Thursday, July 21, 2011

Tool # 10 Being good citizens with technology

Digital citizenship is the most important concept we can teach our students. Here is a great brainpop website that I would use to teach my students.
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/onlinesafety/preview.weml

Good Citizens need to remember:
* not to share personal information over the internet
* cyber bulling is NOT ok, use kind words when talking to others online
* remember to use safety when searching the internet

During back to school night and through parent newsletters, I would remind parents about digital citizenship. I would love to give a tip of the week for parents each newsletter.

This post is from my previous posting about digital citizenship from the 11.5 tools:
It is interesting to thinkthat not all of the nine digital elements overlap into our daily lives, but at some time or other we come in contact with them all. One of the suggested readings reminds us that proper digital citizenship does not just happen. It is just like character education or classroom citizenship, it must be taught. In the article it also talked about how the teaching can not just happen once for it to be absorbed and then used correctly everytime by students. As the technology rapidly grows, the importance for teaching digital citizenship is only enhanced.

http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
1. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
2. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
3. Digital Literacy:process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology.
4. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society.
5. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods.
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.
8.Digital Health & Wellness:physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world.
9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

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