Digital Citizenship

Teaching Digital Ethics & Safety for

Today and the Future

We are living in a Digital Age.

Living in our Digital World begins very early.

What is Digital Citizenship?

Digital citizenship can be defined as

the norms of appropriate, responsible

behavior with regard to technology

use. (Ribble, 2011)

(Reinecke, 2010)

Principles of Character

• Adaptability

• Compassion

• Contemplation

• Courage

• Honesty

• Initiative

• Loyalty

• Optimism

• Perseverance

• Respect

• Responsibility

• Trust-worthiness

(ICLE, 2005)

“For example, the value respect, common to many inventories, might be restated:RESPECT within local, global, and digital communities.” (Ohler, 2011)

Moderns Values vs. Digital World

“These values seem acceptable for any age, but they need fine-tuning to be fully applicable to the world of cyberspace. “

Who teaches Digital Citizenship?

9 Elements of Digital Citizenship:

• Access

• Commerce

• Communication

• Literacy

• Etiquette

• Law

• Rights & Responsibilities

• Health & Wellness

• Security

(Ribble, 2011)

Digital Access:full electronic

participation in society.

Digital Commerce:electronic buying and

selling of goods.

Digital Communication: electronic exchange of

information.

Digital Literacy: process of teaching and

learning about technology and the use of technology

Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure.

Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds.

(So, Do You Have Good Online Etiquette? , 2011)

Digital Rights & Responsibilities:

those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.

Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological

well-being in a digital technology world.

Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

Teaching the KidsBrainPop NetSmartz

Teaching the Teens

Use what THEY use, to teach them

(RozzyBearHere, 2010) (Web 2.0 Icons, 2008)http://youtu.be/MX0aycyAAJA

Teaching the Teachers

A large storehouse of Digital Citizenship know-how, for teachers and students.

http://www.nisd.net/digitalcitizen/Main_Page.html

What do we teach them?

Copyright & Fair Use

Plagiarism

Cyber Bullying

Privacy

Netiquette

Online Safety

Online Sources

Social Networking

In the past…

Reactions to digital-age misbehavior have come in 2 forms:

Responding in a case-by-case manner OR by arbitrarily blocking

large portions of the Internet and expelling students

Those approaches DO NOT work

• They don’t show how the issues are connected and should be handled in a ‘connected’ manner.

• They don’t teach students how to be digital citizens.

What they DO is reinforce that students should live their digital lives away from school and adults. (Ohler, 2011)

(Ohler, 2011)

Character Education:The Solution to Choose

(Hassett, 2010)

Establish a proactive, aggressive character education program that uses student’s digital tools. (Ohler, 2011)

Put digital activities within the context of community rather than students' private lives. (Ohler, 2011)

Involve the students in the teaching process.

For the Best Results

Digital Citizenship should be:

• planted early

• watered often

• weeded regularly

Resources• Brain Pop

– http://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/• Raising a Digital Child

– http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/09-0489_AWAY__26_DIGKIDS_.pdf

• Common Sense Media– http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators

• Connect Safely– http://www.connectsafely.org/other-resources.html

• Digital Citizenship.net– http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/

• Digital Citizenship– http://www.nisd.net/digitalcitizen/Main_Page.html

• NetSmartz– http://www.netsmartz.org

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