Thing22_DCIS

=Thing 22 (Week 10)- Digital Citizenship=

Introduction
Laptops, cell phones, online games, instant messages, social networking... **TWEET.** The list goes on and on, students are using technology on a daily basis. They are collaborating and making connections, they are Digital Citizens. Who is teaching them what goes along with all of these connections? Today's students are entirely comfortable with technology, but are they using it appropriately?

Simply banning cell phones and network access to Facebook isn't going to help our students once they leave our school buildgings. Everyone--administrators, board members, teachers, parents and students--need to be involved in the dialogue about the appropriate use of technology. Everyone must learn about Digital Citizenship.

[|"Digital Citizenship] is a concept which helps teachers and technology leaders understand what students should know to use technology appropriately. But Digital Citizenship is more that just a teaching tool, it is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology. Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology. The issue is more than what the users do not know but instead what is considered appropriate technology usage".- [|from the book][|'Digital Citizenship in Schools'] by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey

Discovery Exercise

 * Part 1.** Explore some websites dedicated to digital citizenship. Many of them have links to other resources, spend some time clicking through them.


 * **Mike Ribble's website on Digital Citizenship**- []
 * **Common Sense-** []
 * **Educational Origami** - []
 * **Kenton County Schools**- []

= = =**Digital** **Etiquette:**=
 * Part 2.** View the following videos from youtube highlighting two of the nine elements of digital citizenship.

Kitchen - Cyberbullying (:48)
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Leet Str33t (1:34)
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**Internet Safety PSA (1:09)**
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Task

 * 1) **Find a short video** (youtube or teachertube) that illustrates one of the 9 elements of digital citizenship. **Embed** it in your blog or wiki (with a link from your blog).
 * 2) **Take the Digital Citizen Quiz** - [|http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/interactive/] (It's UK based, interesting that I can't find something like this for the United States?) Report your score in your Thing 22 Blog post.
 * 3) Write a **blog post** that reflects your thoughts on Digital Citizenship. Who should be teaching this? What should students know? What should teachers know? What should parents know? Be sure to include Thing 22 in the title and report your score of the Digital Citizen Quiz.