Friday, April 30, 2010

Digital Citizenship 05/01/2010

  • Anthony Orsini sent an e-mail blast to the Benjamin Franklin Middle School community in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on Wednesday, urging parents to take down their children's online profiles on Facebook and elsewhere. "There is absolutely no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site!," he wrote. "Let me repeat that - there is absolutely, positively no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site!" The main problem, he wrote, is that tweens do not have the resilience to withstand internet name-calling. "They are simply not psychologically ready for the damage that one mean person online can cause," he said.

    Tags: ad4dcss, digital citizenship, parents, facebook, cyberbullying, video

  • On listservs and blogs, education researchers and teachers are beginning to discuss how to handle this latest online application. To most educators, filtering is never a preferred option. Teachers and media specialists almost uniformly choose to use opportunities like this to teach students how to make decisions about what’s appropriate on their own. “One of the responsibilities of working with students on the use of online resources is to make them aware of potential dangers so they can make informed choices,” says Deb Logan, librarian and media specialist for Mount Gilead (OH) High School, by email. “A discussion of online resources like Chatroulette offers a learning opportunity. These opportunities sometimes come at unexpected times.” But educators believe Chatroulette may be a bit different then other similar sites like Omegle.com and Facebook’s PopJam in that video is involved—and there’s no way to edit what pops up on the screen other than clicking “next” after it’s already appeared. There’s no lurking allowed on Chatroulette—once a user signs in, they’re visible to anyone who chances upon them, and anyone, in turn, is visible to them. Needless to say, there’s a bit of nudity and sexual play being reported on the site, and the swiftness of people moving from image to image doesn’t allow children to protect themselves—other than signing off.

    Tags: ad4dcss, chat roulette, librarians, cybersafety

  • Tags: special needs, lessons, future, education, inclusion, teachers


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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/29/2010


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/26/2010

  • A free online device that can be used for digital storytelling/cyberbullying. Children and teens create comic strips online by choosing backgrounds, characters, and props. They can also write dialogue using speech bubbles. There is a Comic Strip Planning Sheet, a printable PDF that comic creators can use to draft and revise their work before creating and printing their final comics. When the comics are completed, they can be printed out and shared. The sample comic strip shows a three-pane comic.

    Tags: ad4dcss, comic life, digital storytelling, readwritethink, cyberbullying, cartoon


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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Teacher Librarian Links 04/23/2010


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Monday, April 19, 2010

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/19/2010

  • Eight Smithfield State High School students who joined a cyberbullying social networking group that branded another girl a "liar" have been suspended. The Smithfield High students, all girls, were suspended for one day and the Facebook group, which had 11 members, was shut down after The Cairns Post was alerted to it before the Easter school holidays. It is understood the Facebook group was started after an argument between friends. Smithfield High acting principal Barry Courtney said the school took a tough stance against any form of bullying."Our response is students who join any cyberbullying site will be dealt with and it is a suspendable offence and parents are contacted about it straight away," he said.

    Tags: ad4dcss, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, legal, social networking, suspension

  • Here are 8 tips to monitor and protect one's online reputation:

    Search your name.
    Type your first and last name within quotation marks into several popular search engines to see where you are mentioned and in what context. Narrow your search and use keywords that apply only to you, such as your city, employer and industry association.

    Expand your search.
    Use similar techniques to search for your telephone numbers, home address, e-mail addresses, and personal website domain names. You should also search for your social security and credit card numbers to make sure they don't appear anywhere online.

    Read blogs.
    If any of your friends or coworkers have blogs or personal web pages on social networking sites, check them out to see if they are writing about or posting pictures of you.

    Sign up for alerts.
    Use the Google alert feature that automatically notifies you of any new mention of your name or other personal information.

    Limit your personal information.
    Tweet/chat/discuss regarding business and the emerging trends in your industry, but limit posting information on your personal life, which could be a subject of major scrutiny by recruiters and hiring managers. Also, be sure you know how organizations will use your information before you give it to them.

    Use privacy settings.
    Most social networking and photo-sharing sites allow you to determine who can access and respond to your content. If you're using a site that doesn't offer privacy settings, find another site.

    Choose your photos and language thoughtfully.
    You need to ensure that information posted online is written professionally without use of swear words and catchy phrases. Also, be very selective in posting photographs, and use your judgment to ensure that these photographs are how you want the world to see you.

    Take action
    If you find information about yourself online that is embarrassing or untrue, contact the website owner or administrator and ask them to remove it. Most sites have policies to deal with such requests.

    Tags: ad4dcss, digital citizenship, social networking, online reputation, digital footprint


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Friday, April 16, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/17/2010


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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/16/2010


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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/15/2010


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/14/2010


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Digital Citizenship 04/12/2010


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