Thing+21

=Thing 21 : Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety=
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Introduction
Laptops, cell phones, online games, instant messages, social networking... **TWEET.** The list goes on and on, students are using technology on a daily basis. They are collaborating and making connections, they are Digital Citizens. Who is teaching them what goes along with all of these connections? Today's students are entirely comfortable with technology, but are they using it appropriately?

Simply banning cell phones and network access to Facebook isn't going to help our students once they leave our school buildings. Everyone--administrators, board members, teachers, parents and students--need to be involved in the dialogue about the appropriate use of technology. Everyone must learn about Digital Citizenship.

[|"Digital Citizenship] is a concept which helps teachers and technology leaders understand what students should know to use technology appropriately. But Digital Citizenship is more that just a teaching tool, it is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology. Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology. The issue is more than what the users do not know but instead what is considered appropriate technology usage".- [|from the book][|'Digital Citizenship in Schools'] by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey

**Part 1: Elements**
=[|Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship]= //Learn about today's social landscape, discover the pressing need for digital citizenship, and act to become better digital citizens.//

1. **Digital Etiquette**: electronic standards of conduct or procedure. 2. **Digital Communication:** electronic exchange of information. 3. **Digital Literacy:** process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology. 4. **Digital Access:** full electronic participation in society. 5. **Digital Commerce**: electronic buying and selling of goods. 6. **Digital Law:** electronic responsibility for actions and deeds 7. **Digital Rights & Responsibilities:** those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world. 8. **Digital Health & Wellness**: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world. 9. **Digital Security (self-protection)**: electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

The Digiteen Wiki, which is a collaborative project between students from Camilla, Georgia, Qatar, and Vienna, provides an in-depth look at each of the above 9 elements.

Explore some websites dedicated to digital citizenship. Many of them have links to other resources, spend some time clicking through them.

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 * **Mike Ribble's website on Digital Citizenship**- []
 * **Common Sense-** []
 * **Educational Origami** - []
 * **Kenton County Schools**- []
 * **FactCheck.org** - Seeing Through the Spin - @http://www.factchecked.org/

Questions From DigiCitizen Wiki under CC license.
 * Think on these things as you explore the resources below regarding Digital Footprints.**
 * 1) What is does it mean to be a digital citizen?
 * 2) What is your own digital footprint? How do you self-check? How often?
 * 3) What age do you think students start creating their digital footprints?
 * 4) What's the difference between //having// and //crafting// your digital footprint?
 * 5) At what age //should// students begin crafting their professional footprints?
 * 6) Do you purposefully craft yours? Why/Not?

[|Digital Reputation] View more [|documents] from [|pmhs].


 * Digital Footprint** - Have you thought about how large yours is? -http://digicitizen.wikispaces.com/Some+Facts

View the following videos highlighting two of the nine elements of digital citizenship.

**Digital** **Etiquette:**
Kitchen - Cyberbullying (:48)

Digital Security

 * PSA Video (30 seconds) :** Think Before You Post

Tasks

 * 1) **Find a short video** (youtube or teachertube) that illustrates one of the 9 elements of Digital Citizenship. **Embed** it in your blog or wiki page.
 * 2) **Take the Digital Citizen Quiz** - [|http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/interactive/](It's UK based, interesting that I can't find something like this for the United States?) Report your score in your Thing 21 Blog post.
 * 3) Watch the Digital Etiquette BrainPop movie, then take the Graded Digital Etiquette Quiz and email me the results at caroline.obannon (at) gmail.com. Yes, I know it's for kids, but you never know what you'll learn.
 * 4) Write a **(solid one paragraph minimum) blog post** that reflects your thoughts on Digital Citizenship. Who should be teaching this? What should students know? What should teachers know? What should parents know? Be sure to include **Thing 21** in the title and report your score of the Digital Citizen Quiz.

All content on this page, unless otherwise noted was adapted from the D112 Learning 2.0 Wiki under a Creative Commons license.