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Before class and learning a little bit about this topic I had no idea what digital citizenship was. I know digital is showing numbers that value something and citizenship is having the right to be is a country or state. Putting these two words together I had no idea what it was or how teachers can use it in the classroom. Some things that I am curious about are where I can use this in the classroom when I become a teacher. Also, how will students use this is the real world when working with other people. Hopefully looking through the resources that I have and learning from other people, my questions will be answered.
When preparing for class I learned the actual definition of digital citizenship. It is a concept where teachers, students, parents, or anyone learn about appropriate and responsible use of technology. Teachers teach students how to be responsible when online. For instance if one of the students is in a chat room and someone asks for their real name and where they live, the students will learn this not appropriate for people we do not know. There are multiple other examples that I could use for this but that is one of the basics. When being a teacher you have to teach children how to be responsible and how to be safe when using the computer. Since technology is being introduced to children so young, teachers have the responsibility in teaching students about how to be safe and responsible on the Internet. They should also be taught how to use the Internet in a safe and friendly way, not only by teachers but by their parents as well. "What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship." Edutopia. N.p., 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. On this website it shows you as a teacher what you should talk to your students about with digital citizenship. It talks about passwords, privacy, personal informational, photos, property, permission, professionalism, and personal brand. Under each of those there is a small description of what teachers could have students do and learn about. This would be a good website for teachers to use as an outline of what they would like to teach their students. It gives you great information on how to address this to the students. "5 Ways You Should Integrate Digital Citizenship Into Your Classes." TeachHUB. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. On this website it gives you five different ways you can use digital citiszenhip in the classroom. The five steps to digital citizenship is use an LMS, model good citizenship, connect and collaborate, use google apps, and maintain balance. Under each of these tips, there is a summary of how you can use this in the classroom with the students. This would be a good website for a teacher to use to see what ways he or she can integrate this into the classroom. It also lets you see that a teacher has already been using this in her classroom; so using this in the classroom wouldn’t be a bad idea. In class this week I learned the eight different things you need to know about digital citizenship. Each group was assigned a different topic and they were supposed to teach the class what each of them was about. Each group did a great job at explaining what each of them were and did a video to teach the class. One of the groups that I enjoyed learning from was the Literacy and Creative Credit and Copyright. They talked about how each of these are about the same, but literacy explains the ability for students to notice where a certain topic was created. There are search engines in each of these and it can be used for educational purposes. Each site gives you if it is a trusted site or not. There was a lot of plagiarism in the school setting. It can be a big problem in schools, but if each student learns about it then they will be able to learn more about how to not plagiarize. Cyber bullying is something that teachers should talk about with their class. A lot of children can be cyber bullied from other students. When discussing with the students you should talk about what is it, how people do it, and how to handle it if it is happening with you. Everything I learned from other students will be good to teach my future class. My understandings about digital citizenship changed because before I didn’t know what it was. Preparing for class and learning more about this through resources I was able to get a different understanding of this. I believe that teaching digital citizenship would be good in the classroom because it teaches the students ways to be safe while on the Internet. It also can teach students the do’s and don’ts of using the Internet. I think having a lesson on this in the classroom will be great for the classroom and having the students learn different things about digital citizenship.
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