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Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum

Common Sense Media's Digital Literacy & Well-Being curriculum gives teachers a free, research-backed framework for building students' digital literacy skills. From AI literacy and social media to cyberbullying, screen time, and digital footprint, the curriculum covers the digital challenges students face every day as well as the offline skills they need to manage them.

The curriculum is designed for grades 9-12, with more than 25 lessons that reflect what students are actually encountering today. Whether you're introducing digital literacy and well-being concepts for the first time or updating what you've been teaching for years, this is a good place to start.

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9 Resources
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AI Literacy · Health & Wellness
Drifting Toward the Chatbot
How does AI earn trust, and how can that change the way you use it?
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AI brain made of circuits
AI Literacy
How Does AI Learn?
What is AI, and how does the data it learns from shape what it can do?
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AI Literacy · Media Literacy
How to SIFT with AI
How do I check whether information is true when AI can make anything look credible?
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Freshman Foundations · AI Literacy
Does Our AI Policy Work for Us?
What does it take for an AI policy to truly support student learning?
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A young woman being digitally scanned
Online Harms & Safety · AI Literacy
Deepfake Nudes & Consent
How can deepfakes cause harm, and why do they violate consent?
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An AI voice application on a phone
AI Literacy · Health & Wellness · Freshman Foundations
Designed to Feel Human
How are AI chatbots designed to make you feel like "they" get you?
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AI Literacy
Creativity: Defining What's Yours
What makes creative work yours?
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AI Literacy
Creativity: Sharing It with AI
What do you gain and what do you lose when you make creative work with AI?
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AI Literacy · Health & Wellness
Is AI a Choice or a Necessity?
How do you decide what technology gets a place in your life?