1. California School Library Association Conference, November 13, 2011 Carol López Doerksen, District Library Coordinator, Kings Canyon USD cdoerksen@kcusd.com www.kcusd.com

2.  How KCUSD developed Digital Citizenship lessons for K-12 students  How the lessons are delivered  How KCUSD established an accountability system to monitor the lessons taught

3. 1. Curriculum – Technology and Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) Delivery 2. Tech Literacy – KCUSD Technology Standards and the Big6™ 3. Copyright and Fair Use 4. Cybersafety/Internet Safety

4.  Chavez Bill, AB307 – Signed into law in 2006  Amended Section 51871.5 of the Ed. Code, relating to educational technology  Ed Code 5187.5, sections a-e: Technology Plans  Section c – Tech Plan must include how teachers and students will be educated about:  Appropriate and ethical use of information technology  Internet safety  How to avoid committing plagiarism  Copyright - to distinguish lawful from unlawful online downloading; implications of peer-to-peer network file sharing.

5.  Years 1, 2, and 3 - Students will receive grade-level appropriate lessons in the following areas:  Copyright and fair use  Plagiarism  Downloading and peer-to-peer file sharing (grades 4-12)

6.  Years 1, 2, and 3 – Students will receive grade-level appropriate lessons on Internet safety, including online privacy and avoidance of online predators.

7.  Spring 2010  Established a committee of grade level teachers (Digital Citizenship Committee)  Teacher Librarians and District Academic Coaches were also members of the committee  A meeting was held for all committee members to explain the rationale and process for developing digital citizenship lessons

8.  Met by grade level during the school day (substitutes provided) Grades K-1 Grades 2-5 Grades 6-12  Teachers developed 2-4 lessons  Summer 2010  Some teachers met to complete the lessons  Rolled out to Principals at the Administrative Leadership Charge Session in August

9.  Used a wiki, Digital Citizenship Curriculum, (http://dccurric.pbworks.com), to show pre-selected sites reviewed by library coordinators and teacher librarians in the Central Valley and sites from CSLA 2008 Digital Citizenship Wiki, (http://csla2008.pbworks.com), spearheaded by Margaret Baker, Selma USD District Library Coordinator, now retired.Digital Citizenship CurriculumCSLA 2008 Digital Citizenship Wiki  Developed 2-4 lessons (some in EDI format)  Technology Acceptable Use Policy (3-12)  Copyright (K-12)  Plagiarism (K-12)  Internet Safety (K-12)  Supplemental lessons/materials/websites were also recommended  All lessons are housed on the district’s website, www.kcusd.com, under Educator’s Corner under the specific grade level or under “Digital Citizenship.”www.kcusd.com

10. All teachers are to teach the lessons to students.  Windows for Teaching the Lessons:  Grades K, 1, 2 – 2x/yr. – January and May  Grades 3-12 – 4x/yr. – Aug./Sept., Oct., Jan., May  Elementary sites – Selected a specific day to teach the lesson or teachers had the choice to select any day during the window  Middle schools and high schools – selected a period and day to teach the lessons

11.  Lessons are taught by classroom teachers during the established windows.  On a PowerSchool roll sheet, with the technology lesson title printed on top, each teacher checks off the student’s name if the student received the lesson.  Sites provide one opportunity for make-up (before school, lunch, after school)

12.  At the end of the window, ALL teachers turn in their roll sheets, with the students’ names checked off, and their signature to the Principal. *Teacher signature on the roll sheet verifies “the teaching of the required lesson.”  The Principal sends the roll sheets in a folder to Carol Doerksen.  All Technology Lesson “windows” are on the Staff Development Calendar and on the Week at a Glance.

13.  All lessons were taught.  Feedback received from teachers after each lesson, via Survey Monkey, about the effectiveness of the lesson.  April 2011 – H.S. Digital Citizenship Committee members met to create three new lessons for 2011-12 and revised the 2010-11 lessons based on feedback from Survey Monkey

14.  June and August – Digital Citizenship Committee members met by grade level to review the Survey Monkey feedback and revise lessons as needed (Grades 3-12).  All roll sheets were received from Principals by September 2011.

15.  September and October lessons have been taught.  Roll sheets are still coming in from Principals.  Grades K-2 will be meeting the first week in December to review and/or revise their lessons for January and May.

16. Questions? Lesson examples at www.kcusd.com www.kcusd.com