Digital Citizenship and Safety
Resources for Parents
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media for Parents helps families make smart media choices. This is one of the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. The website’s Parent Concerns and Parent Blog help families understand and navigate the problems and possibilities of raising children in the digital age.
Wisconsin DPI
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Privacy and Security: With the increased use of the Internet worldwide, it is even more important to protect the information we are sharing. Privacy is much different now in the digital world. Almost every app, program, and website is looking for you to share some personal information. Use this site when determining what information is safe to share online.
Screenagers
Screenagers – Growing Up in the Digital Age: Under the Resources tab, this site offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.
Digital Citizenship Games for Children
Interland
(Google’s Digital Citizenship Game Grades 5-8)
Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with Interland, an online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games.
Digital Compass
(Common Sense Media’s Digital Citizenship Game Grades 3-6)
An animated choose-your-own-path interactive gaming platform, developed with middle schoolers in mind. Learn valuable digital citizenship skills by stepping into the shoes of one of 8 characters to experience the twists and turns of daily digital life.