Digital Citizenship
Welcome! This is an interactive intelligent textbook for Grade 5 students, their teachers, and the families and school leaders who support them. It was created for Minnesota Independent School District (ISD) 197 — the West St. Paul–Mendota Heights–Eagan Area Schools in Minnesota — on land near Bdote, the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers.
The book's central habit is simple enough for a student to remember and important enough to last a lifetime: pause, think, act.
What You'll Find Here
- 17 chapters of short, story-driven reading written directly to students
- Interactive MicroSims — small browser-based simulations that let students try each chapter's idea out for themselves
- Mini graphic novel stories that put a chapter's big idea into a relatable moment
- A friendly river otter mascot named Maka who models the pause, think, act habit at key points
- A complete learning graph, glossary, FAQ, quizzes and annotated references for every chapter
Who This Book Is For
- Students (Grades 5-8). Read the chapters in warm, plain language with short sentences, named scenarios, and Maka the River Otter.
- Teachers. Find practical, classroom-ready material — pacing notes, discussion prompts, and ideas for accommodations.
- District administrators. Review the formal course description, ISTE standards alignment, learning graph, taxonomy distribution, and quality metrics.
Get Started
- About This Book — purpose, audience, design, and the team behind it
- Course Description — formal overview, standards alignment, and learning outcomes
- Chapter 1: Welcome to the Digital World — start reading
- Learning Graph — explore the concepts and how they connect
Standards Alignment
This curriculum is anchored in the ISTE Student Standards, specifically Standard 1.2 Digital Citizen, and explicitly addresses indicators 1.2.2a (Digital Identity), 1.2.2b (Safe & Ethical Behavior), 1.2.2c (Intellectual Property Rights), and 1.2.2d (Personal Data Privacy & Security). Learning outcomes are organized using the revised 2001 Bloom's Taxonomy.
License
This work is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes as long as you give appropriate credit and share your adaptations under the same license.