Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship

Students reflect on the rewards of cyberspace and then consider bullying scenarios in which they examine their personal comfort levels. They learn to recognize such feelings and responsibly handle the unacceptable behavior of others.

This YouTube video was made by a student for his teacher-mom and would be good to show middle or high school students to launch a discussion. The original site was created by an educator and has additional teaching materials related to CyberSafety.

Interactive exploration of piracy issues related to music from the ThinkFinity web site and Read/Write/Think.

Computers make it easy to make copies of computer software, pictures, words, movies and songs. But copyright laws make it illegal to copy the creative work without the owner�s permission. Making copies of a work protected by copyright is just like stealing. The B4UCopy educational program, available for free download, has a goal of raising awareness of copyright laws and reinforce responsible behavior online.

First installment of a three-part video "The Ballad of Zack McCune." from Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Zack McCune's story - how he got sued by the Recording Industry Association of America and what happened as a result.

Second installment of a three-part video "The Ballad of Zack McCune" from Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
What do you do when you're sued by the recording industry? And how do kids and teens reconcile the law (and corporate interests) with a culture of illegal downloading? Last year, Brown University student Zack McCune was faced with both of these questions.

This research is being carried out for The National Youth Agency who offer a range of opportunities for young people to influence policy and practice. How does youth work best support young people to manage the risks and make the most of the opportunities presented by social networking technology? Running from December 2007 till mid-January 2008 this UK-based survey seeks to identify youth workers current use of social networking technologies; their current role support young people to safely and effective use social networking technologies; their understanding of the benefits and risks of social networking technologies; their interests in developing their use of social networking technologies; and potential barriers to youth workers using, and supporting young people to use, social networking technologies.

From MySpace to Hip Hop, A MacArthur Forum, Part 1
This is the first of three videos, Julie Stasch, Vice President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation introduces the forum.

Here is a collection of 75+ videos that might be helpful in the teaching of Digital Citizenship in our schools. Note that many of these are YouTube videos and the site may be blocked at your school. But using a tool like Zamzar.com, you could download them in advance and play them as stand-alone videos.

Make your students and staff aware of the potential infringements. Most teachers and students use music in their video and then publish or use in it in a public setting while thinking they've done nothing wrong. But, their lack of knowledge about the laws does not make them immune. \n

Effects of Cyberbullying: New research by a group of school psychologists trained in Olweus Bullying Prevention methods that they have applied to bullying in the digital environment.

The real issues of digital citizenship include understanding identity online and the opportunities afforded to students when teachers teach students to be global citizens. More at http://ideasandthoughts.org

NYU professor and social networking expert Clay Shirky talks about where to draw the line between personal and public life online.
You live your life online -- and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook or MySpace page? Or should everything that you put online be accessible to anyone, anywhere? With increasingly popular social networking sites aggregating unprecedented volumes of personal data, the age-old issue of online privacy is once again rearing its ugly head.

YouTube video of the presentation made by Cultural Anthropologist, Michael Wesch at the Library of Congress in June 08. He used students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for a 55-minute presentation, where he traces a timeline for development of digial text and digital media as a form of self-expression on the Internet.

Most of us following the news know that cyber-bullying is on the rise, and that it has even led to at least one child suicide. Up to now, though, response has focused on strategies to help the victims. What if you discover that you're living with a cyber-bully?

We are facing a new frontier in the ever growing challenge to close the skills gap impacting many of us in business. The deficiency in digital literacy has created a need for companies to evolve in the understanding that literacy in technology has become equally as important as literacy in the English language; our workforce must be technologically fluent to compete in a global economy.

Presented as part of the April 30, 2008 meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. The speaker is Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

[Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey]
Leading and Learning with Technology, Vol. 32, Number 7
Everyone has an internal compass but adults need to teach children how to find and use it. This article includes some scenarios that require students to use their internal compasses.

In this lesson, students draw conclusions from an analysis of propaganda techniques used in a piece of literature-such as the novel Brave New World, the play The Crucible, or the movie Dr. Strangelove-and political advertisements posted on the Internet. Students also make connections to their own world by looking for examples of propaganda in other media, such as print ads and commercials.

From the EduCause Learning Initiative: Seven Things You Should Know About Second Life.