Digital Citizenship Resources

At the recent school board meeting, each principal spoken on bullying in the schools.  Most concurred that the majority of the bullying is related to cyberbullying.  As I've read various technology articles and blog posts, many have dealt with cyberbullying and the importance of teaching digital citizenship to students.  Students need to understand the impact their digital footprint will have on their future.  Students believe no one takes what they post on Facebook or Twitter seriously, but in truth more scholarship committees and colleges are looking at the digital footprint of their applicants.  In the workforce we have even seen more employers looking at the digital footprint of their potential employees.  The problem with our technological society is anything you post online is available for everyone, everywhere at anytime.  It doesn't matter if you posted that "Susie is a *****!" on Facebook when you were in 6th grade and now you a 21-year-old applying for your first professional job.  That information can still be found.

There are many great tools and resources online to help educators and parents learn about and address digital citizenship and cyberbullying with students.  Below is a collection of digital citizenship sites with lesson ideas, tips for talking to your children and recommendations for Facebook privacy settings.

• Digizen
  Provides information for educators, parents and students to become more familiar with what digital citizenship is and how become a better digital citizen.
  tags: cyberbullying digitalcitizenship education cybersafety
• My Safe Surf
  Digital Citizenship and cyberbullying resources from Kevin Honeycutt
  tags: cyberbullying cybersafety technology education
• Your Digital DNA : National Association for Media Literacy Education
  60-minute lesson plan - students learn about the digital footprint they leave when using various online tools. Lesson posted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education
  tags: lesson plan media literacy digital citizenship
• Common Sense Media
  Find lessons on digital literacy and citizenship appropriate for your students. Search by grade or digital skill.
  tags: digitalcitizenship cybersafety lessons
• Digital Citizenship
  Specific for grades K-6
  tags: digitalcitizenship cyberbullying
• What You Need To Know About Facebook, Google+ Privacy
  An infographic on Facebook & Google+ privacy
  tags: infographic facebook privacy google
• Connect Safely
  Recommended Facebook privacy settings for teens. Contains charts you could share out.
  tags: facebook privacy internet_safety

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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