Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Citizenship
Reflect on how one establishes a classroom culture where students respect others and interact safely on the Internet.First thing is to make sure everyone take a class on proper use of the computers. The class should include, cyber stalking, identify theft and the proper use of social media. The students should be told what type of sites are OK and what sites are not OK, for example no web sites that show unlawful fighting like gang fights but could look at sports like boxing. They should know that if the feel or see someone using the computer in the wrong way the should notify staff its for the good of everyone. There is a program in web 2.0 that gives the staff the option to look at all the computers and see if the student is on task or not. This would make the Internet safe for the students.
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Having students take a class on the proper use of computers could be beneficial, but it would be hard to find the time and resource to do that in a classroom.
ReplyDeleteI think that taking time out of content curriculum to teach digital citizenship is not a great idea - it should be incorporated in context, the way we incorporate the instruction related to other technology. I teach them to use Excel when they need to do a lab; I teach them to use a video camera when they need to record motion; and I will teach them citizenship when I need them to use a Wiki or a blog.
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