E-Rate+Implementation

**E-Rate CIPA Requirements**
As of July, 2012, the latest **CIPA** (**Child Internet Protection Act**) requirements (part of the **Broadband Data Improvement Act**, AKA // Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act //) mandate that districts applying for federal e-rate funding must actually have programs in place for //educating// students about “appropriate online behavior including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms, and regarding cyberbullying awareness and response.” In other words, districts must be //teaching// digital citizenship. Simply including anti-bullying policies in a school handbook, for instance, will not meet the requirement.

The new requirements do not mandate a specific curriculum nor do they provide specific implementation procedures for teaching Internet safety-digital citizenship. Since it is up to each district or school site to determine its own e-rate implementation plan, we have posted a dynamic set of lessons to both our elementary wiki and to the secondary wiki.

In alignment with the CIPA requirements, we have drawn the main lessons from Common Sense Media and have also provided supplemental lessons. All resources added to this wiki focus on:
 * Appropriate online behavior (building a positive digital footprint, respecting intellectual property)
 * Safety and privacy
 * Cyberbullying

**Digital Citizenship Site Implementation Plan**
To ensure that all elementary sites are teaching digital citizenship, administrators are required to annually submit their site's Digital Citizenship Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan is laid out by grade level (with Kindergarten as optional). Whoever completes the form (e.g., site principal, computer lab teacher) should specifically name the lessons being used at each grade level. For example:


 * Grade 1: Common Sense Media lessons //Going Places Safely// & //Sites I Lik//e, taught in the computer lab; i-SAFE lessons //Appropriate Online Behavior// & C//yber Community Issues//, taught in computer lab. (Anthony Coppola, Batey)
 * Grade 2: Common Sense Media lessons //Staying Safe Online//, //Follow the Digital Trail// & //My Online Community//, taught in the computer lab; i-SAFE lessons //Online Personal Safety//, //Online Behavior with Netiquette//, //Cyber Security//, and //E-Mail// taught in computer lab. (Anthony Coppola, Batey)
 * Grade 3: Common Sense Media lessons //Keep It Private//, //Screen Out the Mean//, and //Things for Sal//e, taught in the computer lab.Watched //Cyberbullying// and //What You Need to Know About Cyberbullying// in the computer lab. i-SAFE lessons //Appropriate Online Behavior//, //Netiquette//, //Cyber Community Issues//, and //Social Networking//, taught in the computer lab.(Chris Perris, Donner)
 * Grade 4: Common Sense Media lessons //Rings of Responsibility,// //Connected Culture//, and //Talking Safely Online//, taught in the computer lab. i-SAFE lessons //Appropriate Online Behavior//, //Netiquette//, //Cyberbullying//, and //Intellectual Property//, taught in computer lab. (Chris Perris, Donner)
 * Grade 5: Common Sense Media lessons //The Power of Words//, //Writing Good Emails//, and //Powerful Passwords//, taught in computer lab. i-SAFE lessons //Cyberbullying//, //Personal Safety//, and //Predator Identification//, taught in computer lab via PowerPoints (Matt Gipson, Franklin Elem)
 * Grade 6: Common Sense Media lessons //With Power Comes Responsibility//, //Cyberbullying//, //Be Upstanding//, and //The Ups and Downs of Digital Life// (lesson & video), taught in computer lab. Watched Roy Herburger //Cyberbullying// video. i-SAFE lessons, //Cyberbullying//, //Digital Literacy//, //Intellectual Property//, and //Appropriate Online Behavior,// taught in computer lab via PowerPoints. Also watched //Soccer Girl// video, in computer lab. (Matt Gibson, Franklin Elem)


 * [[image:new.jpg]]Click on the link to access, complete, and submit your 2016 - 2017 Implementation Plan. Forms will be due by September 30, 2016****.**

Digital Citizenship Verification Form
The Digital Citizenship Verification Form will be emailed to all elementary principals, secretaries and digital citizenship coordinators at the beginning of April, 2017. By Friday, May 12, 2017, all principals will need to submit a signed form (paper version) certifying that digital citizenship has been taught at their sites during the current school year.