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Education resources. Classroom resources. Hectors World. Digital Passport by Common Sense Media. 10 Digital Citizenship Resources. Nine Elements. Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1.

Nine Elements

Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology. Privacy. Getting Sneaky About Digital Citizenship – DigCit Institute. Article reposted with permission from nancywtech.com Dear Teachers, I met with a librarian friend of mine today to brainstorm ways to get digital citizenship embedded in lots of different areas of her school.

Getting Sneaky About Digital Citizenship – DigCit Institute

She confided to me that she wanted to INFILTRATE her school with her digital citizenship efforts. Isn’t that a great word? I mean, seriously: unless you are leading a secret double life as a spy, how many times have you gotten to use that word lately? This talk of infiltration and subversion for getting our digital citizenship point across reminded me of Kristin Ziemke‘s blog about sneaky reading – getting in extra reading minutes whenever and wherever.

I love the idea about being insidious [see also: stealthy, surreptitious, sly] about working digital citizenship into what is already happening in your library or classroom. She told me that she really had four pillars of her library that were important to her, and that these were the things she plans to focus on next school year. SWGfL Digital Literacy - Home. Home - eSmart Digital Licence. A Treasure Trove of Digital Citizenship Resources for Teachers. Via Educational Technology and Mobile Learning There is a special section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning where I have aggregated a plethora of resources that teachers can use with their students to teach them about digital citizenship.

A Treasure Trove of Digital Citizenship Resources for Teachers

And today I come across these wonderful resources compiled by Taryn Degnan from Common Sense Media. I thought about tweeting the link without having to share it here but I know thousands of email and RSS Feed subscribers would miss it. Below is a round-up of all the links Taryn featured in her post. Enjoy! Digital Citizenship in Education and the Classroom.

Tomorrow, I am attending a workshop, the objective of which is to develop a curriculum focused upon digital citizenship.

Digital Citizenship in Education and the Classroom

I have been pondering digital citizenship and social media the last few days. This evening I brought together some of the relevant articles that I have read and tagged on the topic in the past, both recently and further back in time. This process resulted in this post. Nine Elements. InCtrl. Truth or Fiction. Common Sense Media. Get Trained Use our professional development resources to learn best practices for teaching digital citizenship to your students.

Common Sense Media

Onboard Students: Digital Passport Introduce students in grades 3-5 to Digital Passport, our award-winning suite of games that help onboard students to the foundational skills of digital citizenship and Internet safety. Teach Lessons: Unit 1 Teach Lessons: Unit 2 5 - Picture Perfect How can photos be changed on the computer, and how can that affect your feelings about the way you look? Digital Bytes. Digital Compass. 21st Century Fluencies. The Essential Fluencies The Essential Fluencies of innovative learning are structured processes for developing the skills that your students need to succeed, today and in the future.

21st Century Fluencies

Get Started Now “The Essential Fluencies have nothing to do with hardware—they are about headware, and heartware!” Solution Fluency Develop problem-solving superpowers Learn More Information Fluency Learn Sherlock-style data skills Learn More Creativity Fluency Unleash your inner Picasso Learn More Media Fluency Be the next Spielberg. Digital citizenship / Teaching. Netsafe – Learn Guide Protect The myLGP website supports the Learn Guide Protect Framework .

Digital citizenship / Teaching

The site promotes a student-centred approach to teaching and learning about cybersafety and digital citizenship across the curriculum. Developed by NetSafe, in collaboration with New Zealand teachers. NetSafe kit for schools A comprehensive programme of cybersafety for schools based upon infrastructure of policies, procedures and use agreements, an effective electronic security system, and a comprehensive cybersafety education programme. Scope & Sequence. Jigsaw: Assembly for 8 10 year olds. Digital Passport by Common Sense Media. Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online. Digital Compass. Jennette McCurdy's "Chicken" Commercial for Safe Kids USA. Characteristics of a Responsible Digital Citizen. Home. Bullying. No Way! 6-12 Resources - Keystone Area Education Agency. Expert insights into education for positive digital footprint development.

Children and young people are spending more time online.

Expert insights into education for positive digital footprint development

Face-to-face interactions with friends are being supplemented with digital communication. Australian children are particularly prolific users of the internet (Green et al, 2011). This online activity creates digital footprints. Digital footprint refers to the information and data that people generate, through purposive action or passive recording, when they go online (Thatcher, 2014). Digital footprints now play a role in people’s employment and educational opportunities (Black and Johnson, 2010). Many schools have yet to respond to the challenge of helping students develop reputational management skills. The ‘Best Footprint Forward’ project involved a survey of digital experts and career advisers to get their perspectives on digital footprint education in the Australian school context. Think Before You Click (Safety First) Digital Citizenship Poster for Middle and High School Classrooms. Oversharing poster a b 7. Trillion Dollar Footprint (6-8) Tip 1: Think Before You Share. Tip 5: Be Positive.

Social Media Do's and Don'ts! (Modern Manners w/ Amy Aniobi) Oversharing: Think Before You Post. Play Like Share: Episode 3. Privacy and Internet Safety Parent Concern. Office of the eSafety Commissioner. Digital Citizenship. Digital citizenship for kids and teens. If your child has a smartphone or social media account, uses an online educational platform or creates digital content, she’s a digital citizen.

Digital citizenship for kids and teens

Responsible digital citizenship can help your child have a safer and more satisfying experience online. What is responsible digital citizenship? Being a responsible digital citizen means having the online social skills to take part in online community life in an ethical and respectful way. Responsible digital citizenship also means: behaving lawfully – for example, it’s a crime to hack, steal, illegally download or cause damage to other people’s work, identity or property online protecting your privacy and that of others recognising your rights and responsibilities when using digital technologies thinking about the impact of what you do online on yourself, on other people you know, and on the wider online community. Digital Citizenship k-6.