Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Digital Citizenship film festival

We want our students to access electronic resources for learning just as we accessed the library and the  card catalogue (if you don't know this card catalogue I speak of, ask a "more experienced" teacher  or do a Google image search), just as we were taught good citizenship for the library, students need help understanding what it means to be a good digital citizen.

This Edutopia Five Minute Film Festival features videos on digital citizenship
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-digital-citizenship

In addition to the videos there are numerous links to other resources about navigating the digital world.

Andrew Churches wonderfully rich wiki "Educational Origami" also addresses digital citizenship with information as well as tools for assessing digital citizenship.
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/

After you click on the link, scroll down the left side- the digital citizenship resources are further down the page. I suspect you may be distracted by all the cool things listed before digital citizenship... if you aren't distracted, I'm a little worried for you... these resources are a real treasure.

As we discussed in session 1, students spend a lot of time with teachers throughout the course of their schooling. For some of our students, the adults they know at school may be the most stable presence in their lives.Part of our mission as educators should be to help them learn to safely and gracefully navigate the digital world.

How is digital citizenship addressed in your school?

Use the comments section of this post to share ideas, ask questions and continue the conversation!

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