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Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for Grades 9-12

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jeadigitalmedia.org Take your students on a Video Scavenger Hunt Teaching the basics of videography and editing to students can feel like a daunting experience sometimes. However, a simple and fun lesson I have developed for my students has proven to pay off with their progress. Take your students on a video scavenger hunt! Join the JEA Digital Media Committee at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 , in San Diego (and bring a friend) The JEA Digital Media Committee (the group responsible for this site and a host of other things) will be meeting in San Diego at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention. 14 Takeaways From Journalism Interactive 2014 I made it to my first Journalism Interactive Conference this past weekend. StorymapJS a sleek, simple tool for geographic stories If you love the tool TimelineJS, you’re going to love this. Do This, Not That Do Post Daily – Don’t Post In Issues Get rid of all of the terms we used for print. Edublogs helps advisers manage classroom blogging

Digital Citizenship Be a first class digital citizen! Tim & Moby guide you through the dos, the don’ts, the whys and the whats with this great collection of ICT topics, activities, and printable materials. On the Spotlight homepage you’ll find a Cyberbullying Activity, a Social Networking FYI, the Information Privacy Quiz and a host of helpful movies: And there’s more! You can download the Digital Citizenship flipchart available from our Promethean Partner Resource page (you’ll need the ActivInspire Software for this). Visit the Spotlight to begin your Digital Citizen education… Nine Elements Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Respect, Educate and Protect (REPs) These elements have also been organized under the principles of respect, educate and protect. Respect Your Self/Respect Others - Etiquette - Access - Law Educate Your Self/Connect with Others - Literacy - Communication - Commerce Protect Your Self/Protect Others -Rights and Responsibility - Safety (Security) - Health and Welfare If this was to be taught beginning at the kindergarten level it would follow this pattern: Repetition 1 (kindergarten to second grade) Respect Your Self/Respect Others Digital Etiquette Educate Your Self/Connect with OthersDigital Literacy Protect Your Self/Protect Others Digital Rights and Responsibility Repetition 2 (third to fifth grade) Respect Your Self/Respect Others Digital Access

Making The Right Digital Decisions Recently, my district began a huge initiative to combat bullying/cyberbullying and to help students become more aware of the choices they make both in their face-to-face lives and their digital decisions as well. There is no one right way or right answer that will stop the problems. However, I do believe that the classroom and our schools are the places where tough conversations need to be had. I have been collecting several resources and I want to share. By no means is this all the stuff that is out there. To start, I want to share this powerful video that was recently shared with me. So besides the interactive nature of the video (which is pretty neat) there are some tough issues here and no doubt these are some of the digital decisions our kids are making each and every day. How can teachers and schools help? There are lots of curricula out there to use in the classroom.You can do a quick search and find lots of free (and paid) stuff. These are some of my favorite resources.

Media and Technology Resources for Educators February 27, 2014 We are thrilled to announce the release of our entire Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum as a set of eight interactive, multimedia iBooks Textbooks, available for free in the iBooks Store... read more March 31, 2014 Imagine … a school district that is teaching Digital Literacy and Citizenship lessons to 28,000 K-12 students, with 1,800 trained teachers. Is it possible? Last week, I hosted an inspiring webinar... read more Categories:

How To Handle Content Filtering For iPads In The Classroom (And At Home) Draft (August 2012) Template for an ICT and Social Media Policy for Schools in the Republic of Ireland A Simple Guide to All That Teachers Need to Know about Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship is a key component of the technology and media literacy. We should not only teach our students how to be good citizens in the real physical world but how they can be good netizens of the online world as well.Today's learning requires alot of use of technology and most imprtant of all, our students are using technology on a daily basis- text messaging, blogging, Facebooking, Twittering, watching videos, gaming and networking. They live in two different but interconnected worlds. What they do online can have a severe repercussions on their real life if not properly instructed on digital safety issues and this is where digital citizenship fits in. Digital citizenship can be defined as " the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use." The role of teachers Teachers can play an important role in helping students make safe, smart and responsible decisions both in online and offline world. 2- Google+ Safety Guide for Educators Webliography :

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