Thing # 11: Digital Citizenship (11.5 Things)

After reading up on digital citizenship I realized how much is taken for granted when working with technology. I feel that most importantly, when working with students, we need to instill in them not to believe everything they see and read on the internet. They need to still be taught to use a variety of resources on a topic. We, as teachers, cannot rely on parents alone to do this. It needs to be coming from several avenues of people in the child's life. As teachers, it is an obligation we need to fulfill and teach to our students daily. Students need to understand the variety of issues related to technology and be sure they are practicing legal and ethical behavior from as early an age as possible. In order for this to be done, it is vital for teachers to promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility continuously. Teachers need to invariably improve their professional practice in order to effectively support student learning and the ever changing realm of technology.
In order to encourage my students to be good digital citizens the five things I would want to instill in them would be:
1. Cyber Security
2. Personal Safety
3. Intellectual Property
4. Cyber Bullying
5. Surf Safe Webpages