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Digital Citizenship for Teachers

Natalie VeldhoenDistributed Learning Specialist

Calgary Board of Education

The Importance of Digital Citizenship

1/4 of all students in

Grades 4 to 6 regularly

go online unsupervised

10% of all boys in Grades 10 and 11 have actively gone looking for hateful materials on the internet

1/3 of all kids on Facebook have accepted a friend request from someone they do no know

20% of kids have sent

a nude or semi-nude photo of themselves

to someone

on average 8 to 18

year olds will send

120 text messages a

dayAll data from Media Awareness Network - http://www.media-awareness.ca/ and

Generation M2 – Media in the Lives of 8 to 18 Year Olds - http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm

Basics of Digital Citizenship

• Being web savvy• Use your online presence for good• Manage personal information• Building safe spaces

Childnet International. (2007). What makes you a good digizen?. Retrieved from http://www.digizen.org.uk/

Being Web Savvy

• Teach students good search habits – Use 4 words for each search– Boolean search – “”, +, -

• Look for reputable website authors– .gc.ca .ab.ca .gov .edu– use critical analysis

Use Your Online Presence for Good

• Be a good role model for your students and show them positive examples

• Share your experience and knowledge with others

• Use technology to connect with others

Manage Personal Information

• Read privacy statements and teach students the basics (ie: age requirements)

• Use good password habits

• Engage in conversation about being “Googled” well

http://psynch.com/docs/password-management-best-practices.html

Footprints in the Digital Age by Will Richardson

Building Safe Spaces

• Use Desire2Learn to work with students on skills such as:– threaded discussions– blogs– chat

• Build online classroom communities in Web2.0 tools

Photo References(in order of appearance)

Whiteafrican. (Photographer). (2008). Hersman girls - already on computers. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2870711774/

Zaweaome. (Photographer). (2009). I don’t dig texting. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/_lovenothing/3772984885/

Missha. (Photographer). (2008). An apple with the logo of Google made with laser. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/missha/2209205063/

Superkimbo in BKK. (Photographer). (2008). Skype to Australia. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3122707524/in/set-72157611378512285/

Mullen, Jessica. (Photographer). (2010). Visiting UTPA classrooms in second life. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamullen/4328256207/