Digital Citizenship in Schools

An interesting model for defining digital literacy.

Interesting infographic and information about the ISTE Digital Citizenship PLN.

Teen, Jake Swayze shares his thoughts about young people and the use of social media at TEDxSouthPasadenaHigh

Links to interesting resources from the Global Digital Citizen Foundation blog

The 21st Century Citizenship Guide outlines a vision of citizenship that encompasses informed, engaged and active practices in three dimensions of citizenship-civic, global and digital. The different dimensions of citizenship will be explored, along with recommendations on actions that parents, local, and national policymakers can take to make sure that all students are able to develop into true 21st century citizens.

A 2-min vignette from Steve Wheeler on Future learning environments: professional, powerful and personal.

Excellent blog post by Dr Alec Couros last year. Recently he has shared updates on Facebook about personal stolen identity via pictures online.

I like the idea of empathy and understanding as part of digital citizenship.

I agree, Ann. There are some awesome examples of people using social media to bring about a positive change in the world, and without exception they were motivated by empathy and an understanding of being a global digital citizen. We do the world a disservice focussing on the trolls etc.

The scary aspects are how young these hackers are, and how little remorse they show. It might seem like an American thing, or a gaming thing, but it's also a global citizen thing.

Thought provoking blog post by #ETL523 student https://twitter.com/hbailie How we approach the use of mobile and wireless learning in schools is a digital/global citizen piece.

Site which summarises the lengthy Terms of Service documents. Gives an easy way to check if you are happy with the conditions you sign up to (esp social media)

Excellent post by Trisah, ETL523 201630 student - shows how digital citizenship means participation and involvement and shares how this can be done in a meaningful way.

Good discussion points raised in this article.

Library 2.016 : Privacy in the Digital Age Free online conference March 16/17