Microsoft's Digital Citizenship and Creative Content Curriculum

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Microsoft Digital Citizenship and Creative Content Curriculum

Resources Specifications

Includes four units and a total of up to 55 hours of classroom time for all activities
Free, downloadable, sequenced, modular curriculum
Teacher's guidance embedded in the resource

Seal of Alignment for Mastery Statement:

The International Society for Technology in Education completed a Seal of Alignment for Mastery review of the Microsoft Corporation’s Digital Citizenship and Creative Content curriculum on November 11, 2008. ISTE determined that the program clearly supports implementation of the ISTE NETS for Students (NETS•S 2007) in a specific, carefully reviewed, and documented manner and prepares participants to substantially meet the following indicators:

Meets: 5a, 5d

Supports significant growth for: 1b, 2b, 2d, 6a

Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content daily. Do they understand the rules surrounding the appropriate use of these digital properties and why these issues are relevant?

The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content curriculum is a turnkey instructional program made available for free through Microsoft sponsorship. It was designed to raise awareness and foster better understanding of the rights connected with creative content. In addition, it helps instill in students a personal respect for creative materials in a way that changes their behaviors and perceptions about digitally delivered content. Only through education can students gain an understanding of the relevance of, and a personal respect for, creative rights and grow to become good digital citizens.