Tabletop Audio - Ambiences and Music for Tabletop Role Playing Games Free Music Archive Digital Citizenship Series - Big Deal Media Jan 20, 2017 By Taylor Kremer We're excited to bring you a new series from a passionate digital citizenship advocate, Dr. Jason Ohler. The series will begin on February 17, 2017. "Partycipate" Like It's 2022: The Case for Digital Citizenship in EducationActivities to Give Students a Voice in the Digital Citizenship ConversationHow Predicting the Future Can Develop Digital Citizenship SkillsSix Strategies to Get Students Talking and Thinking About Digital CitizenshipThree Skills Students Need to Become Good Digital CitizensUsing Character Education to Teach Digital CitizenshipHow to Create a Successful Character Education Program That Teaches Digital Citizenship Dr. Digital Literacy Technology Comments • Susan Mar 08, 2017 at 7:14:59 pm Did this series begin? Related Content Are You a Connected Educator? Like many teachers, I am passionate about changing the world through connecting with our youngest citizens.
Turning Students into Good Digital Citizens Via The Journal Schools have always been charged with the task of producing good citizens. But how has our definition of a “good citizen” changed over the ages? Video Exclusive: Cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch at Kansas State University discusses the tools today’s students need to be good digital citizens. In today’s world of near-ubiquitous connectivity, in which ordinary people have almost instantaneous access to unlimited stores of information and the ability to interact with anyone, anywhere, anytime, what does it mean to be an effective citizen? Ask a K-12 educator these questions and chances are the answers will have something to do with teaching proper behavior and setting appropriate prohibitions. ‘A Day-to-Day Skill Set’ In his work, Kahne focuses on the connection between students’ participation with digital media and their levels of civic engagement. “We do have a sense of what [digital communication] skills should be,” Kahne says. Social Responsibility Beyond Basic Skills
theconversation Copyright law sometimes allows you to use someone else’s work - as long as it’s fair. In Australia this is called “fair dealing”, and it’s different to the law in the US, which is called “fair use”. These exceptions are safety valves in copyright law – they allow lots of beneficial uses that society has agreed copyright owners should not be able to charge for, or worse, prevent. There’s a serious ongoing debate about whether Australia should update its copyright laws and introduce fair use. The current law is not easy to understand – our research shows that Australian creators are often confused about their rights – and many think we already have fair use. Fair dealing: What can you do in Australia? The key difference between “fair use” and “fair dealing” is that Australia’s “fair dealing” laws set out defined categories of acceptable uses. Australian copyright law sets out five situations where use of copyrighted material without permission may be allowed: Research or study For example:
A Copyright-Friendly Toolkit However fabulous Creative Commons and Public Domain content may be, sometimes you really need to use copyrighted material. Say you plan to comment on popular media or current events. For instance, you may be planning to critique the portrayal of Native Americans in commercial films. You may use copyrighted content without asking permission if you believe that your use falls under the doctrine known as Fair Use. In general, when you transform original content, repurpose it, and add value to it in your own remix, you may be able to claim the use fair. According to American University’s Center for Media and Social Impact, these two tests or questions help you plan whether to use the copyrighted work of others without asking permission: Did the unlicensed use "transform" the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the original? American University.
Moving Students From Digital Citizenship To Digital Leadership Moving Students From Digital Citizenship To Digital Leadership by TeachThought Staff Digital Citizenship has become one of the more symbolic phrases that represents the significant impact technology has made on our behavior and interactions. What is the definition of digital citizenship? This isn’t an easy concept for many students to wrap their head around, as it involves aspects of scale, permanence, and credibility that they are just beginning to wrestle with. This is all big picture thinking that is, somehow, easy to miss. The Visual Which brings us to the visual above. Digital Citizenship: Using the internet and social media in a responsible and ethical wayDigital Leadership: Using the internet and social media to improve the lives, well-being, and circumstances of others. The idea behind the shift? Moving Students From Digital Citizenship To Digital Leadership; image attribution Sylvia Duckworth
Using Images - Using Images at University - Library Resource Guides at Charles Sturt University What is copyright? The work of others is protected by copyright. Copyright law grants a set of exclusive rights to creators of original works. Copyright law may vary in different countries. You generally need permission to copy another person's work, to perform works in public, adapt or email a copy, or, upload it to the web. Exceptions Fair dealing provisions within the Australian Copyright Act allows students to copy others' work - including images - for research or study purposes. Online Images Images found on the internet are protected by copyright. If you want to use images in a way not permitted in the terms of use, contact the creator to request permission. Referencing and Attribution To fulfill the moral rights requirements of the Copyright Act you must always attribute work that you have copied for your research or study. Questions If you have questions regarding copyright feel free to contact our copyright team: copyright@csu.edu.au What is copyright? Exceptions Online Images Questions
15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship for 2014 A lot of the facts you teach your students will be long forgotten by the time they reach graduation, but the hope is that the practical lessons — the ones that can benefit them for years to come — are the ones that will stick. Digital citizenship is something that can equip students for a lifetime of safe, responsible Internet use. How can you mold your students into stand-up digital citizens? Ready-Made Lesson Plans to Launch Learning About Digital Citizenship Image via Flickr by hackNY Ready-made lesson plans about digital citizenship can serve as the perfect launchpad for discussing this topic in class. In honor of Digital Citizenship week, Edutopia put together a list of the latest and best resources to help educators bring digital citizenship awareness to their classrooms. Engaging Games to Promote Digital Citizenship Younger children are often so enamored with the Internet that they fail to pay attention when adults warn them about the dangers that lurk in cyberspace.
