DQ Framework. Develop your PLN. There’s a lot of information out there about PLNs, but sometimes you just want a simple guide to get you started.
Here it is. This infographic gives a very brief, four step guide to initiating a PLN. Of course, a PLN is not something that you can develop in an afternoon, but by following the steps in this guide, you can make a start, and you know what they say, a journey of a thousand steps… There’s a printable PDF version also if you want to post this in your classroom, library or elsewhere (click the link, or the infographic image below). Below the infographic are links to the other PLN posts I’ve written, so if you want to delve deeper, it’s easy to find them. Creating and maintaining a PLN can be so rewarding – and don’t forget to add me to your network – I’d love to learn with you! Other posts on PLNs that I have written include: Building Blocks for Digital Citizenship. Here are more than 100 ideas from around the world on how news organizations can get involved in news literacy initiatives for kids.
The “fake news” conversation has ballooned into a larger question around how to do a better job of teaching a younger generation of readers how to read the news: helping them understand how that sausage is made, where stories come from, how to identify reputable sources, how social and sharing platforms factor into the creation and dissemination of news, and how to apply these lines of critical thinking to evaluating all kinds of information.
An obvious contributor to any news literacy push worldwide would be news organizations themselves, but where do you start? A new series of reports from WAN-IFRA — commissioned by the American Press Institute and focusing on efforts outside the U.S. — takes interested organizations through different possibilities of participation, with an accompanying database of 130 sample projects focused on improving news literacy for children and teenagers, from different countries around the world. Nine Elements. 2.
Digital Commerce is the electronic buying and selling of goods and focuses on the tools and safeguards in place to assist those buying, selling, banking, or using money in any way in the digital space. Career and technical education use the tools of technology to show students the path for their future.3. Digital Communication and Collaboration is the electronic exchange of information. All users need to define how they will share their thoughts so that others understand the message. 21 Things 4 Students - REMC Home. Digital citizenship. Global Resources - Global Citizenship - The Global Education Conference Network. Find Lessons & Resources. CyberSmart! Being smart with your smartphone - Childnet. Childnet International and the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) have worked together to create a lesson called Being Smart with Your Smartphone.
The lesson is designed for teachers to use with 8-11 year olds to help them understand that it is possible to spend real money through their phones, recognise how this can happen and avoid being caught out. With the number of 8-11 year olds owning their own smartphone on the rise (up from 32% in 2016 to 39% in 2017, Ofcom) it is important that they are able to do so without losing credit or racking up expensive phone bills. Citizenship in a Highly Digitized World – Tech Tuesday.
The Basics Of Digital Citizenship: 27 Power Verbs to Guide Children Online - The Basics Of Digital Citizenship: 27 Power Verbs to Guide Children Online by TeachThought Staff How can you promote digital citizenship in students?
We’ve offered that the definition of digital citizenship can be thought of as, roughly, “The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.” In short, citizenship online and offline is very similar. Definition Of Digital Citizenship. 5 Excellent Videos to Teach Your Students about Digital Citizenship. Measuring global citizenship education: A collection of practices and tools - Global Campaign for Peace Education.
(Reposted from: The Brookings Institute: Center for Universal Education.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017) By Kate Anderson and Jasodhara Bhattacharya download the full report (pdf) The idea of global citizenship has existed for several millennia. In ancient Greece, Diogenes declared himself a citizen of the world, while the Mahaupanishads of ancient India spoke of the world as one family. This toolkit is the result of the collective efforts of the Global Citizenship Education Working Group (GCED-WG), a collegium of 90 organizations and experts co-convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution, and the United Nations Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative’s Youth Advocacy Group (GEFI-YAG). Google for Education: Teacher Center. Taking it Global. Gen y and facebook infographic. Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education.
Coordinated by: The Media Education Lab, Temple University The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law The Center for Media & Social Impact, American University.
Explainer: Creative Commons. The digital age has presented many and diverse challenges for copyright law.
The rapid uptake of digital, networked technologies led to widespread online distribution of content, as well as the emergence of new practices and technologies that enabled digital content to be shared, reused and remixed on an unprecedented scale. But while technology provided the capacity for sharing and reuse of content to occur on a vast scale, legal restrictions on the use of copyright material hampered its negotiability in the digital environment. Creative Commons (CC) emerged as a direct response to the shortcomings of copyright laws and licensing practices in the dynamic, interactive and distributed internet environment. Digital Citizenship and Documenting Learning. This is the third post in a series to dig deeper into the relationship between literacy and documenting learning.
HOW does documenting learning have an effects on awareness, skills and developing habits around the so called 21st century “Now” literacies. Digital Technologies Hub. Levels F - 2 Create and organise ideas and information using information systems independently and with others, and share these with known people in safe online environments (ACTDIP006) Levels 3 - 4 Plan, create and communicate ideas and information independently and with others, applying agreed ethical and social protocols (ACTDIP013) Levels 5 - 6 Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols (ACTDIP022)
10 Social Media Skills for The 21st Century Teachers. Be Internet Awesome - About. Literacy in the Digital Age. I have identified thirteen literacies that our students need to become well-rounded 21st-century citizens. These literacies are not taught as separate literacies but are taught across the content areas.
If you find a link that is not working, please let me know the title and I will fix it! Thank you! There is a new book out, Developing Digital Literacies, by Dustin Summey. He presents a well-crafted, technology professional development model that is sound in practice, adaptable, and can be easily implemented at the local level. 5P's for a Positive Digital Footprint - Teaching in the Primary Years. Global Digital Citizen Foundation. What Does Digital Citizenship Mean to You? Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy for Students. Standards For Students. 9 Traits of Good Digital Citizens – Brilliant or Insane. ISTE Action Posters.pdf. Standards for Educators.