Digital Literacy Instructional Guide

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. Artifcial Intelligence (AI) generated content (deepfake); flters, 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 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 defne 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 defne career pathways or attributes (eg. have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as in saying verbs and direct quotes ■ Technical word choices to defne and classify an entity ■ Adjectives and adverbs to answer questions about quantity, size, shape, manner