A partnership to help students become responsible digital citizens
Be Internet Awesome + Pear Deck
Knowing the basics of good digital citizenship is essential for today’s students — and far too important to be stuck behind a paywall. That’s why we've teamed up with Google on Be Internet Awesome, a free, dig cit curriculum with everything teachers need to help kids learn to be safe explorers of the online world. Each presentation provides teachers with a simple way to introduce a concept related to digital literacy and guide students through related activities.
To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
Pear Deck allows educators to build effective and engaging instructional content — right from Google Slides. This powerful learning tool makes it easy for teachers to build interactive slides with custom questions, formative assessments, embedded audio, and more.
To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
Pear Deck allows educators to build effective and engaging instructional content — right from Google Slides. This powerful learning tool makes it easy for teachers to build interactive slides with custom questions, formative assessments, embedded audio, and more.
New to Pear Deck? Get started in three easy steps.
Once you have the Pear Deck Add-on for Google Slides or Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint Online installed, simply follow the directions below!
Click on one of the Decks below to get a preview of the Deck and make a copy for Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint Online.
Once the presentation is open in Google Slides or PowerPoint Online, open the Pear Deck Add-on through the Add-ons menu in Google Slides or the Add-ins menu in Microsoft PowerPoint. You can edit the existing questions or add your own custom questions from the slide library. You can also use it exactly as it is!
Click the ‘Start Lesson’ button to start your interactive lesson!
Be Internet Awesome Curriculum
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety using research-backed lessons and strategies. This curriculum helps students approach the internet as thoughtful contributors, recognizing that what they do online — whether posting on social media or surfing popular sites — has the potential to impact others, as well as themselves, positively or negatively.
Google has leveraged evidence-based research to expand their free digital citizenship curriculum to include:
- 35 ready-to-teach Pear Deck activities
- Age guidelines for each lesson
- Additional media literacy vocabulary
- New scenarios and prompts relevant to today’s students
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