1. Elementary Students as Digital Citizens Linda Bennett University of Missouri Barbara Jamison & Michelle Nebel Excelsior Springs School District Excelsior Springs, MO National Council for the Social Studies November 15, 2008 Houston, TX

2. It’s Their World Students Are Already Contributing!

3. Informed Decision Making Promote or Hinder the Common Good? Tools Are Available Already Being Taught +

4. Instead of Learning ABOUT Making Informed Decisions Students Can Be Immersed In MAKING REAL WORLD Informed Decisions

5. Students Are Able to PARTICIPATE

6. GOAL ? Students Able to SELF-SELECT Behavior in Uncontrolled Environments

7. Greatest Change

8. ACCESS

10. Our Job As Educators

11. Provide Students EXPERIENCES and CONVERSATIONS

12. Students Learning Responsible and Respectful Behavior

13. Online Simulations and Games Topics to Cover Privacy Safety Digital Foot Print Copyright Plagiarism Bullying Identity Theft Piracy Begin by immersing young students in engaging and interactive environments

14. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/help/safesurfing/index.shtml http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=1391 http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/privacy_playground/flash/start.htm l http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm

15. http://www.learningismessy.com/PublicService.htm Agnes Riley’s School Student Produced Video http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=05a09d33779a17adf170 Cyberbullying

16. Students Contributing

17. Collaboration with classmates only

18. Collaboration with students, teachers, parents, community members, and experts throughout the world

19. Receive feedback on work from classmates and teachers

20. Receive feedback from the world

21. Students Contribute by Providing Feedback

22. Tools That Open The Doors to Feedback http://voicethread.com/#home

23. Blogs

24. Wikis

25. Contribute to Real World Data

26. Contributing Ideas http://www.letters2president.org/ http://pbskids.org/democracy/stickerrace/

27. Students Connecting

28. Time Bound

29. Simultaneous/Instant contribution

30. Contrived audience

31. Authentic audience

32. Learning is inside the school

33. Learning is in the real world

34. Places to Connect Global School Net Online Projects http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/ http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/ Class Connect at Gigglepotz.com www.gigglepotz.com/cc.htm www.gigglepotz.com/cc.htm ePALS Classroom Exchange www.epals.com www.epals.com KIDPROJ www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/index.html www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/index.html Virtual Architecture http://virtual-architechture.wm.edu http://virtual-architechture.wm.edu TakingITGlobal http://www.tiged.org http://www.tiged.org iEARN-USA www.iearn.org/projects/sidebyside.html www.iearn.org/projects/sidebyside.html Journey North Projects http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

35. Tools to Connect Wikis Blogs Student Safe Email Voice-Over Protocol Goggle Docs/Presentation/Spreadsheet

36. ePALS http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=GlobalWarming_overview ePals is a Global Community of collaborative learners, teachers, and academic experts in 200 countries and territories.

37. ePALS Student Forums http://community.epals.com/forums/default.aspx?GroupID=52

38. http://www.planetfesto.org/

39. Which Tool?

40. Students Creating

41. Receiver of information

42. Producer of information

43. Tools for Easy Publishing TeacherTube YouTube Lulu.com Podcasts Voicethread

44. Collective Intelligence

45. Respectful and Responsible Digital Citizens

46. Remember… Treat others as you want to be treated Sign your contributions Only use your first name Be factual Get permission and give credit Edit before pushing Enter Consider your contributions permanent Practice acceptable online writing skills Share points of view but no slander or defamation

47. Scaffold the process! Start small and work your way up. 1.Start off-line 2.Within classroom 3.Within school 4.Open it up!

48. What Does It Say About You? Two examples of posting… Example of different pictures… Examples of various screen names… Which one would you like to be from you? Why?

49. Find YOUR Voice

50. Help Your Students Find THEIRS!

51. Give them the gift of the WORLD!