3.3 Got Your Passport?

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Your passport to the Internet

This is a Ministry licensed online resource created by the Media Awareness Network for teachers to use with students when teaching about digital safety and citizenship. Some valuable resources are openly available for you to access as you begin to weave your way through the internet. 
Resources:

• Media Smarts - Passport to the Internet - Description
• Passport to the Internet Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Gr. 4-8)

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and your digital passport too!

The Digital Passport is provided free to educators. Teachers can set up student access to the web portal so they can play and learn while achieving the goal of acquiring digital literacies as they acquire a digital passport. The modules include communication, privacy, cyberbullying, searching, and creative credit. For each module, student achieve a badge which is collected in their digital passport. Teacher tracking, resources and video information is available throughout the site. Digital passport is available for BYOD and mobile access users. Watch the introductory video - linked from the image to the right, OR jump into the Digital Passport fun using the link below. Your instructor will provide login information.
Resources:

• Educator Handbook
• Student workbook
• Printable Digital Passport Certificate
• Student progress chart

Digital passport login HERE

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Use your 'common sense' ...

It's Common Sense!
With the primary audience for the information from this site being the United States, there are still many tools and resources on this site that are ready for the Canadian educator to find, adapt and apply to their teaching. The classroom poster section include items on digital citizenship, and care & maintenance of technology. The scope and sequence chart provides an interactive collection of age appropriate resources for use in the classroom on a variety of media and digital literacy topics - internet safety, privacy & security, cyberbullying, creative credit and copyright, self-image & identity, digital footprint & reputation, and relationships & communication. The repository of webinars is a rich resource for learning about accessing, using, creating, and reflecting with digital technologies. 

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And your 'media smarts' too

Media Smarts is a Canadian organization focused on research, resources and reports relevant to digital and media literacy across the country. There website hosts information about digital and media fundamentals, issues, definitions, e-tutorials and resources for parents and educators. Some of the MANY research reports include:

• Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase 3: Encountering Racist and Sexist Content Online, June 2014.
• Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase 3: Sexuality and Romantic Relationships in the Digital Age, May 2014.
• Youth and Digital Skills Symposium: Preparing young Canadians to make social, economic and cultural contributions, May 2014
• Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase 3: Experts or Amateurs? Gauging Young Canadians' Digital Literacy Skills, March 2014.

• Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase 3: Cyberbullying: Dealing with Online Meanness, Cruelty and Threats, March 2014.
• Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase 3: Online Privacy, Online Publicity, Feb 2014.

What is Digital Literacy?

from Media Smarts, Digital and Media Literacy Fundamentals

Establishing the Guidelines for participation and highlighting digital citizenship can be done in the first five days of school, or planned throughout the course of the school year. Think about the steps outlined on this website: How to Tackle Digital Citizenship the First 5 Days of School. But don't leave it to only the first five days. Weave these essential life skills throughout the year and within all subject areas.

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