Digital Citizenship is an important topic we should teach our students. Unfortunately, we are not and students are having issues. Students need to know how to express themselves on the internet. Some of the same rules that we have in our face to face world, applies to online and with some added rules. I like how Sara mentioned in her blog it is like stranger danger. We need to teach the students that they should not give all of their information on the internet and that their are consequences when they do. We need to prepare our students to be critical thinkers and know when a website or social media presents dangers. Some teachers and school districts have started but I think that we all should. This will help prevent cyber bullying and other dangerous situations. If teachers like Aviva and Tracy have, then we can too. Teaching them and talking to them about it is the best way. Below are some websites with some great resources to use as a guideline to teach in class:
CommonSenseMedia
50-Crucial Rules Social Media Etiquette for Students
Here are a few song videos from youtube that talk about internet safety. The first one is one that I found in Judy's Diigo list of digital citizenship websites.
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