Creating Responsible Digital Citizenship for Our Students
"Our students must be nomadic, flexible, mobile learners who depend on their ability to connect with people and resources."
John Seely Brown, author
John Seely Brown, author
The first step to integrating technology in the classroom is the most important: teaching responsible digital citizenship. In this fast-paced, technology centered world in which we live, students need just as much instruction about digital literacy and responsibility as they do personal literacy and responsibility. Unlike footprints in the sand, the digital footprints our students leave behind are both permanent and meaningful. They can dictate not only how people perceive them today, but they hold (often) unfathomable future repercussions as well. So we prepare them today, not just to create, connect, and collaborate, but to do so responsibly!
The Lesson:
Have students read, annotate, highlight and comment on the attached article: Managing Your Digital Footprint.
Students can read together using any of the suggested resources:
Students can read together using any of the suggested resources:
Crocodoc
Crocodoc is the ultimate annotation tool for document collaboration. You can highlight, strikeout text, add comments and perform other types of revisions on PDF files, Microsoft Word documents, images and many more. All files are stored on Crocodoc’s secure servers and you can even password protect them for added security. Each document is given a unique URL so that you can share it with others. Best of all, you can do all of this without registering; yet an account allows you to keep track of the documents that you have uploaded for future reference. |
Diigo
Diigo and the Diigolet, let you highlight, comment and add sticky notes to any web page. Highlights and notes are automatically saved to your Diigo library. You can also choose to view notes from other users as well and add comments to their notes. Notes can be public or private, just like items that are saved to your Diigo library. |
Google Sidewiki
This browser tool lets you add comments and read other user comments about any web page. Sidewiki is available on the Google Toolbar for Firefox and IE, and as an extension in Chrome. A nice feature of this tool is that you can share your entries directly on Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and your Google Profile. You can also see how many comments are on a page by a small badge that appears on the tool’s icon. |
Source:Hongkiat.com
Commonsense Media Cross Curricular Units Address Digital Literacy and Citizenship at All Levels
Evaluating and Creating...
Have students use an interactive animation tool, like Go!Animate to make videos explaining the tenants of good digital citizenship.
Students can share links or embed directly to any website, wiki, blog, or edmodo group to share with their peers. Assessment should be based off of comprehension, synthesis, and integration of facts learned and implied from the article.
Consider sharing the "8 Don'ts of Web Based Learning" and having students either integrate these or create their own:
Students can share links or embed directly to any website, wiki, blog, or edmodo group to share with their peers. Assessment should be based off of comprehension, synthesis, and integration of facts learned and implied from the article.
Consider sharing the "8 Don'ts of Web Based Learning" and having students either integrate these or create their own:
1. DON'T give your password to anyone. Passwords are intended to protect your computer and your files. It's like giving the key to your house away!
2. DON'T answer messages that make you feel uncomfortable because they seem improper, indecent, or threatening. TELL A GROWN-UP RIGHT AWAY. 3. DON'T give any personal information, such as your family's address, phone number, credit card or calling card numbers, your school's name, or your picture to anyone on a computer network that you don't personally know. 4. DON'T arrange to meet anyone you've met on the Internet without telling your parents. Some people on the Internet lie about who they are, how old they are, and why they want to meet you. 5. DON'T try to break into computers. It's not a game. It's a crime and it's an invasion of privacy. Computers often contain sensitive information. How would you feel if someone broke into a computer and changed your grades? Deleted your term paper? Cut off your telephone? 6. DON'T steal copyrighted computer programs ("software") by copying it from the Internet. This is the same as stealing it from a store. People work hard to develop new programs and deserve to be paid for them. If software designers don't get paid for their work, they can't continue creating new software, such as new educational games or tools that help with schoolwork. 7. DON'T make copies of any copyrighted material, like books, magazines, or music without the permission of the author, publisher or artist. Copyrighted works are available (usually illegally) on the Internet. You are committing a crime if you copy and distribute them. 8. DON'T copy material that you find on the Internet and pretend that it's your own work. It's the same as copying a book or magazine article and pretending that you wrote it. It's easy to get caught. Remember, your teacher and thousands of other students have access to the same material. |