Digital Literacy Instructional Guide

○​ Recognize how algorithms limit viewpoints; determine what content is directed to the user; and manipulate online activity to reinforce behavior, use, and dependency on technology. ○​ Learn how to discern what is real and what is not (e.g. Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content (deepfake); filters, photos, and video alterations, etc.) ○​ Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating, embarrassing, or threatening nature. ○​ Identify strategies to deal with cyberbullying. ■​ Report cyberbullying to a parent or trusted adult. ■​ Do not respond to and do not forward cyberbullying messages. ■​ Screenshot evidence of cyberbullying. ■​ Block the person who is cyberbullying. ○​ Identify the consequences of cyberbullying for the perpetrator and the victim. ■​ Perpetrator ●​ Criminal record

●​ Internet or app restrictions ●​ Negative digital footprint ●​ School discipline

■​ Victim

●​ Anxiety/Depression ●​ Changes in appetite ●​ Stress of being in a constant state of fear ●​ Change in school performance

End of Unit Competency

●​ I can explain digital citizenship.

●​ I can explain and define what a good digital footprint means.

●​ I can explain online safety, digital security, and online privacy.

●​ I can identify and describe the intellectual property.

●​ I can explain what my legal and ethical responsibilities to the digital world are.

●​ I can explain how to improve personal digital wellness .

Language Functions & Features: ■ Generalized nouns to introduce a topic and/or entity ■ Opening statements to identify the type of information

■ Verbs to define career pathways or attributes (eg, have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to define key concepts, add details, or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as using verbs and direct quotes ■ Technical word choices to define and classify an entity