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Danah Boyd's free book - a must read for every teacher (and parent) of adolescents . It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens.

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This is a fabulous Digital Citizenship resource out of Montreal (Lester B. Pearson School Board) that provides resources based on the category and grade level of the student - similar to the new OSAPAC resource for Ontario teachers, about to be released in November

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Donna Fry's Digital Citizenship | Scoop.it

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Donna Fry's Digital Citizenship | Scoop.it

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Changing the focus of this page to Digital Citizenship. Scoopit has lowered the number of free topics to 2 so I can't delete this old one. Learned that lesson the hard way!!!

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Identity, Anonymity, Pseudonymity | Brandon Grasley's Blog

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Identity, Anonymity, Pseudonymity | Brandon Grasley's Blog

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Why Teaching Digital Citizenship Doesn’t Work | Looking Up

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Why Teaching Digital Citizenship Doesn’t Work | Looking Up

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Spend time with children and you learn that lists of rules don't work well. Kids are too smart and love to find loopholes. No matter how long you spend crafting a list that covers all scenarios a 5-year-old will bite someone and point out that you didn't say he couldn't.

A better approach is positive general principles. Tell students what you want them to do. My favorite model is the four Tribes agreements that are displayed prominently in my class and discussed and practiced every day:

1. Attentive Listening- Pay close attention to what others are saying. Check for understanding

2. Appreciation Only- Treat each other kindly, don't use put-downs.

3. Right to Pass- Choose when and how much you participate. It's acceptable to simply observe.

4. Mutual Respect- Affirm the value and uniqueness of everyone.

These agreements cover most situations, describe behavior in positive terms and support the development of critical thinking skills.

This approach works better than long lists of rules, and so I'm confused by the common approach to encouraging good Digital Citizenship. Further, the concept of separate rules for digital behavior is quite flawed.

Digital Citizenship is often promoted by listing the many things students cannot or should not do. Schools require students to sign 'Acceptable User Agreements' with long lists of rules such as:

Students may not

Use illegal downloads

Post name, address, telephone number, etc. without permission

Contact strangers on the Internet

By-pass digital security systems

Access unapproved websites

Post inaccurate or harmful information

Use digital technologies in an unhealthy manner (e.g. game addiction, loud music, etc.,)

And so on...

Such lists are too narrow, quickly become outdated and don't allow students to think critically.

More importantly the whole concept of digital citizenship is backwards. Students who behave inappropriately in digital spaces misinterpret the digital space as private, when it is, of course, public. This misunderstanding leads students to believe that the regular rules of public behavior don't apply in digital space, and so they behave in ways online that they never would in public. The fundamental error is in thinking that digital spaces are different, with different rules from the real world. They aren't.

Lists of 'rules' for online behavior reinforce the misconception that online and real life is different. We must help students understand that social media, texting, etc. are public spaces and the same rules that apply in other public spaces also apply there.

The Brampton 9 students wouldn't insult their teachers over the PA system at school. Students wouldn't engage in many of the negative online behaviors that they do if they understood that they are sharing with the whole world, not just their friends. They don't need a new set of rules, just to apply the rules they already know to their digital behavior.

We need to stop teaching Digital Citizenship with long lists of rules and instead reinforce basic Citizenship. Provide students with a set of positively framed principles to apply to all situations, digital and analog. Students don't need more rules; they just need to apply the ones they've already got. The same ones they learned in kindergarten.

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Why Teaching Digital Citizenship Doesn't Work - Looking Up

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Spend time with children and you learn that lists of rules don't work well. Kids are too smart and love to find loopholes. No matter how long you spend crafting a list that covers all scenarios a 5-year-old will bite someone and point out that you didn't say he couldn't.

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Explain *and show* that good behaviour has value

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Digizen - Internet Social Networking advice and guidance for young people, parents and teachers

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Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8) | MediaSmarts

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This interactive tutorial teaches students the critical thinking skills they need to apply to their online experiences, including online safety, authenticating online information, recognizing online marketing ploys, protecting their privacy, managing online relationships and dealing with cyberbullying.

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Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup | Edutopia

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A collection of articles, videos, and other resources on internet safety, cyberbullying, digital responsibility, and media and digital literacy.

Digital Responsibility

Common Core in Action: Teaching Online Ethics by Heather Wolpert-Gawron (2014): A look at a key element of digital citizenship-responsible use of intellectual property-and the eighth-grade Common Core standard for gathering, using, and attributing relevant information.

Five-Minute Film Festival: Copyright and Fair Use for Educators by Amy Borovoy (2013): In K-12 education, it's a challenge to navigate the copyright and fair use waters. What can educators use? How can they use it? We have some fun, engaging videos to help teachers and students understand this confusing subject.

The Basics of Open Technology by Ira Socol (2015): From abundant tools and smart budgeting to accessibility and trust, the Albemarle County Public Schools district maintains a tech program that leverages digital literacy for all students.

Five-Minute Film Festival: Are We Addicted to Technology? by Amy Erin Borovoy (2014): Can't put your device down? Obsessing over social media? You may want to dig in to this playlist of videos and resources to help educators, parents, and students reflect on their relationship with technology.

Media and Digital Literacy

Other Resources From Edutopia

Additional Resources on the Web

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A collection of articles, videos, and other resources on internet safety, cyberbullying, digital responsibility, and media and digital literacy. Common Core in Action: Teaching Online Ethics by Heather Wolpert-Gawron (2014): A look at a key element of digital citizenship-responsible use of intellectual property-and the eighth-grade Common Core standard for gathering, using, and attributing relevant information.

