Let's focus on Digital Citizenship and get our Digital Driver's License!
To earn our license, we must become good digital citizens and learn appropriate and responsible behavior in regards to technology use: Awareness - knowledge of technology and how it affects others and myself. Understanding - learning about uses of technology that are appropriate or inappropriate. Action - using technology in the most appropriate way with the information available. Deliberation - thinking about how we used technology and determining if it was appropriate.
How to earn your Digital Driver's License:
1. Watch this movie on digital citizenship: Turtle the Texter
2. Find and write down 10 or more internet safety rules & Tips. Use the following sites to get good ideas. Each site will have some differences - see if you can find 10 different rules. Add your rules to your page of the Wiki and also discuss which rules you already follow, which worry you the most.
3. Pick out the internet safety rule or tip that you think is most important to kids your age and make an animation using one of the following: Dvolver Movie Maker - embed your movie as a widget (use the html option) on your Wiki Page. Classtools.net Animasher Clay Animation Comic Builder - fun to play with but can't save unless you have an account. Superhero comic builder - can print out comic NetSmartzkids Comic Maker - this one is new!
4. Let's discuss some of the internet safety rules in our top 10 list. Which ones do you already follow? We will also share some of our internet safety comics and movies. We will also create a Word Cloudfor each of our wiki pages. Wait! We're not done! We've talked about cyberbullying and staying safe online. Since you are in middle school, you might start hearing kids talk about social networking sites, such as Facebook. It's especially important to be good digital citizens when we visit social networking sites.
5. We are almost done! One more topic that we need to cover and that is copyright. To be good digital citizens, we need to learn how to use material on the internet appropriately and follow copyright law. Respecting copyrights - everyone has a right to earn a living from their work. The author or artist is the only person who has the right to make copies or to give permission to make copies. They are protected by copyright laws. Fair Use for School Work - It's ok for students to use copyrighted works in school reports and projects without getting permission. Use of work by a student is called Fair Use.
When you use copyrighted works, always give credit to the author of the work you are copying. Also, you must put quotations around copyrighted words. Some rules to follow - give credit when you:
copy someone's exact words - even one sentence.
copy someone elses drawings, diagram, chart or graph.
6. Mr. Mirkin suggested we take a look at the school district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) contracts encourage responsible behavior by students and staff and give administrators enforceable rules for acceptable use of school computers. We will examine our AUP and answer some questions to understand it better and discuss consequences for breaking these rules.
7. Now let's see if you can pass this test and earn your license! Get your web license
Make sure you print it out!
Once you have your license, go ahead and have some fun creating your wild self
Cybercamp - Digital Citizenship
Let's focus on Digital Citizenship and get our Digital Driver's License!To earn our license, we must become good digital citizens and learn appropriate and responsible behavior in regards to technology use:
Awareness - knowledge of technology and how it affects others and myself.
Understanding - learning about uses of technology that are appropriate or inappropriate.
Action - using technology in the most appropriate way with the information available.
Deliberation - thinking about how we used technology and determining if it was appropriate.
How to earn your Digital Driver's License:
1. Watch this movie on digital citizenship: Turtle the Texter
2. Find and write down 10 or more internet safety rules & Tips. Use the following sites to get good ideas. Each site will have some differences - see if you can find 10 different rules. Add your rules to your page of the Wiki and also discuss which rules you already follow, which worry you the most.
Tips to Stop CyberbullyingNSTeens Videos - watch these 4 videos
GetNetWise privacy guidelines
Internet Safety Rules for Kids and Teens3. Pick out the internet safety rule or tip that you think is most important to kids your age and make an animation using one of the following:
Dvolver Movie Maker - embed your movie as a widget (use the html option) on your Wiki Page.
Classtools.net
Animasher
Clay Animation
Comic Builder - fun to play with but can't save unless you have an account.
Superhero comic builder - can print out comic
NetSmartzkids Comic Maker - this one is new!
4. Let's discuss some of the internet safety rules in our top 10 list. Which ones do you already follow? We will also share some of our internet safety comics and movies. We will also create a Word Cloudfor each of our wiki pages. Wait! We're not done! We've talked about cyberbullying and staying safe online. Since you are in middle school, you might start hearing kids talk about social networking sites, such as Facebook. It's especially important to be good digital citizens when we visit social networking sites.
5. We are almost done! One more topic that we need to cover and that is copyright. To be good digital citizens, we need to learn how to use material on the internet appropriately and follow copyright law.
Respecting copyrights - everyone has a right to earn a living from their work. The author or artist is the only person who has the right to make copies or to give permission to make copies. They are protected by copyright laws.
Fair Use for School Work - It's ok for students to use copyrighted works in school reports and projects without getting permission. Use of work by a student is called Fair Use.
When you use copyrighted works, always give credit to the author of the work you are copying. Also, you must put quotations around copyrighted words.
Some rules to follow - give credit when you:
Here are some good websites to visit:
Pro-Music -all you need to know about getting music from the web - legally
http://www.copyrightkids.org/
Cyberspacers.org - join the super cyber team!
Creative Commons Search on Flickr
6. Mr. Mirkin suggested we take a look at the school district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) contracts encourage responsible behavior by students and staff and give administrators enforceable rules for acceptable use of school computers. We will examine our AUP and answer some questions to understand it better and discuss consequences for breaking these rules.
7. Now let's see if you can pass this test and earn your license!
Get your web license
Make sure you print it out!
Once you have your license, go ahead and have some fun creating your wild self