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5 Excellent Videos to Teach Your Students about Digital Citizenship

5 Excellent Videos to Teach Your Students about Digital Citizenship
Edutopia is one of my favourite educational web resources . Today while I was checking its Five Minute Film Festival page I came across a link that took me to their YouTube channel where I found a treasure trove of interesting videos on digital citizenship and because digital citizenship is one of the important themes in this blog, I decided to handpick some of the clips that grabbed my attention and share them with you below , you can also check the entire list here. But before that, let me share with you this concise and to-the-point definition that Amy gave to digital citizenship : "Digital citizenship" is an umbrella term that covers a whole host of important issues. 1- What is Digital Citizenship 2- Digital Dossier 3- YouTube Digital Citizenship Curriculum 4- Invasions of the data snatchers 5- Netiquette: playing nice online Related:  Enseignement Moral et CiviqueCOLLECTION: Digital Citizenship and Social Media Resources

Idées d'activités pour développer les compétences sociales Certains enfants ont besoin d'un petit coup de pouce pour apprendre à se placer dans un groupe. Ayant un fils dans ce cas, je me suis penchée sur les différents jeux proposés aux Etats-Unis, pays précurseur en terme d'enseignement des compétences sociales. 1- Développer les compétences sociales des tout-petits En France on entend souvent dire qu'un jeune enfant a besoin de passer beaucoup de temps avec ses pairs pour se "socialiser". En réalité ce serait plutôt l'inverse: plus un enfant de moins de cinq ans passe de temps avec ses pairs en collectivité, plus il risque de développer des troubles du comportement. Les compétences sociales des tout petits dépendent en fait de trois facultés: -le contrôle de soi -l'empathie -et la communication verbale. Le jeu du nom Beaucoup de tout petits ont besoin d'apprendre à capter l'attention avant de parler. Suivre le leader Dans un grand espace placer les enfants en ligne derrière un "leader". 2- Développer les compétences sociales des plus grands

The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship | eSchool News Every digital citizen should have these skills To hear author Mike Ribble tell it, kids are entering school with some exposure to technology—meaning schools won’t be making a first impression. According to a recent Common Sense Media’s study, the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. “Whether they have a knowledge of how to use it appropriately is another question,” said Ribble, the author of Digital Citizenship in Schools and the chair of ISTE’s digital citizenship PLN. Findings like the ones outlined by Common Sense suggest the need for schools to start teaching good digital citizenship to students at a very young age—and Ribble and many others believe that students should learn these skills throughout the K-12 curriculum. “When we teach digital citizenship as a one-off event like a presentation or an assembly, everybody gets all hyped up—and then it disappears over time,” he said.

Educators Guide To Periscope & Meerkat Facebook. Vine. Twitter. Instagram. The list above contains all social media tools that our students use and that school employees know about. Enter Periscope & Meerkat These social media apps were introduced to the masses as early as last Thursday. Periscope and Meerkat are essentially the same tech tool. Since Periscope's release, Meerkat is already fading even after $14 million in funding on the App Store "top downloads" list. Because of this, Periscope will be the further focus of this blog post. Some "need to know" features of Periscope. Replay - When the broadcast is over, viewers can watch it later. Educator Use: Broadcast live a field tripBroadcast live a lessonBroadcast live a school event, for example: academic event, sporting eventBroadcast live graduationBroadcast live events (Goody Triathlon)Broadcast unique lessonsBroadcast how to lessons such as foods, woods, metals, or autos Periscope and Meerkat can be used in a positive way for many reasons.

ÉLECTIONS EUROPÉENNES • Au Danemark, soit vous votez, soit c'est la fessée ! Comment convaincre les jeunes de voter aux élections européennes ? Par le sexe et la violence. C'est la recette concoctée par le Parlement danois dans un court-métrage. Si les jeunes ne votent pas, Voteman (M. 5 Excellent Video Tutorials to Teach Students about Online Safety The web provides limitless opportunities for learning, creating, sharing, and exploring the depths of human knowledge. But it is also an unsafe arena where one needs to be equipped with the needed tools and know-how to better stay safe and browse the net securely. As parents and teachers, we need to teach our students about the basics of staying safe online and luckily there are several resources to help you do that. Google Safety Centre is one of the best of them. Google Safety Centre provides teachers, parents and public users with a plethora of materials, tools and tips to help you manage the security and privacy of your personal data and keep you safe while using the net. Visit this page to learn more about these resources. 2- Protect your stuff 3- Know and use your settings 4- Avoid scams 5- Be positive

3 Quick Tips For Building Digital Citizenship Digital Citizenship is one of the hot educational buzz terms this year. But what is Digital Citizenship really? In short, it covers topics such as how to conduct yourself online civilly, refrain from inappropriate behavior (like cyberbullying), engage in meaningful discourse, and build a positive digital footprint for yourself and your institution. Just like we teach students how to behave in the schoolyard, we must do the same in cyberspace. Schools have a tendency to shy away from actively teaching digital citizenship due to time constraints in the curriculum, concerns about student-teacher interaction online, as well as anxiety over students having ready access to social media (like Facebook and Twitter). Always Model Appropriate Behavior Students always watch adults – whether we know it or not. So it is our job as educators to model appropriate online behavior for them. Openly Discuss Online Etiquette It can be easy to shy away from the topic if it is brought up.

Le projet d’enseignement moral et civique Ressenti global Le projet évoque très largement les situations pédagogiques, que ce soit dans les principes généraux qui présentent les grands axes ou dans les exemples pratiques donnés en regard des compétences et connaissances à enseigner : Les principes et les valeurs inscrits dans les grandes Déclarations des droits de l’homme et la Constitution « ne pouvant se transmettre à l’école que dans des situations pédagogiques et éducatives où elles sont activement impliquées (discussion, argumentation, projets communs, coopération, etc.), leur enseignement suppose une cohérence entre ses contenus et ses méthodes. Il suppose également que les formes d’évaluation qui lui seront associées soient d’une grande diversité et soient adaptées à sa nature, à ses modalités et à ses objectifs ». Et pourtant, oubliées les pédagogies coopératives qui mettent en place, depuis un certain temps, ces situations pédagogiques ! L’expression « être capable » est utilisée dans les compétences à acquérir.

A dozen ways to teach ethical and safe technology use From The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide A dozen ways to teach and promote ethical and safe technology use Responsible teachers recognize that schools must give students the understandings and skills they need to stay safe not just in school, but outside of school where most Internet use by young people occurs. Over-filtered school networks set up a false sense of security; the real world of the Internet is quite different from the Internet at school. Teachers who address safe and ethical Internet use proactively: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Will doing those things guarantee that a student will never get in trouble or danger online? Ethical instruction needs to be on going. * Johnson’s 3 P’s of Technology Ethics: Image source:

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