VISION

It is the vision of WVES to promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility in our evolving digital culture, and produce students who can connect, collaborate, and communicate digitally in a safe, respectful, and responsible way. (ISTE Standards - http://www.iste.org/standards and CommonSense Media Curriculum - link)

Summary of Curriculum

Lessons will be delivered on a monthly basis by the librarian during library time. The curriculum is divided by units for each grade with a total of 5 thematic, grade-appropriate lessons within each unit.  The lessons are part of the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum found at this link with a summary of the curriculum found at this link. Eight recurring themes are incorporated within the unit lessons each year. See Figure 2 below showing these themes with their associated icons.  Also listed below are the summaries for each unit of the curriculum.

Lesson Delivery Format

The delivery of the curriculum is in the form of videos, handouts, discussions, activities, interactive assessments, and the use of the Nearpod platform.  The form of delivery will be dependent on the age group.  The librarian will be delivering the lessons.