sorting activity Technology in my home…

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Safety in My Online Neighbourhood

Keeping Safe & Exploring Technology – 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. As a result, the lesson is free for all to use and can be…

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Media Balance is Important

Keeping Safe & Exploring Technology – 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. As a result, the lesson is free for all to use and can be…

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Searching Sites

Finding and Presenting Information – Lesson 2 Objectives Use and explore buttons, arrows, menus and hyperlinks to navigate a website. Using keywords to safety search a specific resource for information. Locate specific websites by typing a website address into the address bar. Begin to evaluate web sites by giving opinions about preferred or most useful…

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Looking for facts

Finding and Presenting Information – Lesson 1 Objectives Use and explore buttons, arrows, menus and hyperlinks to navigate teacher selected web sites. Understand a website has a unique address and the need for precision when typing it. Know what to do and who to tell if they see something inappropriate on a website Lesson Resources…

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