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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Many, if not most schools have a policy where students of all ages are expected to sign an acceptable use agreement. Students from year 1 upwards are required to sign these agreements. The language used in the agreements is very rarely suitable for the younger students and they struggle to understand them, let alone read [...]
Friday I was working with the eWrapper ICT PD Cluster down in Waiuku. The focus for the the principals and elearning staff was Digital Citizenship. It was a fun day and productive. One of the issues we see all the time in primary, is students are asked to sign acceptable use agreements, along with their [...]
Every now and then I will get some one who will contact me and ask to do a review of their site or push their product. For the most part I delete these. But Donna from Meet me at the corner asked me to do a review of her site. She introduced herself as a [...]
