Ignition - Digital Literacy & Responsibility™ is a new-media learning platform to educate students on the risks and rewards that technology can bring to their lives.
- Digital footprint
- Secure identity
- Cyberbullying
- Good texting practices
- Conducting online research
- Digital time management
- Creating multimedia products
- Careers in technology
Ignition is already sponsored and launched across California, Kentucky, New York, and Virginia.
Target Audience:
6th - 8th Grades
Time:
4 hours, including simulation
Standards:
The International Society for Technology in Education's (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
While working toward a goal of organizing a concert for their school, students must demonstrate their mastery of digital issues—creating a blog, managing a social networking site, and working to resolve cyberbullying situations.
Students earn digital badges for mastering key topics such as protecting one’s online identity or texting and driving. Certification ceremonies at local schools recognize students who have completed the full curriculum.
Data on student knowledge gain and behavior change can be shared with key stakeholders. Ignition helps K-12 Districts meet the FCC requirement to educate about Internet safety in order to comply with federal e-Rate program.
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