Digital Citizenship: prepare students for what's next–online and beyond

Help students think critically, navigate responsibly, and make sense of a digital world that never stops changing.

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Today’s digital world requires more than online safety

Digital citizenship now shapes how students learn, communicate, evaluate information, build relationships, and understand the world around them. Nearpod helps schools turn these everyday digital moments into meaningful learning—during Digital Citizenship Week and all year long.

  • Access engaging, ready‑to‑teach lessons

  • Easily integrate essential Digital Citizenship skills

  • Engage students with Common Sense curriculum

  • Digital Citizenship lessons

    Engage students with our library of dynamic Digital Citizenship content that covers crucial topics like digital footprints, cyberbullying, media literacy, internet safety, and more.

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  • Digital Citizenship skills

    Use Nearpod's interactive tools to facilitate meaningful discussions and collaborative activities that enhance your students' digital communication skills.

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  • Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program

    Through our partnership with Common Sense Education, Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program brings their award‑winning K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum to life. We've made each lesson interactive and engaging, enabling educators to create collaborative learning experiences that make digital citizenship education both impactful and enjoyable.

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  • Access engaging, ready‑to‑teach lessons

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    Digital Citizenship lessons

    Engage students with our library of dynamic Digital Citizenship content that covers crucial topics like digital footprints, cyberbullying, media literacy, internet safety, and more.

    Explore lessons
  • Easily integrate essential Digital Citizenship skills 

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    Digital Citizenship skills

    Use Nearpod's interactive tools to facilitate meaningful discussions and collaborative activities that enhance your students' digital communication skills.

    Discover more
  • Engage students with Common Sense curriculum

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    Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program

    Through our partnership with Common Sense Education, Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program brings their award‑winning K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum to life. We've made each lesson interactive and engaging, enabling educators to create collaborative learning experiences that make digital citizenship education both impactful and enjoyable.

    Let’s go

Professional Development opportunities

Webinar: Critical Thinking in a World with AI

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FREE- Thursday, October 8 | 4:00 PM ET

Students encounter information online every day—but knowing what is accurate, trustworthy, or influencing what they see is becoming increasingly complex.

  • Explore how critical-thinking skills develop from elementary through high school
  • Experience ready-to-use Common Sense Education lessons for different grade levels
  • Discover interactive activities that encourage students to question, discuss, and reflect
  • Take away practical strategies you can bring directly into your classroom
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Digital Citizenship Week starts the conversation. The right resources keep it going.

Explore interactive lessons that help students navigate the topics shaping their digital lives—from privacy and digital footprints to misinformation, online relationships, algorithms, and AI.

  • DCW lessons

    Digital Citizenship Week: Free lessons and activities for K-12

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  • 21st-century students

    Why is digital citizenship important for 21st‑century students?

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  • Digital literacy skills

    Essential lessons and examples to build students’ digital literacy skills

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Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program

Nearpod's dedicated solution for digital citizenship and technology instruction. Available for schools and districts.

Embed digital citizenship instruction into any classroom

Nearpod’s 21st Century Readiness Program provides teachers with a single solution to embed 21st century learning into everyday instruction. Featuring:

  • K-12 digital citizenship curriculum

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    Ready‑to‑teach interactive digital citizenship curriculum made in partnership with Common Sense and aligned to standards. Available in English and Spanish.

    Who's looking at your digital footprint
  • Essential technology skills

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    Interactive lessons, videos, and activities teaching fundamental computing skills, how to use technology productively, and understanding computer systems and networks.

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  • Coding, computational thinking, and keyboarding

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    Interactive resources teaching coding, computational thought, and how to type. Made in partnership with CodeMonkey and Typesy.

    Lesson 16: Fun-actions! - Coding
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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    Interactive lessons for grades 6-12 helping students understand what AI is, how it works, and how to use it responsibly.

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  • Who's looking at your digital footprint
  • Website creation lesson image - Technology skills
  • Fun-actions! - Coding
  • What is AI lesson
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Engaging students, building futures

Nearpod and Flocabulary's commitment to lifelong Digital Citizenship.

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