How can we teach students to have online social awareness?

Online social awareness should definitely be taught in schools. At times it seems that people forget that what they write online is permanent but more importantly there are people's feelings at the other end. Students need to be taught to respect other people online as they would do face to face. 


Students need to gain an  understand digital citizenship through learnt and practised behaviours and using a model such as  Lindsay and Davis’ (2012) model called ‘Enlightened Digital Citizenship’ (Chapter 5). This begins with access to technology, and includes five underlying areas of awareness as a lens for viewing digital citizenship choices:

• technical awareness
• individual awareness
• social awareness
• cultural awareness
• global awareness
  

All five areas of awareness are important as they allow us to filter and interpret circumstances and determine appropriate behavior in different situations.

• The five areas of awareness are complemented by the four ‘Rays’ of understanding, namely:

• safety, privacy, copyright, fair use and legal compliance
• etiquette and respect
• habits of learning: responsible, reliable management of online activity
• literacy and fluency

Etiquette and respect online should be at the forefront of teaching our students to be acceptable digital citizens.

 

Reference:

Lindsay, J., & Davis, V. (2012). Flattening classrooms, engaging minds: Move to global collaboration one step at a time. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

ETL523 - Digital Citizenship in schools. What is digital citizenship?

What is digital citizenship?
Broadly speaking it is the guidelines of responsible behaviour when using technology. For example "netiquette" and being safe with on the Internet. We have access to technology 24/7 and it is important for students to learn how to access the information and valid it. Students and teachers will benefit from collaboration online and this will enable engagement of learning and innovation.


A digital learning environment (DLE) refers to the tools, skills, standards, attitudes and habits for learning while using technology and accessing digital resources.

ETL523 - Personal Learning Network (PLN).

Today I have been reading about: A ‘Personal Learning Network’ (PLN) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Learning_Network) is an extended group of people not always in your immediate physical realm, with whom you can connect and learn with and from. Patnoudes (2012), in Why (and How) you should create a Personal Learning Network, claims, “Personal Learning Networks are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to: 1) set their own learning goals, 2) manage their learning; managing both content and process, 3) communicate with others in the process of learning and thereby achieve learning goals. Simply put: A PLN is a system for lifelong learning.”

I spent time my Diigo, wikispaces & twitter accounts. I realise that it is vital to establish a PLN.

Design Your Personal Learning Network

cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Joyce Seitzinger: http://flickr.com/photos/catspyjamasnz/5205995052/ 

Reading

Semester 1, 2014

Last semester I enrolled in ETL411, ICT and ETL 505, Bibliographic Standards in Education. Two subjects was too much so I dropped back to one. I completed ETL 505, Bibliographic Standards in Education. 

This is my final year of my Masters in Teacher Librarianship, I have two subjects to go. ETL507 is practical experience which is taken over two semesters. I am looking forward to the Study tour in May. I also need to find a school to do my two week placement. 

The other subject is ETL 523, Digital citizenship in schools. As I begin my reading, I can see this is going to be a huge but interesting topic. 

Semester 2, 2013

ETL411

Well, it has been too long since my last post. In first semester I completed EER500, Introduction to Educational research. I can see why it is important to conduct research but I found this subject a little dry. I think I am more of a practioner and thoroughly enjoy being amongst the students.

Today is the first day of semester 2, 2013. I have enrolled in two subjects ETL411, ICT and ETL 505, Bibliographic Standards in Education. I think two subjects will be too much, but I am leaning towards ICT, for this a big interest for my at the school where my children attend. I will read the subject outlines, make a start on both  and then decide.

KidRex

http://www.kidrex.org/

What I like about this search site is that it is safe for kids!

38 interesting ways to use search engines in the classroom

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_343dhkvp4ds&interval=5&autoStart=true

This has an amazing list of suggestions to use in the classroom!