CITIZENSHIP+TOOLS

FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION ONLINE!
An ** information literate studen ** t is a student who knows how to efficiently and quickly access relevant information online.


 * Boolify ** is a great tool for teaching young students how to search for information by using search engines. Among other things, students will learn how to use Boolean operators to refine their search.

**Instagrok **is an educational search engine that  presents each topic as an interactive visual interface, allowing students to quickly grasp important concepts, key facts and relationships. It consists of four parts: Key Facts (important facts about the topic with links to the original content page); Difficulty Slider (to adjust the difficulty of material, which is great for different age groups); Quizzes and Glossary.

We also recommend these kid-friendly search engines:

**Twurdy**

**Safe search for kids**

**CyberSleuth Kids**

**Nettrekker**

**AskKids**

**Google** has designed **15 Search Literacy Lesson P****lans** to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond, according to the level of your students: beginner, intermediate and advanced.

We also recommend **ScanURL** to check if a website is reliable or contains malware, phishing or viruses or if it is inappropriate for your students.

FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION ONLINE!
An ** information literate studen ** t is a student who knows how to efficiently and quickly access relevant information online.


 * Boolify ** is a great tool for teaching young students how to search for information by using search engines. Among other things, students will learn how to use Boolean operators to refine their search.

**Instagrok **is an educational search engine that  presents each topic as an interactive visual interface, allowing students to quickly grasp important concepts, key facts and relationships. It consists of four parts: Key Facts (important facts about the topic with links to the original content page); Difficulty Slider (to adjust the difficulty of material, which is great for different age groups); Quizzes and Glossary.

We also recommend these kid-friendly search engines:

**Twurdy**

**Safe search for kids**

**CyberSleuth Kids**

**Nettrekker**

**AskKids**

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Google** has designed **15 Search Literacy Lesson P****lans** to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond, according to the level of your students: beginner, intermediate and advanced.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We also recommend **ScanURL** to check if a website is reliable or contains malware, phishing or viruses or if it is inappropriate for your students.

TELL STORIES... DIGITALLY!

 * Digital storytelling ** is a great way to engage students in tackling the issues of (digital) citizenship. The Internet abounds with tools for making **cartoons and videos**: Here are some **examples** to give you an idea about the topics. We have tried out some of these tools:


 * Go Animate **

**DomoAnimate**

**Xtra normal**

**Photo Story 3**

**Kerpoof**

**ZimmerTwins**

**Storybird**

**Bitstrips**

**[|Blabberize]**

**ZooBurst**

and more tools + short descriptions can be found in Kelly Tenkely's **31 Favorite Digital Storytelling Tools** and Med Kahrbah's **A List of the Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers.**

AVATARIZE YOURSELF!
I t's a good idea to introduce students to **avatar creators**, which they can use to make their own avatars to be used on blogs and social networking sites instead of their real photos. Here's a list of avatar makers:

**DoppelMe**

**Build your wild self**

**Simpsons avatar creator**

**Reasonably clever Lego avatars**

**Wii Mii**

**Clay yourself**


 * Talking avatars: **

**Fotobabble**

**Voki**


 * Blabberize **

Check out this great list of avatar makers compiled by teacher-librarian ** Joyce Valenza ** **.**

PRESENT IT!
Students will deliver powerful messages with self-made videos and slides.


 * Meograph ** - easily create multimedia stories.


 * Photo Story 3 ** **-** must be downloaded.

**Animoto** - as an educator you can apply for a free Animoto Plus account.

**Pixorial** - easily add titles, transitions, overlay text and music.

**Knovio** - an innovative tool for turning PowerPoint slides into rich video presentations.

**Present.Me** - as they say, "fits perfectly for the flipped classroom".

**PhotoPeach** - sign up for the educator account and create rich slideshows in seconds.

**Prezi** - Prezi for educators allows you to use the Enjoy license for free.


 * Projeqted ** is an online tool for creating real-time presentations with dynamic,interactive slides that may include blog feeds, tweets and quizzes.

** SPEAK EUROPEAN! **

**N****EF** (the Network of European Foundations) offers great resources for teachers. We recommend you download the toolkit entitled **Europe and Me**, which explores the ways in which some of the European policy areas impact young people's daily life. The resource is for teachers and other educational professionals working with young people in the **14–19 age** group in EU Member States and in countries in Europe aspiring to become EU members. It has been designed with vocational education in mind, but will be equally useful in the general secondary school setting. The toolkit consists of themed discussion activities based on semi-animated Power Point stories, follow-up practical investigation in the local community,a student's self-evaluation sheet and teacher's notes. It can be integrated into individual curriculum subjects, used in stand-alone civic education or citizenship sessions, or used as an interdisciplinary tool.

The resource consists of seven teaching units based on different ‘claims’ made for the EU: Unit 1: **Environment**: The EU: Creating a greener planet?

Unit 2: **Law and order**: The EU: Protecting us against crime?

Unit 3: **Consumer protection:** The EU: Getting us a fair deal?

Unit 4: **Work**: The EU: Creating better jobs?

Unit 5: **Equality**: The EU: Giving us equal rights?

Unit 6: **Minorities**: The EU: Helping everyone to feel they belong?

Unit 7: **The world**: The EU: Making the world a better place?

==** Vialogue ** is a great discussion tool that can be used to analyse and evaluate the media. Discussions can be scaffolded with comments, surveys and questions. It can be either private or public. It's easy to use and to engage students. All you have to do is upload a video, start a discussion and invite your students to contribute to it. Vialogues can easily be embedded on blogs and websites. ==

** Tricider ** is great for setting up debates on various topics.
American educator Mike Ribble mentions **nine themes or elements of digital citizenship**:

1) **Digital Access**- full electronic participation in society and equal digital access

2) **Digital Commerce** - electronic buying and selling of goods, learning how to be effective consumers in a new digital economy

3) **Digital Communication** - electronic exchange of information

4) **Digital Literacy** - process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology

5) **Digital Etiquette** - electronic standards of conduct or procedure to become responsible digital citizens in this new society

6) **Digital Law** - electronic responsibility for actions and deeds

7) **Digital Rights & Responsibilities** - those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world

8) **Digital Health & Wellness** - physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world

9) **Digital Security (self-protection)** - electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

In order to teach these themes to students, Ribble introduces the concept of REPs - **Respect - Educate - Protect**.

Each of these three areas encompasses three topics which should be taught beginning at the kindergarten level:

Respect Yourself/Respect Others: Etiquette, Access, Law

Educate Yourself/Connect with Others: Communication, Literacy, Commerce

Protect Yourself/Protect Others: Rights and Responsibility, Safety, Health & Welfare.

**Active Citizens ** is a British Council programme bringing together young community leaders from different countries. The vision of the Active Citizens programme is a world in which people recognise their potential and exercise their responsibility to engage peaceably and effectively with others. Through dialogue and social participation, Active Citizens can establish the positive and sustainable development of communities, both globally and locally. Decisions taken locally can have an immediate impact globally and vice versa.
 * Globally connected, locally engaged **

Active Citizens** resource page** provides useful materials, toolkits and resources for educators.