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"Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate."

resources and links provided - from a workshop to schol library media spcialists (and others) by Wesley Fryer

Great post that could be used as a basis for digital citizenship lessons.

Digital citizenship themes and resources by year level.

Instead of telling students what to do, or not to do, Ivester offers ten measures that may help them judge their actions and make decisions about their digital future on their own.

"he Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours. "

"Share your main library websites: elementary, middle school and high school examples and please also share specific examples of effective practice in the following areas: * Reports * Book and Reading Promotion * Digital Storytelling * Inquiry/Information Fluency Instruction * Digital Citizenship * Pathfinders * Presentations/Speeches/Online Instruction Please also add your names to our lists of SchoolLibraryBloggers and SchoolLibraryTweeters and consider linking us to your best presentations "

Excellent report on teenagers and digital identity

Naming takes on new meanings in digital settings-as students build personas through e-mail addresses, screen names, and online profiles, they can be unaware of the ways that others may read the information they share.