My Digital Citizenship Resources, Skills and Practice

CIED 7601
Summer 2014
Online at davidobrown.pbworks.com
1.In and opening narrative describe what you know about Digital Citizenship before
this class, and what you learned about the topic during the class (approximately
150 words).
I was familiar with digital citizenship since we have discussed in several of the
other classes I took in my Instructional Technology program. However I learned
more in depth information about each of the nine elements of digital citizenship in
this class. I learned a great deal about accessibility since that is what I am most
interested in and what I am doing my presentation on. Through the scenario
assignments posted on the discussion board I learned a great deal about how to
deal with unethical behavior from students. The book, Digital Citizenship, has been
very educational and informative. I have visited and bookmarked several web sites
listed in the book. The activities listed were helpful in getting ideas for lesson plans
for teaching Digital Citizenship. I plan to mention Digital Citizenship at the next
Distance Education committee meeting, with hopes implementing a Digital
Citizenship program on our campus. I also plan to incorporate Digital Citizenship
into the classes I teach in the library. I learned a great deal for from the book, Digital
Citizenship, on how to implement technology in classes. I will pass this information
on to faculty to help them integrate technology into their classes.
2. Reflect upon the value of development of a Digital Citizenship Program in your
school, and describe what would have to be done to begin that initiative
(approximately 150 words).
A digital citizenship program would have great value at my school, Dalton State
College. Faculty and staff would both benefit from a Digital Citizenship program. I
believe that faculty and students should incorporate these important nine elements
of Digital Citizenship. To get the initiative started I would take the idea before the
Distance Education committee- the only committee that involves technology
planning on campus. I would then organize a sub-committee made of faculty, staff
and a college student. The next step would be to create a survey or audit for faculty
and for students. This survey would assess attitudes about the nine elements of
Digital Citizenship on campus. The sub-committee would then interpret the results.
A report that would include recommendations for programs and resources would
then be taken to the college president. We would then work to implement the
recommendations. Part of this implementation would include a presentation at one
of the semester faculty meetings. One implementation could include the inclusion of
a "Digital Citizenship" assignment in the First Year Experience class for freshman.

This is a class that all freshman must take so by making this a mandatory
assignment we would be able to reach every student at Dalton State College.

3. Add at least FIVE valid hyperlinks connected to web pages referenced in the
textbook, Digital Citizenship in Schools by Mike Ribble (2011), and write at least
THREE sentences to describe each web page.
http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/chu/digdiv/
A very detailed web site at UCLA about the digital divide in the United States.
Several links to scholarly articles are included on this site. The author of the site
also includes links to web sites about the digital divide and links to reports and
studies about the digital divide. The web site links are divided into different
categories of the digital divide.
http://www.nd.edu/~kwb/nsf-ufe/
This is a great resource for any teacher teaching computer ethics. It includes
classroom activities and video lessons about computer ethics. It also includes links
to workshops created by the authors of the web site. The web site was created by
professors at the University of Notre Dame and they include their contact
information, so it is a trustworthy site.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/checklist.html
An excellent site to use to determine if your workstations have appropriate
ergonomics. It is divided into check lists for each category of ergonomics, such as
chair, keyboard and mouse. It was created and maintained by OSHA, a government
agency, so it is reliable.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm
This helpful web site includes forty techniques to help learners with decision
making. Users can browse by category instead of looking at all the information. Also
included are the different models for decision making with detailed information on
how well the model works and what it includes.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/
A wonderful resource for teaching web site credibility to students. Includes an
engaging interactive tutorial that works in all browsers. An especially good site for
library media specialist teaching the concepts of judging web site credibility.