In my second blog I am going to be sharing with you some important school programs I have found that promote digital citizenship and online safety. I am going to be sharing some information that I found from school districts about case studies about digital citizenship. The Edmonds school district says that digital citizenship is the education in the mindset and behaviors that help students navigate this modern community in a safe and responsible way. The three things they mainly talk about to have a good digital citizenship is one to know how to create and share knowledge with the broad audience. The second thing they teach is how digital citizenship can allow you to have access and critically analyze online behavior. The last thing they teach is to engage safe and constructive online behavior. The next school district I looked at was Seattle public schools. Seattle public schools’ definition of digital citizenship is digital citizenship reflects appropriate, legal, responsible, and healthy behavior related to current technology use, including digital literacy, ethics, etiquette, and security. Seattle publics website likes including important skills like to access, evaluate, develop, produce, and interpret media to help form a person’s digital identity. Another good school district is the Tacoma district. They teach a lot of different things about digital citizenship and online safety. They mainly ask their students if the source they are looking at is reliable or a good source too be looking at. They also teach a lot about having a digital footprint and what it looks like. The teachers in this school district mainly about outcomes and effects for what they are posting. They also talk about how it can affect their students in the future. I think it’s very important for schools to talk and teach about digital citizenship and what it means. It’s hard for students to make the right decisions if they don’t learn about how it affects them. Some main reasons I think it should be taught in school is for cyber bullying prevention/ online safety, and digital literacy and responsibility. Cyberbullying is an increasing cause for concern for both teachers and students, and teaching students to engage respectfully online is important for its prevention. Establishing guidelines and incorporating lessons for responsible online communication and etiquette early, and repeating and reinforcing them often, helps students learn to communicate respectfully with peers. Cyber bullying also ties into online safety. From a cite that talks about why it’s important to teach digital citizenship it says this about online safety. “Students who are taught to understand and prioritize online safety feel confident to take charge of their digital lives and are less likely to fall victim to potential threats that await online.” the last reason is because of digital responsibility students need to have the power of knowing their personal success and how it’s going to help them in the long run. I think it’s very important for schools to have the tools to support their students to help them grow knowledge on digital citizenship.
Work cited:
https://www.goguardian.com/blog/learning/5-reasons-to-teach-digital-citizenship-this-school-year/
https://www.tacomaschools.org/Pages/default.aspx
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