This theme page presents materials for learning about Digital Citizenship, suitable for various levels (A2-C2).
Related Page: Digital Tools
Background
The updated Swedish Curriculum stipulates digitalisation to be the responsibility of all teachers. The Curriculum highlights four areas of knowledge to be focused on when working with digital materials (my translation):
1) Impact on the society.
2) Understanding digital tools and media.
3) Critical and responsible approach.
4) Problem-solving and resolving ideas in practice.
Warm-up
Evolution Of The Desk – YouTube (0:54)https://youtu.be/uGI00HV7Cfw
“Evolution of the Desk”. The goal is to illustrate the impact that technology has had on our lives over the last 35 years (A2-B2)
Digital transformation: are you ready for exponential change? Futurist Gerd Leonhard, TFAStudios – YouTube (3:59)https://youtu.be/ystdF6jN7hc
Business-as-usual is dead. Increasingly, science fiction is becoming science fact. We must go beyond technology to define real human values in this new digital ecosystem (B1-C2)
Vocabulary
IoT- What is Internet of Things? ( iot , IOT) – YouTube (3:05)https://youtu.be/ZTM9GA-4nBA
What is the Internet of Things? What is the meaning of IoT? Know all about IoT. Use closed captions and slower speed if needed (B1-C2)
What is Data Literacy? – YouTube (1:44)https://youtu.be/qHz_ogTH2p4
What is ‘data literacy’? Cartoonist Manu takes us through the years of what it has meant to be literate from the 1800’s up through today (A2-C2)
What is Artificial Intelligence (or Machine Learning)? – YouTube (6:14)https://youtu.be/mJeNghZXtMo
What is AI? What is machine learning and how does it work? You’ve probably heard the buzz. The age of artificial intelligence has arrived (B1-B2)
Impact on the Society
Understanding digital tools and media
Critical and responsible approach
Is This Story Share-Worthy? Flowchart – NewseumEDhttps://newseumed.org/activity/is-this-story-share-worthy-flowchart-mlbp/
Students use a flowchart to gauge the value of a news story and weigh what they should do with it. Premium access is free. All you have to do is register.
E.S.C.A.P.E. Junk News – NewseumEDhttps://newseumed.org/activity/e-s-c-a-p-e-junk-news-mlbp/
Using a downloadable poster, students learn a handy acronym to help them remember six key concepts for evaluating information. Premium access is free. All you have to do is register
Problem-solving and implementing ideas to practice
Problem Solving Strategies — 3 Tips for Solving Problems – YouTube (3:48)https://youtu.be/k4I5ObRk4ZQ
3 Quick Problem Solving Strategies, a simplistic warm-up (A2)
New World of Work – Analysis 1/ Solution Mindset “What Not to Do” – YouTube (4:40)https://youtu.be/zJLYlTrTEo0
21st Century Skills Series brought to you by: The New World of Work (A2)Analysis (B1-C2)
New World of Work – Analysis 2/ Solution Mindset Assessment – YouTube (3:40)https://youtu.be/A3d4kmy1ydI
New World of Work, Solution Mindset “What to Do” (A2)Analysis (B1-C2)
Listening
Podcast: How the internet works – Telia Company (36 min)https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/news-articles/2017/podcasthow-the-internet-works/
The Fast Forward podcast looks under the hood of the internet and talks about pipes and cables, access and speed with one of the people who make the internet run. – Presented by Swedes (B1-C2)
Speaking
The Future
Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard: The Internet of Things – what’s the big deal? – YouTube (1:42)https://youtu.be/D8D6KyuGpDA
This film explains why the IoT is such a big deal, and what it could mean for our future. The future is already here – we just haven’t paid enough attention (B1-C2)
You can use Rewordify.com to help you understand the text: Rewordify (B1)
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