Digital Citenzship and the Learner Profile

“What aspects of Digital Citizenship have we incorporated or will incorporate into our project?”

Geography 11/12

Our Geography class has been working with ARC GIS software to research and collate the local community places that our grade 8’s will be exploring in the new year as they pick up the project from the senior students. Sarah Mcskimming has been working with her class in learning this new software. While working with it she has been teaching them about different aspects of digital citizenship. The class has explored digital communication and learned about how to communicate messages effectively in a digital environment. Because it will be their work that mentors the grade 8 students and not the students themselves, the information they present must be clear and easy to follow. The students have also been increasing their digital literacy by learning how to use the ARC GIS software. Coupled with this learning, Sarah has discussed digital etiquette and responsibility in using this software and the information that is presented via this tool. They have considered the audience for which this information is intended and the purpose for this information.

Grade 8 Students

Our Community Service coordinators have been working weekly with our grade 8 pods to explore the 10 Learner Profile Attributes as part of our IB program in order for them to develop a sense of the expectations we have for them as members of our JH community.


In all of the lessons that students have experienced the overarching questions are “What does it mean to be… (principled, knowledgeable, etc.)? and “What behaviors show that someone is…(principled, knowledgeable, etc.)? The exploration and discussion of these questions include digital citizenship each time. Exploring these attributes and identifying behaviors that demonstrate them will enable students to develop their role as a student in our school community. This will be the lens and framework from which they will move into the research and creation phases of this SET-BC project in the New Year.




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