There have been two recent court events in the United Kingdom that reinforce the key underlying principles of digital citizenship: Middle School Digital Citizenship Senior School Digital Citizenship Looking after yourself Respect yourself & Protect yourself Looking after others Respect others & Protect others Looking after Property Respect Intellectual Property & Protect Intellectual Property Source: [...]
I have long been a fan of the work of Sash and Lee Le Fever of the Commoncraft show – http://www.commoncraft.com/ The videos they ahve produced have provide excellent professional development resources and I frequently direct my students and staff to these resources on their website. Earlier in the week I visited the commoncraft site [...]
AUT has been part of the World Internet Project which attempts to map internet usage. The highlights below are the key points for New Zealand and make for very interesting reading. The sample group was a little over 1250 individuals. We are a country that is online (86%), alot of us on a daily basis [...]
Every year we run a series of workshops with our year 11 student to revise and review the acceptable use guidelines. The guidelines we use are based on ones I developed and shaped by the students and the rest of the school community. Everything in them is up for discussion and review. We believe that [...]
I have long thought that there are parallels that can be drawn between Digital and Global Citizenship. In Digital citizenship the core aspects are respect and protecting oneself, others and property. I believe the same basic tenants can be applied to Global citizenship. So here is my first go at Global Citizenship Respect Yourself I [...]
I have updated the Senior students Digital citizenship agreement. I have added in two elements into: Protecting others – I will moderate unacceptable materials and conversations Respecting Intellectual property – I will acknowledge primary sources Digital Citizenship 1.2
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 [...]
