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Updated link for ISTE standards.

Denis Masseni, a Monash university lecturer and a director of Sponsor-Ed has written a report called "Why Schools are spooked by social media" (2010) which presents findings from a survey of 140 principals on the subject of social media. It's a positive take on SNS use in schools. This site links both the 34 page paper and a small radio interview (8 mins) which is well worth a listen.

"This paper deploys notions of emergence, connections, and designs for learning to conceptualize high school students' interactions when using online social media as a learning environment. It makes links to chaos and complexity theories and to fractal patterns as it reports on a part of the first author's action research study, conducted while she was a teacher working in an Australian public high school and completing her PhD. The study investigates the use of a Ning online social network as a learning environment shared by seven classes, and it examines students' reactions and online activity while using a range of social media and Web 2.0 tools. The authors use Graham Nuthall's (2007) "lens on learning" to explore the social processes and culture of this shared online classroom. The paper uses his extensive body of research and analyses of classroom learning processes to conceptualize and analyze data throughout the action research cycle. It discusses the pedagogical implications that arise from the use of social media and, in so doing, challenges traditional models of teaching and learning."

Updated link for Skype in the classroom

Found in Communication Research and Practice: Vol 6, No 1 Abstract: Around the world policymakers are exploring the kinds of skills and competencies that teenagers need to have to contribute to society as digital citizens. Based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child framework, and informed by critical analysis of discourses around digital citizenship, this paper explores the competencies already demonstrated by many adolescents and addresses the priorities identified by policymakers. It compares the top-down adult policymakers' blueprints for digital citizenship with the performances of citizenship by many young people, who mobilise digital resources to communicate with powerful others as a means of progressing their aims. Drawing upon examples of small-scale teenage activism, and linking these to some of the big questions of the age: climate change, gender equity and social justice, the paper moves beyond discussions of tech-addiction and online passivity to investigate adolescents' strategic engagement in digital spaces to achieve a more equitable future.

Using curation to build higher order thinking skills. Has a great definition of curation and links curation with the Framework for 21st Century Learning.

Fantastic page that links to various articles on the topic of global education with resources for projects.

"When we are active online we are creating our own digital footprints. This area of the website will help you understand what that means and will link you to tools and resources for the ethical use of online media." This Library Learning Commons provides good information on Digital Conduct, Copyright and more

"The following slide show is available to download, and includes previously used information for other slide shows, as well as links that support each of the two content sections. There are three parts to this presentation: * Introductory information that is general social networking info * Information to distribute to teachers * Information to distribute to parents"

Lots of great links to digital literacy, character education and digital citizenship issues... a google sites wiki by Jason Ohler

"In all of our efforts to teach students safe, appropriate, and responsible technology use, are we forgetting the more important job of teaching our students empowered use?" A collection of links that aim to encourage a discussion in schools about the purpose of AUPs.

"If you have questions or comments about the material found on this website please click on the Contact Us link to send us your information. If you are interested in reading more about Digital Citizenship please go to the Publications page of this website and click on the link for the Digital Citizenship in Schools book which will connect to the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) website."

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"Respect each other online You can use phones, tablets and computers to do awesome stuff. But things can turn nasty if you use them to disrespect each other. Treat each other with respect and Keep It Tame." This site has links to a range of support services and comes from http://www.youngandwellcrc.org.au/ 

Wakelet Link to 33 Global Resources on Digital Resources

Links to libguides on Global education topics. Fantastic resource.

A small collection of links related to digital citizenship in schools.

As with all social media, Twitter has the potential to be useful and a distraction. This article from edutopia outlines the useful and also contains links to other resources that can be used even if, like me, you're not yet ready to take the plunge into Twitter.

Some of you may have seen this item discussed on the OZTL_Net. The edudemic page is about motivation but it explains how technology such as ipads can be used as an extension of Bloom's Taxonomy to provide choice and challenge for your students. The page has links to a Ted talk that explains the "padagogy" at the heart of this program.

You may already have come across this link on the OZTL_Net. I'm adding this short video to my Digital Citizenship teaching program. It's simple and informative.

Internet Acceptable Use Policy: Educational Rationale: As part of our educational curriculum at the Junior School we are aiming to develop the research and communication skills in all of our boys. In doing this, we wish to carry out research in the most efficient and current means of doing this.