Blog: Fostering Digital Citizenship in our Students EDUC
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Digital
citizenship is a hot topic in education today. As educators, how can we teach and/or
encourage our students to responsibly participate in and contribute to the
digital world? The ISTE
Educator standard 3b suggests that we “establish a learning culture that
promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters
digital literacy and media fluency”. Okay, that sounds great, but how exactly
do we accomplish that? One very vital way to begin to establish this learning
culture that fosters digital literacy and media fluency is to get our students’
parents on board as collaborative allies.
Empowering
parents with the support they need to understand the importance of digital
citizenship will also foster literacy and fluency. Keeping up with
their student’s apps and social media can be overwhelming to parents and
teachers alike. That is why it is important to become each other’s allies and
we can all grow our digital citizenship together as we teach our students how
to do the same.
Keegan Korf had some wonderful suggestions in this TEDxOmaha video.
· Listen
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Educate Ourselves (Parents and Teachers)
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Seek out resources available to manage
digital literacy
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Investigate digital laws with your child(ren)/students,
for example Sexting Laws
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Explore social media your
child(ren)/students are using to better help them navigate those waters more
responsibly
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Set screen time limits, such as charging
all devices in parent/guardian’s room at night after 10pm.
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