Cultivating Creativity, Digital Citizenship, and AI Literacy

Outline

Welcome & Framing (5 minutes)
- Introduce session purpose and flow.
- Brief overview of ISTE Digital Citizenship Competencies (Balanced, Informed, Inclusive, Engaged, Alert) and AI Ready Skills.
- Engagement: Quick poll or word cloud to surface participants’ current priorities.

Exploring Project Types (15 minutes)
- Highlight 2–3 creative project formats (e.g., podcast, video, digital book).
- Share examples of how competencies and AI attribution appear in student work.
- Engagement: Table discussions—participants share how they already integrate these ideas.

Hands-On Rubric/Checklist Design (20 minutes)
- Small groups choose one project type and draft a rubric or checklist aligning it to competencies (e.g., accessibility, attribution, privacy).
- Engagement: Peer-to-peer collaboration, then gallery walk or digital share-out.

Tools & Free Resources Showcase (10 minutes)
- Demo free creation tools.
- Show simple ways to build in responsible AI use and attribution.
- Engagement: Participants try one tool or bookmark a resource collection.

Reflection & Action Planning (10 minutes)
- Participants write an “implementation postcard” (one strategy or project they will try).
- Engagement: Share commitments with a partner or post digitally.

Outcomes

After this session, participants will be able to:

- Identify how the ISTE Digital Citizenship Competencies and AI Ready Skills can be integrated into authentic student projects across multiple media formats (e.g., podcasts, videos, music, digital books, presentations).
- Design a rubric or checklist that aligns creative student work with key competencies, including balance, intellectual property, accessibility, privacy, and security.
- Model responsible AI use by guiding students in attribution, ethical remixing, and inclusive digital practices.
- Apply free, accessible tools to create projects that amplify student voice, foster creativity, and promote responsible digital citizenship.

Supporting research

ISTE Digital CItizenship Competencies: https://iste.org/blog/the-5-competencies-of-digital-citizenship

Profile of an AI Ready Graduate: https://ascd.org/blogs/profile-of-an-ai-ready-graduate

Light Lift Strategies for Incorporating Digital Citizenship Into Lesson Plans: https://www.edutopia.org/article/strategies-incorporating-digital-citizenship-lessons/