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The Digital citizenship: using technology appropriately website has recently published a post on the nine elements of digital citizenship. Each element is described in detail on the site. The elements include: Digital etiquetteDigital communicationDigital literacyDigital accessDigital commerceDigital lawDigital rights and responsibilitiesDigital health and well-beingDigital security

Enhancing Teachers' Take-up of Digital Content: Factors and Design Principles in Technology Adoption

The final round of government funding is currently being distributed to schools all around Australia. So far over 967,000 computers have been bought, infrastructure built and (most) teachers up-skilled to benefit from the acquisition. But as the funds come to an end, many school principals are wondering if the process has been beneficial, and how can they continue to support and progress the Digital Education Revolution?

Futurelab are offering free access to digital editions of some of their digital literacy and innovation handbooks.

The Living Sky School Division in Canada has developed and shared an excellent digital citizenship continuum for students, parents and teachers. 

Digital Education Research Network, a product of ACER, reports on research about technology and education.

Great graphic of digital replacements in the communication landscape. via @mrscnewton

Very clever ! I like it !

Ha ha! Just been searching for an image for promoting our teachmeet. That's about the best yet.

See you digital footprint

While 'the internet' and 'manners' don't tend to pop up in the same sentence very often (at least not in the positive sense), there are a number of ways that manners really do matter when you're interacting online.

digital collection curation - slide presentation by Joyce Valenza 164 slides!

Classroom materials for the "Trillion dollar footprint" lesson on digital footprints. 

When socializing or communicating with Facebook here are some resources to support your understanding of the environment, a few tips to ensure for a safe experience, and some links to keep up you up to date on changes and privacy settings. The concept to be aware of is that anything online is not private. So be cautious and thoughtful about what you say, share and post. It will be associated with you on the internet and you may never be able to get rid of it. Think before you post!

Quote from site "The six jobs described below outline creative ways that your students can make valuable contributions to their learning community. While these jobs can be successfully implemented individually, it is bringing them together in harmony where we can create a more balanced vision of teaching and learning."

In a recent webinar, more than 90% of school leaders responded that they were leading an innovative school as a result of the implementation of technology. At the end of the webinar, when polled again, only one leader claimed to be leading an innovative school. The complete reversal was due to a presentation of the Six Questions that you will read about in this article.   This list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique added value of a digital learning environment.

Fascinating. And very helpful. Thanks Cally.

I will be passing this on to my curriculum coordinator and learning technologies teachers to think about. Thanks, the e newsletter subscription looks good.

Next week sees a number of free professional learning sessions looking at digital tools for learning and teaching.

RealTime Health: the digital health network is a collaboration between The Le@rning Federation, The Chronic Illness Alliance , Aboriginal Medical Service of Western Sydney, Asthma Foundation of Victoria, Australian Hearing, Diabetes Australia - Vic, Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria, Orygen Youth Health and SANE Australia.

Over four themed episodes that criss-cross the globe, journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski explores the meaning of a phenomenon that is transforming everything from how we learn to how we shop, vote and make friends. The series reveals astonishing facts about how the web is rewiring our society, our economy and - drawing on a unique experiment conducted specifically for the series - maybe even our brains.The series brings together everyone who's anyone on the web - from its inventor Tim Berners-Lee to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; from Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales to Amazon's Jeff Bezos; from web pioneers like Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to digital media barons like Arianna Huffington and Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams.