Digital Citizenship Resources
Panther Period Discussion Topics: Need to plan Panther Period Activities? Consider these Digital Citizenship Topics
Digital Life 102 What is the place of digital media in our lives? | Oops! I Broadcast It On The Internet What are the consequences of oversharing online? |
Feelings On Display Are girls and guys judged differently when they post photos online? | Cyberbullying Which factors intensify cyberbullying and online cruelty, and what can you do to lessen them? |
Give Credit
Copyrights And Wrongs (Lesson from Common Sense Media)
How can I make responsible choices when I use other people's creative work?
Copyright Tools and Resources | |
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The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and provides these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction. | |
Cite fast is an easy to use web tool for creating citations. Students can utilize it to generate citations in different formats: APA (6th edition), MAL (7th edition), or Chicago (16th edition). | |
Copyright Guidelines for Teachers and Students | Information to share with your students before starting any research or class project. |
From the Library of Congress; self-guided activity geared for 9th grade students. --In an intresting anime style. | |
A website full of resources, dedicated to informing the public about the ever-changing rules associated with copyright and fair-use. |
Plagiarism | |
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7 Good Resources for Avoiding, Preventing, and Detecting Plagiarism | Updated collection of resources for teaching students to how to avoid plagiarism along as well as resources for preventing and detecting plagiarism. (An older article, (2014) but the information is still valuable, and resources still work). |
Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing | From Read, Write,Think; excellent introductory material for 9th grade |
Information about online plagiarism, Examples and research. |
Websites for Public Domain Images
Search creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other organizations (like the Library of Congress), that allow for royalty-free use of images (with appropriate attribution). | |
This is a search engine for free photos. These come from many sources and are license-specific. You can view a photo's license by clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Many photos also allow for edits/alterations (with attribution) as well. (description from View Free Stock Photo) | |
Images that have been contributed by more than five dozen libraries and museums around the world; the images are mostly historical in nature. Copyrights have expired and images are in the bublic domain. | |
Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for schools. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. (description from Pics4Leaning site) | |
Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images and videos. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes. (description from Pixabay site) | |
You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use and student projects. |