Digital Citizenship

Lori Beal
Pamela Kramer
Lance Wren
EDEL 536
Summer 2014
Digital Citizenship
It is our responsibility to empower
our students by giving them the
fundamental lessons in digital
citizenship.
Students must enter the world
of social media and digital
media with a good defense.
We need to give them the
fundamentals to play the best
defense.
Andrew Marcinek
Co-founder of EducatorU.org
http://www.educatoru.org/
\di-j-tl si-t-zn-ship\
noun
norms of appropriate, responsible
behavior with regard to technology use

(http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/)




The Path
Contents:
Web Filtering
Copyright & Fair Use
Digital Footprint
Students might be digital
natives; however, that
does not grant them
digital citizenship.


They need to be led
down the path to
citizenship.
Classroom posters remind students to

* Protect private information
* Respect themselves and others
* Stay safe
* Stand up to cyberbullying
* Balance the time spent online

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/elementary_poster

Classroom posters remind students to

* Ask questions before posting
* Think about others
* Think about the footprint their leaving

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/middlehigh_poster


https://www.commonsensem
edia.org/educators/scope-
and-sequence#grades-k-2

Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence#
Students need more
than posters...


Common Sense Media
provides training tools.

Cross-curricular spiral units
address digital literacy and
citizenship topics in an age-
appropriate way.


http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/don-t-be-mean-pop-chart-9780545530996 http://www.watchyourspace.ie/resources/
http://wordswound.org/book/

Teach students to

*Think before they speak
*Speak up if theyre bullied
Cyberbullying
Web Filters: Censorship, Safety Net, or Both?
Concept: Technology puts the World
(Wide Web) at kids fingertips -- but
the web has some neighborhoods
with inappropriate content.

Issue: Should school district devices
have web filters to protect students,
or do such filters violate their
constitutional rights to free speech
and access to information?
Web Filters: Background
Federal law requires that districts receiving
federal technology funds block Internet access to
inappropriate images. (Another law was ruled
unconstitutional for the limits that it required.)
Many districts (for instance, the Los Angeles
Unified School District) go to great lengths to
maintain a filter against all inappropriate
material, by ...
o Blocking categories of sites
o Blocking sites based on words that appear
on them Image Source:
openclipart.org
Web Filters: Issues
The continuous creation of websites makes
it impossible to block all inappropriate
content
Attempts to block
inappropriate content
sometimes block educationally valuable info
o Blocking breast blocks info on breast cancer;
o Blocking anti-government violence has blocked sites
with the Declaration of Independence
o Blocking gambling has blocked a site on the history of
Nevada (Ornstein & Hunkins, Ch. 9, p. 298 & 300)
Web Filters: Controversy
The Los Angeles Unified School District withdrew 24/7 access in its
Common Core Technology Project, pending development of more
robust filters
Some teachers want to ban Internet access altogether on elementary
school devices (this, after a 2nd grade students innocent search
yielded images of nudity); this is a more authority-based, essentialist
approach
Others urge open access, with education in digital citizenship (since
many kids have filter-free access from devices beyond school); this is
a more progressivist or reconstructivist approach
Web Filters: Curriculum & Classroom
As the debate over web filters continues, it is
essential that ...
Curriculum include a strong digital
citizenship element
Schools do everything possible to involve
parents, especially in 24/7 programs
Professional development include strategies
for handling unfortunate search results

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due:
Copyright and Fair Use
Concept: Almost everything
that can be copied, pasted,
downloaded, or embedded
is covered by copyright.
Issue: Students -- and teachers! -- need to know how
creative expression can flourish while complying with
copyright laws.
Image Source: commonsensemedia.org
Fair Use Exemption
Copyrighted material can be used for free and without
permission for some purposes (including teaching and school
work) if its user meets 4 conditions:

Use only a small amount of the material
Add new meaning and use the work differently from how it
originally was used (so it wont hurt the creators profits!)
Use it only for nonprofit purposes
Always give credit to the creator!!!

Image Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Creative Commons
Nonprofit organization that
lets creators keep their
copyright but easily allow
use of it on conditions they
specify
Educators and learners can use CC search (bookmark it!)
to find work that they can use and modify for free, without
stealing!
Image Source: http://www.agilegeoscience.com/
Copyright/Fair Use Curriculum Resources
Q & A for students
Clever tutorial using clips from Disney
(well-known for vigorously defending
its copyright); this also can be a good
exercise in identifying bias
Common Sense Media video for
students
10 Myths Explained (good for
professional development related to
copyright/fair use curriculum)
More resources (from Kathy Schrock)
Image Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
Students as Creators
Make it part of your
curriculum for students
to educate each other
by creating PSAs
about responsible use
of online material
Image sources:
artforsmallhands.com
openclipart.org
commons.wikimedia.org
You ARE leaving a footprint
What does yours look like?
Pictures taken from video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZjmrJvL_eg
Great source for teaching
students about digital footprint:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2
013/04/a-great-guide-on-teaching-
students.html
The End Goal:
Create opportunities for students to learn about Digital Citizenship, so they can honestly say...
Check out what Western Avenue
Elementary in Los Angeles has
done with digital citizenship!