It's digital citizenship week! In a 1:1 classroom environment and a technology-driven world, we must not only raise good digital citizens, we should be cultivating digital leaders. Teaching digital citizenship shouldn't be a box that we check off of our list of things to do every year. Even though we do have many Common Sense Digital Citizenship lessons available to all teachers. Digital Citizenship is taught when we model proper use of technology and when we show students that we use search tools and the Creative Commons to give credit to creators of images and media that we use in the classroom.
Have you ever had a student come across an inappropriate image while completing an assignment?
What would you do in this situation?
Although our district has Safe Search turned on, our filters will not catch every inappropriate image when doing a search. If this ever happens in your classroom, use it as a great teachable moment. Start a conversation with your class. Have them come up with a solution in a way that doesn't draw attention to the inappropriate image. Here are some possible answers:- Don't draw attention by laughing, pointing or calling friends over to see the image.
- Click out of the screen and tell an adult.
- The adult can warn the tech department and can quickly address the class, if needed.
- Students won't get in trouble if they follow this safe digital practice in the classroom.
How could you avoid this situation?
It is understandable that nothing is 100% predictable when it comes searching the Internet for images. If you are doing something like a vocabulary lesson with your students, before starting the lesson, preview the vocabulary words while keeping in mind multiple meanings that may cause an inappropriate image or topic to come up.
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Digital Citizenship Digital Media Contest
In the spirit of Digital Citizenship week, here is a Digital Citizenship HyperDoc full of all kinds of projects and activities that your students can try. Last year we had a contest where students submitted their video projects. This year we have created a contest with 3 categories:
- Digital Graphics
- Digital Writing
- Digital Recording
Hopefully we've included at least 1 project that every classroom can try. If you need any ideas or help getting started with a digital lesson, please contact Mary Fran, Sandy or Genevieve. We would love to help out!
Projects are due Friday, November 18, 2016 and students can submit their work by filling out the Official Entry Form.
If you are looking for resources to share with parents, here are ones that we recommend:
Projects are due Friday, November 18, 2016 and students can submit their work by filling out the Official Entry Form.
If you are looking for resources to share with parents, here are ones that we recommend:
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