Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety
These materials are now free.
About Life.On.Line
NEWESD 101's Life.On.Line Internet Safety Curriculum began as a series of individually-scheduled webinars that helped schools meet E-Rate and CIPA requirements. It has since expanded into a complete digital package used by ESDs in Washington and beyond. By incorporating student-centered activities, on-demand videos, and classroom polling, the program provides districts an innovative option for delivering curriculum.
The Life.On.Line package includes:
- Lesson Plans with recommendations for using the lessons with your students;
- 20-45 minute video-on-demand lessons with interactive student polls and discussion prompts;
- Streaming videos are available with Closed Captioning;
- Pre- and post-lesson activities that support the lesson content;
- Activities to extend the lesson, built on free Common Sense Media and NetSmartz resources;
- Links to other free, online resources for teachers and students; and
- Suggested forms and methods for documenting E-Rate compliance.
All resources are in digital format and can be accessed online or downloaded for local use.
The focus of these lessons cover topics such as:
- Cyberbullying – being an upstanding digital citizen;
- Online communications – email, chat rooms, forums, games;
- Social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google, Snapchat;
- Online personal safety – keeping personal info private; and
- Intellectual property – giving credit where credit is due.
Materials have been developed for four student grade bands, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12, and are aligned with National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) and Common Core Standards.
Materials are now available at no charge.
For the 2017-2018 school year, Life.On.Line will be a free product! Goodbye subscriptions, goodbye course codes, goodbye limited availability!
Access the matrials in two easy steps
1) visit Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI) Learning Space. Life.On.Line resources site
2) bookmark the page in your browser
When you're ready to launch your first Life.On.Line lesson this fall, click the bookmark you made, choose the lesson of interest, review the teacher guide, and click play.
If you need any follow-up assistance, please email [email protected] for help.