Introduction
Students use technology on a daily basis – instant messaging through mobile devices, creating and posting videos, gaming, and networking online. They have always lived in a digital world, and while using technology appears to be instinctive for most of them, educators can help students learn about appropriate use or think of the broader repercussions of choices before actions are taken.
Banning cell phones or blocking access to the social-network-of-the-day is not going to help students make decisions in the world beyond school. The digital world transcends time and place, so whole communities need to learn about and be involved in the ever changing landscape of Digital Citizenship. Educators play a vital role in this work with their abilities to present materials, create learning environments, and assess students’ knowledge and skills.
Michigan's Educational Technology Standards (METS) include a Digital Citizenship strand at each grade level grouping (PK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12). The strand focuses on topics such as ethical use of information, personal safety, and cyber-bullying.
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To complete Thing 5 you must:
A. View, review, and reflect upon instructional use of a video that illustrates one (or more) of the Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship.
B. Create and post a proper citation for a resource using an online citation tool.
C. Write a blog post that reflects your thoughts on Digital Citizenship. Who should be teaching this? What should students know and be able to do? What should teachers know and do? What should parents know and do? Be sure to include Thing 5 in your post title.
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A. Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship
Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey have identified what they call The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship as noted in their book and website. The 9 elements are:
1. Digital Etiquette = electronic standards of conduct or procedure
2. Digital Communication = electronic exchange of information
3. Digital Literacy = process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology
4. Digital Access = full electronic participation in society
5. Digital Commerce = electronic buying and selling of goods
6. Digital Law = electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities = those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness = physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world
9. Digital Security (self-protection) = electronic precautions to guarantee safety
Select and watch at least one of the videos linked below (flash player required). Create a new posting for Thing 5 in your blog and write a review of the video. How does the video relate to one (or more) of the Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship? How could you use the video in your classroom?
- Amy's Choice (middle or high school)
- Broken Friendship (middle or high school)
- Bulletin Board (middle or high school)
- Digital Etiquette (middle school)
- Internet Safety Carol (elementary school)
- KB's Day (elementary or middle school)
- Online Safetly (middle school)
- Out of Your Hands (high school)
- You Can't Take It Back (middle or high school)
B. Copyright and Citing Sources
Educators encourage students to use the internet as they research, learn, and create new media; a natural extension of these processes is to educate students about copyright and proper citation of source material. Even if media is in public domain or freely shared, students should cite their source material. Fortunately, this area of digital citizenship can be assisted by Web 2.0 tools. For this task, you create and post to your blog a proper citation for a resource using an online citation tool.
Below are links to the interactive citation makers at the Oregon School Library Information System. They help in the creation of various citations using either the MLA or APA formats. They can be easily learned and used by staff and students alike. A tutorial below will demonstrate the use of the Secondary Citation Maker for creating a citation for an image from the Internet. After you have found media and created a citation, be sure to paste the citation into your personal 23Things blog.
Steps for Task B:
1. Find a resource that you would like to cite.
Before creating a citiation, you will need to find a resource to cite. If you access this blog from a Lenawee County school, you could conduct a search in NetTrekker d.i. If you'd rather practice this task with a photo, the U.S. Government Photos and Images website has links to many government sites with thousands of photos in the public domain.
2. View the "How-to tutorial" for the Oregon Schools Library Info System MLA Secondary Citation Maker. (Note: After clicking the link above for the tutorial, the video will begin streaming through Windows Media Player.) You may start, play, and pause the tutorial as needed, or just go to a citation maker below and follow the text directions there.
Elementary Citation Maker (MLA) from Oregon Schools Library Info System
Secondary Citation Makers (MLA and APA) from Oregon Schools Library Info System
3. Open a Citation Maker link above and enter the information about your chosen resource in order to crreate a citation. Copy and paste the citation into your personal 23Things blog.
C. Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 5
Write a blog post that reflects your thoughts on Digital Citizenship. Who should be teaching this? What should students know and be able to do? What should teachers know and do? What should parents know and do? Be sure to include Thing 5 in the title of your post title.