Crucial “Digital Citizenship” Conversations – The Principal of Change An educator in one of my workshops asked me, “I know you are big into Twitter, but it doesn’t seem to be the network of choice for students, so why should I use it?” My response was that it is not about what kids consider “cool”, but more the ability to learn to network through these social spaces. I referenced a blog post I wrote on the idea of “3 Things Students Should Have Before They Leave High School“, and here were the ideas that were listed in a shortened form: Now, each one of those are not “set” and they can look quite different. Although about.me has changed in the last little while, I still think it is great to have some type of individual “landing page”, similar to what I would consider a “digital cover letter”. This post was less about absolutes and more about really thinking how we set our students up for success in the world we live in currently and in the future. Revisiting the initial question, I listed a “professional social network”. A few things…
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. The founders of CC recognised the power of the digital online environment, and saw the importance of enabling materials and information to flow online. How does Creative Commons work? The first suite of CC licences (version 1.0), was released on December 16 2002.
Teaching Children About Digital Footprints As we have introduced a 1:1 netbook program in grade four at my school, we are focussing on helping the students learn how to use their new devices to their full potential. We have been doing some work on internet safety, and this week have been looking at digital footprints. Not one of the 54 students in my double class knew what the term meant before we delved deeper. Wikipedia describes a digital footprint as: “…a trail left by interactions in a digital environment; including the use of TV, mobile phone, the internet and other devices and sensors.” Unfortunately, I’ve come across a number of resources which only focus on the negatives of digital footprints and promote a culture of fear. The message I like to promote is that we should protect our digital footprints and try to ensure that they are positive. I’ve often wondered if having no digital footprint at all is almost as bad as having a negative one. Four years ago Chris said: Perhaps that day has come?
Managing your digital footprint with Year 8 – Lucacept – intercepting the Web Last Thursday I ran a session with our Yr 8 cohort to cover some aspects of what is required to be a mindful digital citizen and take responsibility for managing your digital footprint. We started with a video I featured on School’s out Friday a week or so ago. It’s an attention grabber, that’s for sure. In its popular deployment on the internet, HTTPS provides authentication of the web site and associated web server that one is communicating with, which protects against Man-in-the-middle attacks. This was news to the vast majority of students in the room and had many of them very concerned about their use of sites where they purchase clothes and shoes. I had the students working in groups using old fashioned poster paper and textas to write their definition of, ‘What is a digital footprint’ and tips they would give to others to manage it effectively. Following this, we looked at the following video from Thinkuknow UK. Sessions like this are important for the kids we teach. Like this:
Social media and reputation preservation! This week Victorian media has been alive with the news of AFL (Australian Football League) recruit, Jake Carlisle, shown in a social media video where he appears to be snorting a line of white powder. Leaked to the general media a day after he’d been signed to a new football club, this video actually came from the footballer’s own mobile phone and was distributed via his own SnapChat account. A thoughtless action that has exposed his behaviour to the world and tarnished his reputation forever. This is just one of the incidents our Year 9 Coordinator and I discussed today as we planned a digital citizenship program for Year 9 boys. It’s essential that students have the opportunity to learn these skills. To be effective, however, lessons should not be solely instruction or a one-off presentation from a visiting speaker, but should include time for students to have conversations with their peers. Enhancing Online Safety is a highly recommended resource.