Student Generated Usernames: Digital Citizenship Lesson & Practice Activities

Stop holding your breath while students create a username for an ed tech game or tool, and sigh with relief knowing that they’ll generate school and kid-friendly usernames that keeps the lesson moving and everyone engaged.

Many components of a student’s digital footprint are controlled at the district level. From their passwords and usernames, to their lunch codes, and most login information for an array of ed tech tools that you use in your library. Even with all of these safeguards in place, there are times when students need to generate usernames— like when they join a digital quiz game, like Kahoot or Blooket.

While most students will just type in their first name, there’s always a handful that types in something else. Inevitably, it holds up the game or incites giggles and outrage. It’s enough to make you not want to use tools like this ever again.

However, with this standards-based lesson, you can confidently employ ed tech games with ease. Students will learn how to generate school-friendly usernames that are creative and respectful while also protecting their private information. These are all great skills that they can transfer over to their personal lives, outside of school, and even to generating passwords!

This lesson has 27 pages and includes:

• Four (4) printable activities that help students with different aspects of creating a username; including:
  • Analyzing usernames to determine which are safe
  • Sorting safe vs unsafe usernames
  • Decoding usernames
  • Matching usernames to a profile
• 2 Poster sets in color or black & white
  • Username criteria—outlines 5 criteria for creating safe, fun, and creative usernames
  • LEET key to help students create fun and safe usernames
• 3 Collaborative Learning Structures
  • Detailed directions to facilitate the structure
  • Discussion prompts to promote reflection on usernames, criteria, and application
• Standards-based lesson to review how to evaluate websites
• Teacher tips and tricks for teaching student generated usernames

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Collaborate – A.2
• Explore – B.1

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3.A
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.3.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.3. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.3.C.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.3.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3

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