Passport to the Internet | Internet Literacy Tutorial
Passport to the Internet, an Internet literacy tutorial, helps students in Grades 4 to 8 develop the critical thinking skills they need to apply to their online experiences by enabling them to use popular online tools and Web sites in a secure and ethical manner, and to their full potential.There are licensing requirements for using this material but the fee is nominal.
Your online reputation can hurt your job search
As millions seek new jobs to replace positions lost in the recession, keep in mind that the Internet gives employers unprecedented access to information about you.
Great kid-oriented site from Australia. Contains videos, tips and activities related to discovering your digital footprint.
Journeys In 2.0 Teaching: Using Voicethread in the Classroom Part 1
This Comic Life series was created to address some teacher training needs in the area of Internet safety in a fun and entertaining way. This was a solo project by Tom Woodward, a teacher at a 1:1 laptop school in Virginia.
Six Warning Signs That A Child is Being Cyerbullied [pdf]
Signals that indicate a child is being cyberbullied - or doing the actual cyberbullying!
Digital piracy hits the e-book industry
Less than 24 hours after its release, pirated digital copies of Dan Brown's blockbuster novel were found on file-sharing sites such as Rapidshare and BitTorrent. Within days, it had been downloaded for free more than 100,000 times.
Kid at school gets a pants down - LOL forward this!!! YouTube
A great video explaining about the responsible use of the internet. It has been very cleverly produced and speaks to - not at - young people
Using Edmodo in the Classroom: Five Days Later
Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. This site provides some guidelines for using edmodo in the classroom.
Sorted: Keep Your Information Secure Online
From Childnet International, this site aims to give students advice and information on computer security issues in a practical and simple way. It was created by an 18 year old and addresses topics like spyware, adware, trojans and viruses, spam and phishing, identity theft, pop-ups and file-sharing. It would be best suited for high school students.
This teacher has applied the concept of 6-frame comic summaries to book analysis, historical figure eras etc. The idea could be used for presentations on any facet of digital citizenship.
Five Steps to Combat Bullying, Jenna Andrews
Bullying is a problem at every level of education. Every school has its own way to address the problem, but are these techniques effective? Do they ever make a deep impression on the students? Does the bullying ever go away? Not Likely.
My school is no different from any other; we have implemented programs to combat bullying, but the bullying persists. Then, after experimenting with some new software, I got the idea to make bullying awareness important and exciting for my third-and fourth-grade students by having them create comic strips using Comic Life, one of the new programs available for Macs. With the aid of ready-made templates, word bubbles, pictures, etc. its users easily create a comic strip.Includes some ideas for using Comic Life to teach Digital Citizenship.
Internet Safety Week Presentation
This is a short presentation providing ideas on how to teach digital citizenship, with a focus on cyberbullying awareness. Many of the links are from the UK, but it does provide some ideas for using COMIC LIFE with students to address cyberbullying. Some great student examples are provided.
Using Edmodo in the Classroom-
Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. This site provides some guidelines for using edmodo in the classroom.
Digital Citizenship: iKeepSafe partnership with WoogiWorld
iKeepSafe partnered with Woogi World to reach children and educators directly. Children will learn more effectively about digital citizenship including cybersafety, security, and ethics through the moderated kid to kid interaction, the online challenges or “episodes”, and parental/educator involvement. Marsali Hancock, iKeepSafe Coalition President, says, "Woogi World allows us to create content which organically combines cybercitzenship education, play, and academic learning in a way that is exciting for kids."
A Look Into Virtual World Teaching with Elementary Kids [pdf]
Students in the digi-teen project had to teach others in their school about digital citizenship. They chose the Woogi World virtual environment and to work with fourth grade students, showing them the importance of safety, balance and respect on the Internet.
This lesson plan demonstrates not only how to align learning goals and outcomes with curriculum standards but also with ISTE NETS for digital citizenship and 21st century learning goals.
"Digital Citizenship" VoiceThread Albums Created by Kids
Students use Voice Thread to communicate their knowledge of digital citizenship topics. Particularly noteworthy is the project done by 8th graders entitled "Online Safety." Not only do they demonstrate knowledge of safety principles but they also set up opportunities for the global community to interact with them as well.
"Cybersafety" Voice Thread Albums Created by Kids
Over 50 student/classroom cybersafety projects are illustrated here giving teachers lots of ideas for how they can recreate this in their classroom.
"MySpace" VoiceThread Albums Created by Kids
Collaborative conversations recorded by students around the topic of MySpace using VoiceThread.
California Court Rules Cyber-Bullying Is Not Free Speech
Online threats of violence and acts of cyber-bullying are not protected free speech. That's according to a California appeals court that upheld a decision from a lower court, allowing a hate crimes and defamation suit to continue. The case cited involves a 15 year old student who became the target of threats and taunts from other students after launching a web site promoting pursuit of a film and singing career.
11 Things You Should Never Do Online
Did you know you could lose insurance benefits from putting photos online? Or that a Tweet can put you in jail? Or that the FBI might be friending you on Facebook? Or that even brand-new service Chatroulette isn’t truly anonymous?
The Carnegie Cyber Academy: Four Cybersafety Training Missions
Currently four missions are available for students with the following themes: email/spam, chatroom safety/privacy, cyberbullying awareness, web dangers. Download and print the hint sheets for each series.
When tweets can make you a jailbird
Law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, even going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that surfaced in a lawsuit.
Here’s a quick checklist to get you started on the road to Internet safety.
Comic Life Student Projects/Cyberbullying Awareness
Teacher/student examples of Comic Life usage for cyberbullying awareness.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship group favorite links are here.
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