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Your Digital Presence - from the 2Learn.ca Education Society

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Your Digital Presence - from the 2Learn.ca Education Society

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Digital Literacy & Citizenship Classroom Curriculum | Common Sense Media

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Digital Literacy & Citizenship Classroom Curriculum | Common Sense Media

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Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.

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Welcome to the updated Digital Citizenship Website

Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. Digital citizenship is the continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use. Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology but not sure what to do. The issue is more than what the users do not know but what is considered appropriate technology usage.

The new Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders: Fostering Positive Interactions Online by Mike Ribble and Marty Park, is now available at ISTE.org or Amazon.com

The Knights of 17th Street​is a fiction book for Young Adults that connects with the ideas of digital citizenship in an action filled format. Check out more information here.

Order the paperback or Kindle version from Amazon.

Digital Citizenship Today

The concept of Digital Citizenship is being viewed as an important area of educational knowledge not only in the United States but around the world. Whether it is called digital citizenship, digital wellness or digital ethics the issues are the same; how should we act when we are using digital tools, interacting with others online, and what should be taught to help the next generation be better stewards of this technology.

After 15 years working on this topic there has been some updating to the nine elements of Digital Citizenship. In addition to the updates to the the Digital Citizenship definition, as well as the Nine Elements a new Framework has been created to help users to understand and organize these themes. It is the S3 Framework (Safe, Savvy and Social). Go to the Nine Elements page to learn more about these changes.

Some great materials and discussions for our 2019 Digital Citizenship week! Here are a couple of conversations on the topic: Facebook Live with Tito de Morais (Portugal) - Facebook: facebook.com/cyberbullying.pt/videos/464966610778236/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/_HbNRzyoNBc and a Podcast with LaKisha Hudson (Dr. Hudson's Counseling Corner) Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-hudsons-counseling-corner/id1433902401#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-1813330
YouTube: https://youtu.be/lF71q5x5Dn8 Buzzsprout: http://www.buzzsprout.com/152176

Working with Dr. Marty Park we have released a a new, updated book on Digital Citizenship titled - The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders: Fostering Positive Interactions Online. Once again we will be partnering with ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). Don't let the title scare you off, if you are looking for information on Digital Citizenship, you are a school leader. If you have questions or comments about the material found on this website please click on the Contact Us link to send us your information. If you are interested in reading more about Digital Citizenship please go to the Resources page then scroll down to Publications and click on the link for information you are interested in. See the latest article in Tech & Learning (Spring 2019) - Digital Citizenship Framework Updated

For those who are a member of ISTE please join the Digital Citizenship PLN (Professional Learning Network) to see how you can get involved. There is also a new initiative for everyone interested in the Digital Citizenship discussion - #digcitcommit. Go to the website - https://digcitcommit.org/ to join in. We need everyone to lend their voice to this topic.

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Digital Citizenship Consulting - Education, Technology Support

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Welcome to the updated Digital Citizenship Website Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology.

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modelling

open discussion

healthy communities

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Model good on line behaviours

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- constant modelling -- do it over and over

- be clear & consistent with expectations

- make students accountable

- formative feedback for online behaviour (reinforcement)

- there's a "time and a place" for different online activities

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Educate on the consequences of online behaviour.

Start local, within a classroom/school, hoping that transfers beyond the school.

If you have to ask "is this OK?" it likely isn't.

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A lack of control

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Our pedagogy hasn't evolved, and so we don't know if our assessments are reliable

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Not being an expert

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Asking students to go out into the broad, open-ended internet

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Not knowing what to do when they're doing research, etc.

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Being disconnected as a consequence

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Fear of being involved in something negative

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Being excluded

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being targeted by peers

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isolation, or being unique

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spending too much time doing unproductive things that don't enhance who they are

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video recording of fights

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bullying

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sharing information that should be private, on purpose or not

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unhealthy relationships

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The permanence of posts

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pornography slanting our view of sexuality

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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They don't know a life of social behaviour without it

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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There isn't a schedule - they can participate whenever they want

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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It's "normal" for them to be online

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Connect to a different network than the face-to-face network

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Opportunity to be noticed

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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"you can be social without being yourself"

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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access is easy, feels anonymous

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Why are students social in online spaces? 

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because they're social in offline spaces!

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Connections with others.

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Someone who uses technology to analyze, learn and explore.

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Being able to interact and navigate through digital media to share, connect, and find information.

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Anyone who uses or subscribes to any type of social and/or digital media.

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Anyone who uses or subscribes to any type of social and/or digital media.

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Digital citizenship is our responsibility to use technology like we would conduct ourselves in person.

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I think that Digital Citizenship is our responsibility to contribute or be a part of the world of technology.

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Digital

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A digital citizen is anyone using digital tools to connect with others

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I think the concept of  digital citizenship explores using technology responsibly and safely. 

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I think the concept of  digital citizenship explores using technology responsibly and safely. 

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anyone who is online in some way, shape or form

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You're involvement in online forums, websites, social media, etc.

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A person that uses technology to improve or make tasks easier. A participant in the connected world of technology.

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Being connected online to someone/others

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Digital citizenship

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Ashley Strader/ Special Education teacher! 

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Ashley Strader/ Special Education teacher! 

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