Digital Citizenship in Schools

This site has excellent posters for teaching students in primary and high school about using technology responsibly.

Downloadable posters from Common Sense Media.

"As I lamented in my last post, many of the fabulous Web tools out there are restricted to users 13 and over. This limits what Elementary/Primary schools students can access online to create content to collaborate. To save others at school some time, then, I have compiled a list of popular/well known Web tools that can and can't be used by children under 13 - 1), so we are legally covered in what we are allowing our students to use and 2), so they know what is available. Please note that generally the sites that allow for under 13s still ask for parental permission ( even Edmodo if you haven't read the Terms of Use) so a solid school user agreement is needed to use these tools. Some of the sites are not US based so are not bound by COPPA and CIPA regulations. It still requires schools to carefully check out what can be viewed on these sites to ensure they are appropriate to access."

George Couros posts about an inadvertent copyright tale

ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized!

"BornYet is a delightfully easy birth announcement service" Yes BUT!!!!!!

Mark Carbonne's paper.li related to Digital Citizenship

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With due respect to Howard Gardner, there is not necessarily anything new here. Gardner's notion of synthesis is not far removed from Bloom and his concept of creativity follows the continuum set out by Cohen, with what appears to be references to Kaufmann's Four Cs of creativity. Certainly, the notion of lifelong learning is part of the character of the twenty-first century learner, while the need and process for evaluating information is at the core of information literacy. But this concept of synthesising and the effective evaluation and application of knowledge, is central to the teaching work of information leaders in the twenty-first century.

"It's creepy to think that you're being stalked. But how much creepier is it that a group of people sit around a long table analysing information on your Facebook profile in order to decide whether you're worthy of a job in their organisation? Not only are we told that this repugnant practice occurs but it's promoted as a reality in the education system."

"It's creepy to think that you're being stalked. But how much creepier is it that a group of people sit around a long table analysing information on your Facebook profile in order to decide whether you're worthy of a job in their organisation? Not only are we told that this repugnant practice occurs but it's promoted as a reality in the education system."

Great article - I especially like this tip: "Make something together. Create a kooky, silly film or a photo collage after a family adventure. Turn the conversation to creation instead of consumption."

Results of Teachers survey - March 2013

Digital citizenship lessons and resources provided by Cable in the Classroom

Digital citizenship lessons and resources provided by Cable in the Classroom

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"Privacy on the Internet - some thoughts on issues and tools that you can use to keep your data private."