Teaching Digital Citizenship GICSD Fall 2010
Defining Digital Citizenship Ribble & Bailey (2007) define “DC” as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. The umbrella term for all things related to using technology. A few examples are… Internet Safety Etiquette Literacy Copyright/Plagiarism Digital Citizenship
What is Digital Citizenship?
Purpose NYS & National Legislation mandate Internet Safety instruction K-12 (effective September 2009) 2014 National Technology Assessment for Students. Our current 5 th Graders! District Goal #5: To encourage positive Digital Citizenship ( Grand Island Central School District Technology Plan) To prepare our students for learning, working and living in the 21 st Century
Purpose – Teach students how to create positive Digital Footprints
What should be taught & when? Digital Citizenship Skill Graph (handout provided) is a visual representation of the skills taught and when. Use the skill graph to identify what needs to be taught to your students and then use the wiki for more information & resources related to that skill.
Teaching Digital Citizenship Skills Grand Island Digital Citizenship Wiki
Tips Remember that just because using technology comes easy to students, doesn’t mean they know how to use it responsibly, guidance and modeling will have a profound impact. Everything we teach & do in schools can be related to or tied back to Digital Citizenship via analogies between the physical & virtual worlds. Use the Viking Values, Bee Patrol (Sidway) & Character Traits promote Respectful, Responsible & Safe Technology Use.