Rings of Responsibility

1. Rings of Responsibility Common Sense Unit 1- Lesson 1 (Cross-Curricular Categories) Relationship & Communication Self-Image & Security

2. Learning Objective Students will be able to ... • reflect upon their offline responsibilities. • examine their online responsibilities. • learn that good digital citizens are responsible and respectful in the digital world (and beyond).

3. Introduction • What do these circles remind you of?

4. Vocabulary responsibility: an obligation or duty you have to yourself or others

5. Identify Offline Responsibilities Self: The center ring has to do with responsibilities you have to yourselves, such as keeping yourself safe and healthy, and protecting your reputations. Self

6. Identify Offline Responsibilities Friends and Family: The middle ring stands for responsibilities you have to your friends and family, such as helping with chores, attending their performances, or just listening to them when they are having problems. Friends and Family

7. Identify Offline Responsibilities Larger Community: The outer ring stands for responsibilities to the larger community, from following rules at school to playing safely at the playground Larger Community

8. Identify Offline Responsibilities Larger Community Friends and Family Self

9. Vocabulary Community-a group of people with a common background or shared interests.

10. Self What responsibilities do you have to yourself?

11. Friends and Family What responsibilities do you have to your good friends and to your family?

12. Larger Community What responsibilities do you have to the larger community?

13. Vocabulary digital citizen: a member of a worldwide community linked by the Internet

14. Video http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/encouraging-digital-citizenship

15. Rings of Responsibility Larger Community Friends and Family Self

16. Assessment Larger Community Friends and Family Self Asking permission before posting a silly photo of a classmate Using only kind language in a virtual world Keeping your passwords private

17. Assessment Friends on social network sites, players in online games who chat with one another, and teammates on soccer teams are all members of ______________. a) sports b) communities c) digital media

18. Assessment What does it mean to be a good digital citizen? a) Being a good friend offline b) Being good at online games c) Being respectful of others online

19. Review You are responsible for your own behavior, whether it is in the offline world or in the digital (online) world. I encourage you to take responsibilities – online and offline – seriously, because being responsible is crucial to being good members of the community and to becoming good digital citizens.

20. Wrap-Up What are the three Rings of Responsibility?

21. Wrap-Up What is one important responsibility you have in the online world?

22. Wrap-Up Is there a responsibility that you have to others both online and offline?

23. Extension Activity Fodey Newspaper Generator http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

24. Resources *Rings of Responsibility : Unit 1-1 *Common Sense *http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/encouraging-digital-citizenship *http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp