"We routinely hear how students use digital tools inappropriately for sexting, cyberbullying, cheating, video-recording teachers and fights with peers, and plagiarizing" (Sheninger, 158).
Digital Citizenship consists of teaching students how to use technology appropriately. It is up to us as teachers to curve what we teach so that this message is clear to the students. This only makes sense in my school where we focus on citizenship but not necessarily digital citizenship. I often see students in the lab that are on skype or other programs that are not their work. If we focused a class or even a lesson toward this, I feel we could make a major difference. The video below focuses on the difference that we can make.
In a blog post named "What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship," the writer, Vicki Davis goes over the "9 Key P's" of Digital Citizenship. These "9 Key P's" are to make sure that the students are being careful with their online personas. The 9 P's include "Passwords," "Privacy," "Personal Information," "Photographs," "Property," "Permission," "Protection," "Professionalism," and "Personal Brand." If classrooms would spend at least one lesson teaching about these 9 P's they would be less likely to make costly mistakes in the future.
Link found here: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis
Davis goes on to say, "To protect us from disease,
we are inoculated with dead viruses and germs. To protect students from viruses
and scams, I do the same thing. Using current scams and cons from Snopes, Truth or Fiction, the Threat Encyclopedia, or
the Federal Trade Commission website,
I'm always looking for things that sound crazy but are true, or sound true but
are false or a scam."
This is extremely important to do. The reason for this is that many students think that they are already safe. They think that they already know about anything that could be out their to get them. What this does is prove to the students that they need to look at everything with a skeptical eye and not be so trusting of the world around them.
References:
Sheninger, E. C.
(2014). Digital leadership:
Changing paradigms for changing times. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin.
The Importance
of Teaching Digital Citizenship. (n.d.). Retrieved August 02, 2016, from
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/the-importance-of-teaching-digital-citizenship
What Your Students
Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship. (2014). Retrieved August 02,
2016, from
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis
Often in discussions with my students, citizenship does occur. I am surprised at the number of students who are clueless about this aspect and as an educator, we need to continue to remind students of their roles and responsibilities. Digital citizenship isn't any different. Students need to know how, when, and where to use social media and other tech tools appropriately, especially since many of our districts are adding more layers to technology such as 1:1 or even 2:1. The initiatives being created by districts are purposely incorporating technology and our students need to know how to utilize the technology, in addition to our expectations for them inside and outside of school. I agree, teaching at least one lesson on permission or privacy, could make all the difference in the world as well as avoiding a costly mistake later.
ReplyDeleteOften in discussions with my students, citizenship does occur. I am surprised at the number of students who are clueless about this aspect and as an educator, we need to continue to remind students of their roles and responsibilities. Digital citizenship isn't any different. Students need to know how, when, and where to use social media and other tech tools appropriately, especially since many of our districts are adding more layers to technology such as 1:1 or even 2:1. The initiatives being created by districts are purposely incorporating technology and our students need to know how to utilize the technology, in addition to our expectations for them inside and outside of school. I agree, teaching at least one lesson on permission or privacy, could make all the difference in the world as well as avoiding a costly mistake later.
ReplyDeleteA good portion of our district has children that come from unstable homes. Many divorced parents, homeless children, and lack of parenting in the home leaves many teachers with the task to teach citizenship on a higher platform. We already have face to face interactions and now we have the digital component. These two will soon be seen as one and classroom management will seamlessly tie into technology appropriately and safely.
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