Teach Students How to Use Technology
ethically, safely & PRODUCTIVElY
Cyber Civics is the most comprehensive digital literacy curriculum available. Created in the classroom by teachers. Award-winning, easy-to-implement, standards-aligned lessons are easy to conduct with middle school kids. Can even be taught without technology. Lessons for families and home schoolers too!
"Test scores have improved and online bullying incidents have been virtually eliminated at a California school that added this weekly digital literacy instruction to its curriculum."
INFORMATION LITERACY
-Lauren Williams, District Administration Magazine, read all our testimonials
TURNKEY
CURRICULUM
50-minute, teacher-led lessons in digital citizenship, information literacy and media literacy.
educator support
Free professional development and ongoing online support. Onsite and online workshops too.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Send-home parent letters with activities that align with every lesson, plus a book just for parents.
onsite & ONLINE presentations
Parent presentations for schools and community groups, plus teacher professional development workshops.
"Cyber Civics is the best digital media literacy curriculum I've seen yet as it is developmentally based and creative."
-Sheila Reilly, Former Administrator, Woodland Star Charter School (see all our testimonials)
“In six years we haven’t had a single episode of cyberbullying or any incident related to digital drama. It’s a gamble not to teach this.”
Shaheer Faltas, School Administrator, in "Cyber Civics:
Building a Brighter Digital Future One School At A Time"
BECOME A Cyber Civics SCHOOL!
Why? Because it...
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Teaches students how to protect themselves from online harms.
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Reduces administrative time spent on social media issues.
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Focuses on behaviors associated with positive digital media use.
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Engages parents with at-home activities.
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Creates a school community supportive of positive digital skills and norms.
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Meets the Common Core ELA Standards, ISTE Technology Standards for Students, and CASEL Core SEL Competencies (see our alignments).
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Based on academic research published in the "Journal of Media Literacy Education" (JMLE).
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Lessons created and practiced in classrooms for a decade.
"We know that digital-citizenship education works. Journey School in Aliso Viejo, a small Southern California city (where Cyber Civics was born), is an example of a digital-citizenship success story."
Erin McNeill, President of Media Literacy Now in "Even 'Digital Natives' Need Digital Training," in Education Week
Cyber Civics is "...an intentional deep dive that teaches emotional intelligence as much as it does digital citizenship."
SmartBrief on EdTech
TAKE OUR FREE COURSE
AND GET CERTIFIED!
Don't know much about Digital Citizenship? That's okay, we've got you covered.
Take our free and fun online course and you'll even get complimentary Cyber Civics lesson plans
so you can discover how easy it is to teach!
“If a Cyber Civics or digital literacy class is offered in your school or community, sign the kids up."
Kelly Wallace, CNN, in "5 Things To Think About Before Buying Your Child a Cell Phone"
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