Digital Citizenship Activity Book Series for Classrooms: A Collaboration Between Book Creator and Common Sense Education

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Colorful cartoon characters from Common Sense Education's Digital Citizens, each representing different aspects of digital citizenship, smiling and holding digital devices on a blue background.
Book Creator has teamed up with Common Sense Education to bring you these fantastic new resources for your classroom.

We are thrilled to announce a new series of Book Creator books written by our friends at Common Sense Education. These books form part of the excellent Digital Citizenship Curriculum on the Common Sense Education website, and they are available to add to your library for free in Book Creator.

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Once your account has been created, you can add these books below to your library with one click! Just hit the Remix button and choose which library you want to add it to. Then, when you've invited students to your library, they can simply make a copy of the book and complete the activities.

Let's learn more about these amazing resources.

Explore the Digital Citizenship book series

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Pause & Think Online
Your Rings of Responsibility
Online Friendships

Featured books in the Digital Citizenship series

Pause & Think Online

  • Age Group: 5-8 years
  • Description: This interactive book introduces young learners to the "Digital Citizens" characters and teaches them the importance of safe and respectful online behavior.

Your Rings of Responsibility

  • Age Group: 8-10 years
  • Description: Part of the Common Sense Media Rings of Responsibility framework, this book helps students reflect on their responsibilities online—toward themselves, their communities, and the world.
Illustration of the Common Sense Education Digital Citizens characters with text 'Pause & Think Online' above them. Each character holds a digital device, emphasizing safe and thoughtful online behavior. Common Sense Education logo at the bottom.
Graphic with concentric circles labeled 'Your Rings of Responsibility,' representing different levels of online responsibility. Surrounding icons depict digital elements, such as a lock, at sign, and computer. Common Sense Education logo at the bottom.

Heart’s Online Friendships

  • Age Group: 9-11 years
  • Description: Follow "Heart," a character from the Digital Citizens, as they explore friendships in an online setting. This book is ideal for helping students understand both the opportunities and risks of online interactions.

These activity books are selected by Common Sense Education as top tools for fostering digital citizenship and are included in the 2021 Common Sense Education recommendations for learning resources.

Empowering students with digital citizenship skills

This partnership between Common Sense Education and Book Creator brings the excellent Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum to an interactive book in Book Creator. Common Sense Education recently updated their review of Book Creator, giving it 5/5 stars and choosing Book Creator as a Common Sense Selection for Learning for 2021.

We are delighted to be working with Common Sense Education and hope to bring you more books in partnership with them in the future!

“We’re excited to bring these engaging, interactive workbooks to classrooms,” shared Kelly Mendoza, Vice President of Education Programs at Common Sense Education. “Book Creator's tools make it easy for students to actively learn how to be responsible digital citizens.”

How to get started with Book Creator and Common Sense Education

Educators can start using these digital citizenship activity books today! Create your free Book Creator account to access these resources and introduce digital citizenship skills that empower students to interact safely and responsibly online.

Image featuring Heart, one of the Common Sense Education Digital Citizens, looking at a screen displaying a profile picture with text 'Heart's Online Friendships.' The image introduces lessons on safe and respectful online friendships. Common Sense Education logo at the bottom.
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10 Comments on “Digital Citizenship Activity Book Series for Classrooms: A Collaboration Between Book Creator and Common Sense Education”

  1. Great !! I love this Common Sense Education materials and the “remix” new functionallity !!
    We’d love to translate them to Spanish and Catalan,

    Best wishes!

  2. This is an excellent opportunity to bring across important child protection messages!
    All the best!.

  3. These are great! Thank you so much!

    Does Book Creator plan on creating more books to go along with some of the other Common Sense Digital Citizenship lessons?

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