Being a Digital Citizen

Developed by Roblox

Learn how to positively contribute to online communities and confront cyberbullying. Then, work on the obstacle course and get feedback from peers.

10 and up Game Design Digital Citizenship

English 1 hour

ISTE Standards: N/A

Demonstrate ways they can contribute to a positive online community.
Identify and practice techniques to confront cyberbullying.
Connect behaviors of digital citizenship to real life actions like standing up to help someone or accepting feedback.

Digital Citizenship - Using information technology responsibly to positively engage with social and civil society.
Upstander - Someone who intervenes or assists others in situations of cyberbullying.

Getting Ready

5 min	Introduction	Introduce the project and lesson structure.
15 min	Guided Tutorial Digital Citizenship	Discuss ways on being a positive member of an online community and addressing cyberbullying.
10 min	Independent Work Work on Project	Spend time adjusting the look and feel or change the layout of the obstacle course.
10 min	Guided Work Project Feedback	Play a peer’s games and offer feedback. Then set a goal to make a change based off feedback.
5 min	Wrap Up	Recap the lesson and concepts learned.

Introduction 5 min
Outline the sessions in the course Will first learn about digital citizenship and how to intervene in cyberbullying. Rest of the time will be devoted to improving their projects, ending with a feedback opportunity where they'll get to player each other's games.

Guided Tutorial - Digital Citizenship 15 min
Go through the lesson Intro to Digital Citizenship. Guide students in an activity to practice upstanding. Depending on your class, either do everything as a class or form small student groups (2-3 students). Explain that students will hear different situations that they might see in a game. They'll listen and will practice a response. Go through prompts in the Resource: Upstander Roleplay Situations and have students verbally roleplay their response.

Guided Tutorial - Digital Citizenship

15 min

Depending on your class, either do everything as a class or form small student groups (2-3 students).
Explain that students will hear different situations that they might see in a game. They'll listen and will practice a response.
Go through prompts in the Resource: Upstander Roleplay Situations and have students verbally roleplay their response.

Independent Work - Work on Project 10 min
If needed, continue teaching any other lessons from the previous day. Inform students they'll have this time to improve their game. Will then have others play their game and offer feedback. While students work, encourage them to play-test (for at most one minute). Games should be challenging, but fun. In the last five minutes, make sure students can play each other's games. If in person, they can just trade seats. If remote, have students make their games public so others can play by sharing links.

Independent Work - Work on Project

10 min

If needed, continue teaching any other lessons from the previous day.
Inform students they'll have this time to improve their game. Will then have others play their game and offer feedback.

While students work, encourage them to play-test (for at most one minute). Games should be challenging, but fun.

If in person, they can just trade seats.
If remote, have students make their games public so others can play by sharing links.

Guided Work - Project Feedback 10 min
Open Presentation: Project Feedback and pass out Handout: Project Feedback. Explain the process of playtesting and getting feedback in slides 2-3. Connect to digital citizenship - ask students what are some ways they can practice being a good citizen while sharing and getting feedback (ex: Be open-minded with different games, don't pressure others to change their games, etc) Have students play each other's games for about five minutes, then write down feedback for their peer. Reconvene as a class and have 2-3 students share a piece of feedback they received. Have students reflect on making one change in their game and write it down on the handout. Will make that change tomorrow. Have students pair up and share the change they'll make.

Guided Work - Project Feedback

10 min

Explain the process of playtesting and getting feedback in slides 2-3.
Connect to digital citizenship - ask students what are some ways they can practice being a good citizen while sharing and getting feedback (ex: Be open-minded with different games, don't pressure others to change their games, etc)

Have students play each other's games for about five minutes, then write down feedback for their peer.
Reconvene as a class and have 2-3 students share a piece of feedback they received.
Have students reflect on making one change in their game and write it down on the handout.

Wrap Up 5 min
Recap what students have created and vocabulary: digital citizenship and upstander. Have students connect giving feedback outside the classroom (online games, sports, talking with family). Remind that good online behavior is just like real life behavior. Ask these questions to spark conversation: What are good or bad examples of giving someone feedback? Why? What are good or bad examples of taking that feedback?

Wrap Up

5 min

Recap what students have created and vocabulary: digital citizenship and upstander.
Have students connect giving feedback outside the classroom (online games, sports, talking with family). Remind that good online behavior is just like real life behavior. Ask these questions to spark conversation:

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