DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP UNIT

Why should we care?

Warm-up:

Who is Arthur Clarke? What movie(s) or books was he popular

for creating? What was it about his works that made

him so popular? (Students will google this info or use

wikipedia)

Live Blogging Activity

Explain how, why and the do’s and don’t’s

Leaves a record of activity Allows others to interact with our

classroom conversation Compare to Twitter

A final message from Arthur Clarke

Re-cap

What did he say about Social Networking? (Type it into the live chat) Someone want to volunteer a response

they read? What did he mean by “Technology tools

help us to gather and disseminate information. But we also need qualities like tolerance and compassion to achieve greater understanding…”

A blogger says…

Relating to Mr. Clarke’s message: Folks in education have been talking a lot lately

that it’s more than just about the tools; it’s about critical thinking and learning. Although Arthur Clarke wasn’t really talking about education, per se, it’s really all about education, and it’s good to hear him say this three years ago, now that we’re almost becoming buried in Web 2.0 tools.

Ref: http://www.drezac.com/2010/01/2010-another-year-of-complacency.html (accessed Jan. 2, 2010)

So why is this relevant?

How can this relate to digital citizenship? These tools are just tools, but we always

have to remember the person on the other side of the tool.

Compassion, respect and other virtues that relate to just being a good person is what citizenship is all about. Digital citizenship is just applying those rules online and in the classroom while using your computers.

Why do teachers bother us when we are using OUR technology?

Do you see rules about internet usage and texting at school bothersome? Are we intruding on your space? Why do we correct you when we find you on youtube, firstclass email, searching the web, streaming music on iTunes?

Well, I may not have all the reasons why we do it, but I’m going to try to make it make sense to you.

So first a look at where the world of learning came from: Learning…then and now.

Learning: Then and Now

Look at these images and pick one that stands out to you the most. Describe what you think about that picture and how you agree or disagree with how it represents “then and now” of learning. http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/12/25/lear

ning-then-now/ Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives Which one are you?

Appreciation

The tools you have are greater than anyone has ever had in the history of being a student Engaging, dynamic and plentiful

Use them wisely Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you

SHOULD Citizenship: respect the learning time,

your teacher’s rules Now it’s time to work….

Activity: Revising the AUP

Take the AUP, read it! Circle the 5 rules you don’t agree with or

that you think need to be re-worded. Revise, re-word or change at least 2

rules that you circled. Give a reason why they were changed.

Daily Grade Be ready to discuss further the rules you

changed and let’s see which ones we can add to our class rules.

Warm-up: I want your feedback… Check your first class conference (it has

your class period on the icon) Click on the link that will take you to a

form. Read and answer all the items on the

form. DAILY GRADE—PARTICIPATION—THERE

ARE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS. We will look at the data when everyone

is done!

Activity: Helping Others Understand the AUP

Choose one of the unacceptable uses for computers in school.

Use Comic Life, Word (drawing tools) or Glogster to create a poster to hang in the school informing students of what they are not allowed to do.

Daily Grade Include: Picture(s), the use prohibited, your

name and class period

Laws and How It Applies in the Classroom

Copyright

Intro

Are you a pirate? Watch this video and be ready to discuss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5SmrHNWhak&feature=player_embedded

What is piracy? The unauthorized use of material that is

covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.

Piracy

B4U Copy: Why there are consequences for piracy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3VeLl0

6gk&feature=player_embedded# E-book Piracy: It doesn’t just happen with

music and movies. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/01/e

book.piracy/index.html What side is the government on and

why? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10201

831-38.html

Review of DC meaning

Digital Citizenship can be described as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.

This is described in more detail in this book.

By: Gerald Bailey & Mike Ribble

How can I be a responsible DC? Use only legal sites for music and

movies. There are many affordable sites on the internet besides iTunes. Try these: ProMusic:

http://www.pro-music.org/Content/GetMusicOnline/OnlineStores.php

BirdTrax: http://birdtrax.illinoisstate.edu/ SoundForge: http://sourceforge.net/

Using music/video for projects Copyright Law: Acceptable Use and Abuse

Question:

When looking up graphics and text from the Internet:a. take whatever you want because that’s the

purpose of the Internet.b. ask your friends for places to find material you can

copy.c. ask for permission to use the information before

using them.d. avoid it because all the information on the Internet

is false.

Using music/video for projects Correct Answer: C Students need to realize that when

“borrowing” anything from the Internet that its use is restricted by the owner (unless stated otherwise). All content taken from the web should be cited appropriately.

Using music/video for projects Define Digital Plagiarism So how do I make sure I don’t break Digital

Law? Citing internet sources correctly

www.citationmachine.net MLA format You can also use the poster at the front of the

room from http://www.answers.com/main/citations.jsp

Let’s try one of the sites we used today in this presentation.

Resources: Help me cite correctly http://dcpartnership.wikispaces.com/Digi

tal+Law http://pwoessner.wikispaces.com/Digital

+Citizenship http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Resourc

es.html

Using the sources above, that I used for this presentation, help me to put them into MLA format using www.citationmachine.net

Citing your sources for 1Vision Contest

Collect your websites on a document and record the day you accessed the site

Use citation machine to cite your source in MLA format

Go forth, create podcasts and movies and remember……give credit where credit is due, and don’t be a pirate!