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Supporting Digital Citizenship

Supporting Digital Citizenship. Dr. Mike Ribble, Ed.D . Author of Digital Citizenship in Schools and Raising a Digital Child http://www.digitalcitizenship.org. Providing the tools without explaining how to use them.

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Supporting Digital Citizenship

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  1. Supporting Digital Citizenship Dr. Mike Ribble, Ed.D. Author of Digital Citizenship in Schools and Raising a Digital Child http://www.digitalcitizenship.org

  2. Providing the tools without explaining how to use them. • Between two generations – one that has watched the growth of technology and one that has not known a world without digital opportunities. Marc Prensky – Digital Immigrants/Digital Natives • Setting a foundation for the future. Why is Digital Citizenship Important?

  3. Key Questions for today: • What are the issues related to Digital Citizenship? • How do we identify these issues in an organized manner? • How are we going to teach these to our students?

  4. Once you have an idea of the issues then you can work on solving them. • This is the main reason for Digital Citizenship to provide this framework. • World-class students – because they have to be. To understand Digital Citizenship need to be able to see all the parts (The Fifth Discipline, P.Senge, 1990/The World Is Flat, T. Friedman, 2006). Systems approach

  5. Will go through these elements to provide a basic understanding of the issues. • Think about your own school and where these elements can fit into your own issues. The Nine Elements

  6. Digital Etiquette: the standards of conduct expected by other digital technology users. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Digital Law: the legal rights and restrictions governing technology use.

  7. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information. Digital Literacy: the capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it. Digital Commerce: the buying and selling of goods online.

  8. Digital Rights and Responsibilities: the privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users, and the behavioral expectations that come with them Digital Security (self-protection): the precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of their network. Digital Health and Welfare: the elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use.

  9. First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry. A MySpace Photo May Cost a Student a Teaching Certificate Digital Law: the legal rights and restrictions governing technology use.

  10. Texting, Surfing, Studying? “The literature looking at media and its impact on attentional skills is just in its infancy,” said Renee Hobbs, a professor of mass media and communications at Temple University. Another expert, Dr. Dimitri Christakis, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington who is a leading researcher on children and the media, agreed. “The pace of science has not kept up with technology,”. PBS – Frontline -Roughly 50 percent of South Koreans play games regularly, and 75 percent of gamers prefer online games. -Questions of Internet Addiction Digital Health and Welfare: the elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use.

  11. Digital Security (self-protection): the precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of their network.

  12. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society.

  13. Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post Twitter and Facebook ask users to answer the question: What are you doing right now? But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questions are just as important: Where are you, and can I come join you? Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.

  14. ALL CAPS emails lead to woman's firing OK, I can't actually make that text red due to the publishing system I'm on, but it would certainly be annoying, wouldn't it? And if you worked for New Zealand's ProCare Health, it could even get you fired. Digital Etiquette: the standards of conduct expected by other digital technology users.

  15. Digital Rights and Responsibilities: the privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users, and the behavioral expectations that come with them

  16. Digital Literacy: the capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it.

  17. Losing Out After Winning an Online Auction “There’s a lot of ways to lose money with online auctions,” said Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League. With all the possible ways of losing money, it’s no wonder that online auction fraud was ranked as the 13th biggest concern of consumers in the 2008 Consumer Sentinel, which is compiled by the Federal Trade Commission Digital Commerce: the buying and selling of goods online.

  18. Digital Dignity – sense of community • Digital Stewardship – responsibility in service to everyone • Digital Servers – we are all called to serve • Digital Freedom – growing sense of self Thoughts By Brother Damian Price

  19. The idea of Guest, Presence, Compassion and finally Liberation. What this leads to…

  20. Where do we begin? -For some it seems overwhelming, once they see the larger picture of Digital Citizenship -Need to pick which are the points of most issue -Don’t attempt to do all at once, but still need to understand the framework What Do we do now?

  21. Change in Curriculum -Need to begin thinking differently about learning and how it is done with the technology we have Teach our students/children skills to survive in a technological world. What do we do now? Continued

  22. It is often brought up by students (and other users) that if we have the ability we should be able to use resources? • Does this hold true in other parts of our lives? • Should our “Digital Citizenship” be any different than our country citizenship? • Let’s take a look at some ideas/issues. Just Because We Can – Should We?

  23. Similarities Differences • Both deal with one person taking attacking another psychologically. • Students can deal with both through intervention. • Both can continue after school as well. • Technology can make people feel anonymous. • Technology can involve a larger number of people. • Regular bullying can have a physical aspect as well. Bullying/CyberBullying

  24. Candy Bar Downloading songs • Laws against shoplifting • Causes loss of revenue store • We typically teach our children/students it is not appropriate. • Laws against downloading – but many opportunities. • Can decrease revenue for companies. • We don’t always state to children/students that it is wrong. Stealing

  25. Drinking Texting • Alcohol Addiction • Physical Issues • Loss of Attention • Can Lead to Accidents • Laws Against Doing • Technology Addiction • Can Have Physical Issues • Loss of Attention • Can Lead to Accidents • New Laws Being Passed Driving Issues

  26. For the next few minutes begin thinking about how you can integrate these nine elements into your curriculum and classroom for your school. What we will be doing…

  27. Thank you for your attention.

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