Digital Citizenship in Schools

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Summary: Digital citizenship is the state of having access to the Internet and communication technologies that help promote equal opportunity, democracy, technology skills, and human rights.

Friedman identified a problem that education systems are only now beginning to wrestle with. Life is largely lived online, and schools do not prepare children for it. It's not just about keeping them safe from predators, cyberbullies, porn and identity theft: it's also about having an ethical framework, and the skills to assess the reliability of information.

Watched this as I researched for my assignment topic. It is lengthy (21 mins) but made excellent points about the nature of copyright and patents of early years with the concept of intellectual property and litigation, particularly as it relates to digital environments.

Simpler is Better (We Hope) We've chosen three of today's most popular social networks and given you a bit of news on how their terms and conditions have been revised recently. Hopefully, this is information your kids and students will be able to use to keep themselves safe when using social media.

Teaching digital citizenship and keeping students in the classroom safe online (and off of course!) is a priority for teachers when using iPads, Google Apps, and other devices & websites in the classroom. While even the best laid digital citizenship plans can lay the foundation, teachers need to continue revisiting topics and guiding students all year.

Some terrific resources for DLEs. Different sections for teachers and parentsstudents

Published on Jun 18, 2016 This is a video summary of: Veletsianos, G. (2016). Digital Learning Environments. In Rushby, N. & Surry D. (Eds) Handbook of Learning Technologies (pp. 242-260). Wiley. Download the paper from: http://www.veletsianos.com/wp-content... Digital learning environments are everywhere. Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used almost universally. People learn how to play the ukulele by watching YouTube videos. They learn how to grow organic veggies by joining Facebook groups. And they join a vast array of specialist communities that help them improve their skills, from knitting, to drawing, to managing their finances. All these technologies, resources, and platforms that people use to learn online, is what I call digital learning environments. What are some important issues that researchers and designers need to know about digital learning environments?

There are around 40 'modules' in this online course - many of the topics are relevant to teacher and student learning.

One of the DML Research Hib videos. Mimi Ito discusses the move to connected learning in the digital age. A must watch for ETL523 students.

Exploring the concept and practice of digital citizenship. A really good resource and a perfect example of good curation too.

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This paper reviews the definitions of digital and ICT literacy that have been adopted in cross-national studies, investigates the approaches to the assessment of digital and ICT literacy that have been employed in those studies and articulates the criteria that should guide the development of a global measure of digital and ICT literacy skills. Furthermore, the paper includes an appraisal of prospects for such a development.

Clickbait, hyper-partisan opinion, and completely false information are running wild across the internet. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.

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http://worksite.actu.org.au - In this video, Ralph is going for a job interview. It's all going well, until his employer catches a glimpse of his social media profile. Find out how you can avoid this trap for new employees and get your first job at http://worksite.actu.org.au. Your rights at work for students, brought to you by Australian Unions.

The information and digital self-help on this site was developed in consultation with expert partners ReachOut Australia and Kids Helpline.

It never occurred to me that my daughters would have no idea what they were doing when they entered the social media space