EDTC 6433 Module 4 Resolution

            This week I explored the question of, “How can I instruct students to become moral, ethical, and responsible digital citizens?”  Through exploring various websites and articles I found a couple of practical and useful ways in which students can interact with how to become an ethical an responsible digital citizen.
            As Mike Ribble and Teresa Northern Miller (2013) stated in their article, there are three main components when it comes to respecting yourself and others on the Internet.  These three ideas are digital access, digital etiquette, and digital law.  My focus this week is on etiquette and law.  Specifically I focused on practical ways in which students can have a hands-on experience with digital citizenship.  In the article “3 Ways to Weave Digital Citizenship Into Your Curriculum” by Nicole Kreuger (2014), she mentions the importance of not only creating projects to share online, but the importance of discussing and modeling how to interact with ideas on the Internet.  Having students post something that they created on the Internet and then addressing comments, copyright, and other elements of the digital world, students gain a new perspective on what it means to share information, and how to do so ethically and morally.
            ISTE 4 might arguably be the most important standard in the world of technology.  This standard is focused on promoting and modeling ideal behavior on the Internet and in the technological world as a whole.  Teaching students how to interact with materials, thoughts, and other individuals on the Internet could be one of the most important lessons.  Hopefully we as teachers can instruct students how to treat each other with respect and thoughtfulness.  Moving forward I will try to incorporate more discussion and steps to a project that force students to interact with elements of digital citizenship.  I’m not sure that I need to have an entire project around online behavior, however every project using technology and the Internet will carry some element of what it means to be a responsible and respectful digital citizen.


Resources: 

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=50&category=ISTE-Connects-blog&article=3-ways-to-weave-digital-citizenship-into-your-curriculum

References:

Krueger, N. (2014, March 15). 3 ways to weave digital citizenship into your curriculum. Retrieved from                                              https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=50&category=ISTE-Connects-blog&article=3-ways-to-                      weave-digital-citizenship-into-your-curriculum


Ribble, Mike, & Miller, Teresa. (2013). Educational Leadership in an online world: connecting students to technology                       responsibly, safely and ethically. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 17 (Issue 1), pp 137-145.

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 19, 2017 at 3:37 PM

    Bryan,

    I completely agree that this is the most important ISTE standard that we are researching. As kids have more and more access to technology everyday, it is essential that we teach them about being digital citizens, no matter how young they are. There are so many great resources for this!

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  2. stillmakerNovember 21, 2017 at 8:24 PM

    I do believe we should teach our students digital citizenship, but am not sure that I agree that they should post something on the internet. I think they can learn how to be good digital citizens in a protected environment.

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