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McDonogh Now a Digital Citizenship Certified School
At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, long before virtual school was even considered a possibility, McDonogh began taking the steps to become a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified School. To earn the certification from Common Sense Media, schools must be committed to helping students think critically and use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate. Faculty in all three divisions got to work educating students in K through 12 and their families on a variety of topics including Media Balance and Well Being; Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, and Hate Speech; Digital Footprint; Privacy and Security; and News and Media Literacy.
The age-appropriate lessons were developed by Common Sense Media in partnership with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Guided by the research of thousands of educators, each digital citizenship lesson takes on real challenges and digital dilemmas that students face today, giving them the skills they need to succeed tomorrow, as digital learners, leaders, and citizens.
Recently, in the midst of virtual school, McDonogh was notified by Common Sense Media of its official designation as a "Digital Citizenship Certified School." Working behind the scenes to earn the distinction were faculty members Robyn Little, Sara Madgey, Matthew Winner, and Patty Welch who also recently became Common Sense certified educators.
Madgey, McDonogh’s Lower School Educational Technology Coordinator, explains that lessons were taught to all K-4 students in library class and that in grades 5-12, the learning took place during advisory and/or wellness. She says, “We used the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum as a guide but modified and enriched lessons in order to meet the needs of our students. For example, if we taught a lesson around the topic of cyberbullying one month, and several classes had rich conversations about this topic, we would continue and extend cyberbullying lessons in the following month.”
In the Lower School, lessons literally spilled out into the hallways with weekly “TECHtalk Questions” posted on the topics that students had discussed. Madgey explains, “Matthew Winner, our Lower School librarian, created beautiful interactive bulletin boards in the library hallway that highlight our monthly digital citizenship themes.”
The efforts to earn the certification also incorporated the use of technology into lessons with tools the students use in their classrooms such as Google Classroom, Flipgrid, Seesaw, and Nearpod. Additionally, Director of Educational Technology Robyn Little shared the digital citizenship curriculum at meetings of the McDonogh Parents Association where she provided attendees with technology tips and helped make them aware of the valuable parent resources for keeping students safe online.
Since distance learning began at the end of March due to the coronavirus, the lessons learned in the first part of the school year have proven to be a valuable asset to students, faculty, and parents alike. The Digital Citizenship Certification is an added bonus.
At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, long before virtual school was even considered a possibility, McDonogh began taking the steps to become a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified School. To earn the certification from Common Sense Media, schools must be committed to helping students think critically and use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate. Faculty in all three divisions got to work educating students in K through 12 and their families on a variety of topics including Media Balance and Well Being; Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, and Hate Speech; Digital Footprint; Privacy and Security; and News and Media Literacy.
The age-appropriate lessons were developed by Common Sense Media in partnership with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Guided by the research of thousands of educators, each digital citizenship lesson takes on real challenges and digital dilemmas that students face today, giving them the skills they need to succeed tomorrow, as digital learners, leaders, and citizens.
Recently, in the midst of virtual school, McDonogh was notified by Common Sense Media of its official designation as a "Digital Citizenship Certified School." Working behind the scenes to earn the distinction were faculty members Robyn Little, Sara Madgey, Matthew Winner, and Patty Welch who also recently became Common Sense certified educators.
Madgey, McDonogh’s Lower School Educational Technology Coordinator, explains that lessons were taught to all K-4 students in library class and that in grades 5-12, the learning took place during advisory and/or wellness. She says, “We used the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum as a guide but modified and enriched lessons in order to meet the needs of our students. For example, if we taught a lesson around the topic of cyberbullying one month, and several classes had rich conversations about this topic, we would continue and extend cyberbullying lessons in the following month.”
In the Lower School, lessons literally spilled out into the hallways with weekly “TECHtalk Questions” posted on the topics that students had discussed. Madgey explains, “Matthew Winner, our Lower School librarian, created beautiful interactive bulletin boards in the library hallway that highlight our monthly digital citizenship themes.”
The efforts to earn the certification also incorporated the use of technology into lessons with tools the students use in their classrooms such as Google Classroom, Flipgrid, Seesaw, and Nearpod. Additionally, Director of Educational Technology Robyn Little shared the digital citizenship curriculum at meetings of the McDonogh Parents Association where she provided attendees with technology tips and helped make them aware of the valuable parent resources for keeping students safe online.
Since distance learning began at the end of March due to the coronavirus, the lessons learned in the first part of the school year have proven to be a valuable asset to students, faculty, and parents alike. The Digital Citizenship Certification is an added bonus.