Digital Citizenship

It's so strange that the conversation this week in class is about Digital citizenship and activism. I say this because in a conversation on Friday last week I was asked by a co-worker about digital citizenship and my thoughts on it's place in curriculum planning and development and in teaching. And then again today I was in another Global Ambassador meeting for PenPal Schools and the conversation was centered around Digital Citizenship and Activism. 
I have long felt that students not only needed and had a voice, but I have also felt that they needed to understand how to use it responsibly in their changing world. With younger and younger users on the internet and social media, students need to know how to navigate the waters. They need to know how to decipher the fact from the fiction, the good from the bad. The need to know when to speak up and when to listen. They need to know how to research and source check. Beyond that, they need to understand what a digital footprint it, what an online presence is, what an online reputation is (both personal and professional) and how those can effect their future. 
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Digital Citizenship. (2020). Retrieved 17 July 2020, from https://shs.weldre4.org/student_resource


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  1. VanessaJuly 17, 2020 at 5:55 AM

    There's an interesting body of literature on student voice. We're starting to value it more and more, which surely is in part due to the presence of so many online spaces where one can share their voice.

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