
Digital Literacy Curriculum
Online digital literacy lessons to prepare your students for a rapidly changing world

An unrivaled online digital literacy course
LGL DL Edge is an unrivaled online digital literacy course with 60 lessons that take a deep dive into future-forward topics:
- Internet overview
- Tech devices
- Information data
- Content creation
- Communication
- Safety, security, & privacy
- Digital citizenship
- Technology

Why digital literacy is important and ensures equity
LGL DL Edge: Time to get
on board
60 engaging lessons with direct instruction and practice for whole-class, small-group, or individual learning


LGL DL Edge: Serious play. Serious goals.
GOAL: Digital literacy taught the way students are used to learning today
Diverse musical genres
Song lyrics
Characters
Animation
Graphics
Gamification
LGL DL Edge: Ready to integrate into your social and emotional learning
(SEL) activities
Lessons model:
- Collaboration
- Equity
- Global citizenry
- Self-expression

LGL DL Edge: A deeper dive into technology
DL Edge Lesson Topic | Number of Lessons |
---|---|
Internet overview | 1 |
Tech devices | 4 |
Information data | 9 |
Content creation | 13 |
Communication | 11 |
Safety, security, & privacy | 9 |
Digital citizenship | 6 |
Technology | 1 |
Digital Challenge | 1 |
Preview the first ten LGL DL Edge lessons
Lesson 1: Internet Basics
Your students use the Internet, but can they define these terms?
- Browser
- Pages
- URL
- Read
- Refresh
- Load
- Update
- Search


Lesson 2: Computer Basics
What about tech acronyms and abbreviations? Do your students know what they stand for?
- CPU
- OS
- SW
- DT
Lesson 3: Mobile Phone Basics
Mobile phones are everywhere.
But do your students know how voice, images, apps, and data get to a mobile phone?


Lesson 4: Network Basics
Help your students understand network fundamentals and technical terms like these:
- WiFi
- Modem
- Router
- Ethernet
- Cell towers
- Data speeds
Lesson 5: App Store Programs
As Galileo would have said, “There are as many apps as there are stars in the sky.”
Your students will learn about app functions and app stores for different operating systems: Mac, Windows, and Android.


Lesson 6: Search & Browse
Do your students ever tell you they “can’t find anything” when they search?
This lesson has smart tips on how to search efficiently and effectively.
Lesson 7: Trust Validity
Help your students tell the difference between credible sites and those that contain fake news and false information.
This lesson will teach them the five steps necessary to identify credible information and data.


Lesson 8: Cloud vs. Local
After your students interact with this lesson, they will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of local versus cloud storage and astonish non-digital citizens.
Lesson 9: Content Types
This lesson will help your students understand file-naming conventions for different content types. This will make searching locally and in the cloud easier.


Lesson 10: Share vs. Send
Sending large files is a task that many struggle with. Your students will learn about the benefits of both sharing and sending and when to do which!