Breaking It Down is a blog series where we break down Youth Speak Out International’s curriculums week-by-week, exploring the major concepts and activities. This post looks at the lesson for Week Six. After following along with our students for six weeks, we have finally arrived at the final session of the Today’s Digital Citizens curriculum. Across these classes, our students have learned about what it means to be a good digital citizen while creating Public […]

Breaking It Down is a blog series where we break down Youth Speak Out International’s curriculums week-by-week, exploring the major concepts and activities. This post looks at the lesson for Week Five. In Week Five of Youth Speak Out International’s Today’s Digital Citizens (TDC) program, all the puzzle pieces that the students have been learning and working towards finally begin to come together. Week Four saw students wrap up the production of their Public Service […]

Breaking It Down is a blog series where we break down Youth Speak Out International’s curriculums week-by-week, exploring the major concepts and activities. This post looks at the lesson for Week Four. In Youth Speak Out International’s Today’s Digital Citizens program, students have the opportunity to explore their relationship to the digital world in a creative and engaging way. In Week Three, students had a discussion about cyberbullying and began working on the design stage […]

Breaking It Down is a blog series where we break down Youth Speak Out International’s curriculum week-by-week, exploring the major concepts and activities. This post looks at the lesson for Week Three. Cyberbullying is a major issue facing today’s young people. The internet and devices provide a shield for kids to hide behind as they hurt other people. Some kids might not even realize the impact of their words or actions because of the distance […]

Breaking It Down is a blog series where we break down Youth Speak Out International’s curriculum week-by-week, exploring the major concepts and activities. This post looks at the lesson for Week Two. The internet provides people with the ability to share information quickly and easily. This can be incredibly useful– but also potentially dangerous. In the second week of our Today’s Digital Citizens program, we explain the concept of a “digital footprint” and explore with […]