With this generation of students being Digital Natives, they begin at a young age. When my youngest was two years old, she picked up a picture frame and tried to swipe to see the next picture! They know at a very young age how to work a tablet and even a computer. Knowing this, I think it is very important to begin with the end in mind. They need to know the basic safety for the internet, which I thought about and incorporated into my Digital Citizenship lesson, but then the next thing is to get them to think about digital communication. There is so much power in how we use technology to communicate these days (Email, Skye, Blogging, etc...), all provide different viewpoints for students. But with this, comes the respect piece.
Three specific examples of on how I can make digital citizenship personal for my students. The first thing for me would be grounding it in the BEST rules they are already familiar with: Safe, Respectful, and Responsible. They need to know how to be safe in the digital world, which I addressed above and in my lesson plan, next, they need to be respectful. What does it mean to be respectful in the digital world? Much of this goes to to their digital communication, and their footprint. Beginning to understand the idea of "privacy". I specifically identified with the REPs (Respect, Educate and Protect) as a way to teach students about digital citizenship. Breaking it further down into Digtal Etiquette (respect yourself and others), Literacy (Educate yourself/connect to others), and Rights and Responsibilities (protect yourself/protect others). These to me would be the "foundational skills" I would want my students to learn. All lesson would touch back to these REPs. As I think about the scope and sequence for K-2 students, it really begins with the safety and works from there. The ISTE Standards for Students has Creativity and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, Research and Information Fluency, and Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision making. Really focusing on the first two, how to use the internet and get comfortable with the creative and innovative element of that. Also, really attending to the SAMR model, being intentional about it not just being a substitution. The Communication and Collaboration piece is a nice beginning for primary students, how to share their thoughts skype with other groups of students, and craft an email or blog. This begins to get them thinking about their "Digital Footprint" and what they want to put out there.
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Jennifer Wade
2/12/2017 04:28:49 pm
I appreciate that you approached this topic in thinking of the primary grades. Despite their presumed lack of exposure or experience with digital communication, we need to make sure that they are ready for what is surely coming. I too referenced the "Be Rules' in my reflection. Rules and procedures are taught throughout every aspect of life, this is just another layer and should integrate easily into our teaching. We know we can never really get ahead of the technology tsunami, but we need to get ahead of how our children are approaching it.
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Diane
2/12/2017 05:16:41 pm
Great blog Karly! I had the same idea as far as having the BEST rules in teaching internet safety and digital communication. My own youngest child figured out how to use my smart phone at a young age and was able to get online easily. It's amazing how this generation is wired. It is so important to teach children at a young age internet safety and digital citizenship. I liked how you focused on the younger grades in your blog.
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