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Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads. An elementary school in our district recently got 30 iPads and asked for some advice implementing them with students and teachers.

Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads

In addition to suggesting some starter apps, I recommended that we have conversations with kids around the appropriate use of these devices. While almost every child has used an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone, the exciting learning opportunities these mobile, Internet-connected, media creation devices create also open the door to new challenges. Cyberbullying or inappropriate web publishing happens more through the camera than regular computer use does; the mobility of the device combined with the reality that multiple users are using the device with no personalized, password-protected, network-tracked accounts makes it more challenging to keep track of who is doing what with the device or that the device itself is safe.

Digital Citizenship Poster for Elementary Classrooms. 10 Interactive Lessons By Google On Digital Citizenship. 10 Interactive Lessons By Google On Digital Citizenship Added by Jeff Dunn on 2012-07-22 YouTube has a firm place in the current classroom. From Khan Academy’s videos to YouTube EDU and beyond, there’s a reason all these videos are finding a home in schools. Digital Citizenship. Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately.

Digital Citizenship

10 Interactive Lessons By Google On Digital Citizenship. Build Community: Teach Digital Citizenship in Edmodo. Last week we announced a new partnership with Edmodo, the popular social network for teachers and students.

Build Community: Teach Digital Citizenship in Edmodo

We’ve created the Digital Citizenship Starter Kit, a set of student activities for the Edmodo platform based on our free K-12 curriculum, Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture. The activities are designed to make it easier for teachers to introduce digital citizenship concepts like Internet safety, identity, privacy, and cyberbullying using Edmodo’s secure platform and communication and sharing tools.

As an Edmodo member you’ll need to “follow” the Digital Citizenship Community on the site. Read the Digital Citizenship Intro Letter (featured in the community) for an overview of the Starter Kit elements. And finally visit the Community Collection to download the Starter Kit or add it to your Edmodo Library. Home. Internet Safety. The best form of Online Safety begins at home with you, the parent.

Internet Safety

We offer you the following tips to keep your child safe on the Internet. The best way to know what your child is doing online is to ask. Whether you ask other parents, an Internet-savvy friend, or your child about how they use the Internet asking the right questions will help you understand what your child is doing online so you can make sure they are making safe online choices. Questions to ask your child: What sites do you visit? Spend time surfing the Web with your child. Webonauts Internet Academy. Come play again later!

Webonauts Internet Academy

Come play again tomorrow! With cyberbullying, threats go viral - and can turn deadly. One of the girls thought she and her boyfriend were in love and would be together forever.

With cyberbullying, threats go viral - and can turn deadly

Until they broke up and he texted his friends a photo of her wearing few clothes and in a provocative position. Another girl found herself inexplicably on the outside of what had been her clique of friends. They excluded her from activities, posted lies about her online and called a slut and a whore. Both girls were humiliated and embarrassed. They began to isolate themselves. “When you’re a teenager, when you’re left out, being talked about ... Research Center - cyber bullying examples, cases, laws, articles, stories, presentations, videos, facts, statistics. Home - Digital Citizenship - LibGuides at University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium. Just like having good etiquette or manners at the dinner table (or anywhere else for that matter!)

Home - Digital Citizenship - LibGuides at University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium

Safe Florida - Home Page. Welcome to SafeFlorida.net, a Florida website dedicated to fighting CyberCrime and supporting CyberSafety.

Safe Florida - Home Page

In today's world, internet child predators, child pornographers and other cyber criminals are exploiting our children and engaging in online solicitation. According to the Federal Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, one in seven children between the ages of ten and 17 have been sexually solicited online. Additionally, Florida ranks fourth in the nation in the volume of child pornography.

Internet predators are a serious threat to the safety of our citizens, particularly our youth. We must do everything possible to protect our children from these predators. Computer-facilitated crimes are not limited to child pornography or sexual solicitation. Online Safety. Listen Cyberbullying It's not just strangers who can make you feel uncomfortable.

Online Safety

ChildSafety.pdf. CyberSmart! Student Curriculum. NEW!

CyberSmart! Student Curriculum

Learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through choose-your-own-adventure interactive experiences DIGITAL COMPASS - Where are you headed? The only educational game that gives kids the freedom to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can impact their relationships and future. Bring a blended-learning approach to teaching digital citizenship DIGITAL BYTES teaches teens digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities that tackle real-world dilemmas. Teens learn from peers' experiences then create collaborative projects that voice their ideas for making smart choices online.

Measure Student Learning with Interactive Assessments We offer THREE WAYS to assess student learning about digital literacy and citizenship. Cyberbullying. Educational Design and Technology. As the roles of students, educators, schools, and districts evolve in response to technological change, so does the potential of educational technology to support new forms of communication, collaboration, and learning. The Internet is essential to education, future careers, and lives, yet ways of socializing and communicating on the Internet come with certain risks. In response, the New York Department of Education provides links to the listed resources listed in providing assistance designed to promote the proper and safe use of the Internet.

U.S. Department of Justice, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section Extensive information on cyberethics from the U.S. Department of Justice. PrintResources/cyberbullyingLessonPlanForPrimaryStudents.pdf. Teaching digital citizenship in a not so-digital setting. Digital Citizenship. What is digital citizenship? YouTube. iTunes. Twitter. Facebook. Club Penguin. The digital citizenship question is answered in Journey School’s CyberCivics™ program. On the positive side, young people are using the immense power of the Internet and mobile technology to create, connect, explore and learn in ways never before imagined. Cyberbullying Solutions. UserID: iCustID: IsLogged: false IsSiteLicense: false UserType: anonymous DisplayName:

Digital Citizenship Lessons & Activities. Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup. Digital Citizenship. Helpful Hints to Help You Evaluate the Credibility of Web Resources. Anyone, in theory, can publish on the Web; therefore, it is imperative for users of the Web to develop a critical eye to evaluate the credibility of Internet information. Searching for sources on the WWW involves using a search engine, a directory, or some combination of these two.

Because there is so much information on the Web, good and bad, finding what you want is not an exact science and can be time consuming. According to Nicholas C. Burbules, "....the Web is not an ordinary reference system; it poses some unique and, in many respects, unprecedented conditions that complicate the task of sorting out dependable from undependable information--and even complicates the notion that we have a clear sense of that distinction. Cyberbullying. Five-Minute Film Festival: Teaching Digital Citizenship. "Digital citizenship" is an umbrella term that covers a whole host of important issues.