I had to link the digital citizenship agreements I have developed to create a continuum that starts in the junior school with our younger learners and proceeds through to our more senior students. I took the three agreements or guidelines and combined them into one document that follows three strands – personal responsibility, social responsibility [...]
Global Digital Citizenship is a critical element of any teaching program at any level. Our students are connected. Irrespective of the age of the student they are wired. We are seeing devices reducing in cost, increasing in availability and entering most classrooms and almost every school. If you ask a students a question there first [...]
I love the concept of BYOD (Bring your own device) on a number of levels. We have a successful BYOD program at the senior school and it works. From a administrative and financial aspect BYOD makes sense. You don’t have to provide the students with either laptops, leases or access to machines the cost savings [...]
Thanks for the feedback and the comments – I have updated the JS guidelines and invite comments and suggestions. JS internet-computer use guide Computers at school When we aren’t at school we use computers for lots of reasons. When we are at school, we use computers, ipads, ipods, the internet, printers or cell phones for [...]
TVNZ has today reported that Rangitoto College is going to allow its students access to youtube and Facebook! Controversy!!! YOUTUBE how could they allow that and Facebook …. OUTRAGE http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/college-keeps-youtube-facebook-in-digital-strategy-4457086 I mean, really, what planet are they living on? My students make very good use of Youtube, they access how to videos, revision clips and [...]
I am working on Junior School version of the digital citizenship materials. I would love comments and suggestions on this rework of some earlier stuff I put together. Junior School Computer use Guidelines as a PDF JS internet-computer use guide (PDF) Computers at school We come to school to learn. Here at school, we have computers [...]
I have been working on Digital Citizenship guidelines for the younger students. In so many of the example of Acceptable use agreements we see online the language ised is considerably beyond the vocabulary and understanding of some of the younger students. I have also been trying to crystalise the “essence” of the agreement into a [...]
On Friday I had the privilege to present the opening keynote and then 2 workshops in Whangarei at the Whangarei elearning Cluster’s Vision Day. The topic of my keynote and presentations was digital citizenship. In the keynote I outline the digital citizenship model we have developed and for the workshops I developed an analysis tool [...]
Thanks to those people who provided feedback on this Acceptable use agreement. There was a need to have a AUA that better suited the Middle years student, and was couched in language they would understand. (Downloadable versions are available @ http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA ) Here is the latest update of this: Middle School Digital Citizenship A good [...]
The Digital Citizen Acceptable use agreement details six facets of behaviour that a digital citizen should follow to be an appropriate and respectful digital citizen. The statements are kept deliberately broad and generalised and provide outlines for suitable behaviour. As we are working to implement this, I have been asked to expand on the different [...]
