Mike Ribble, Ed.D.

District Director of Technology

Manhattan-Ogden School District
Manhattan, KS
miker@manhattan.k12.ks.us
 Do we still feel the same about others and their
cell phone use? Do we think about ours?
 Do we try to do too much at one time (multi-
tasking)?
 Are we sharing more information than we
should (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)?

 Where will be in another five years?

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 What is our focus?
 How do we get to the core issues?
 What are the most important skills?
 How will we teach?
 What is the responsibility of home,
what is the focus of schools?

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 It is often brought up by students (and other
users) that if we have the ability we should be
able to use resources?
 Does this hold true in other parts of our lives?
 Should our “Digital Citizenship” be any
different than our country citizenship?
 Let’s take a look at some ideas/issues.

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SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

 Both deal with one  Technology can make

person taking attacking people feel anonymous.
another psychologically.  Technology can involve
 Students can deal with a larger number of
both through people.
intervention.  Regular bullying can
 Both can continue after have a physical aspect
school as well. as well.

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DRINKING TEXTING

 Alcohol Addiction  Technology Addiction

 Physical Issues  Can Have Physical
 Loss of Attention Issues
 Can Lead to Accidents  Loss of Attention
 Laws Against Doing  Can Lead to Accidents
 New Laws Being Passed

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CANDY BAR DOWNLOADING SONGS

 Laws against  Laws against

shoplifting downloading – but
 Causes loss of revenue many opportunities.
store  Can decrease revenue
 We typically teach our for companies.
children/students it is  We don’t always state
not appropriate. to children/students
that it is wrong.

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We need to look at the basic skills and
begin building curriculum to reach them.

Technology is a tool – how we use it will

determine its use/misuse.

The focus cannot be on applications/

technologies only. Look down the road.
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 Knowledge  Remembering
 Comprehension  Understanding
 Application  Applying
 Analysis  Analyzing
 Synthesis  Evaluating
 Evaluation  Creating

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 Step Back and Evaluate – Not Every
Technology’s Goal Was Education. (4-Stage
Model).
 Come Up With a Plan from Top to Bottom. If
we want students to have a skill when they
reach a certain age how do we build.
 Follow Through – The worst thing is to start a
plan and not complete it (better if no plan at
all).

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Users on Facebook, as well as other social
networking sites need to think about what they
are showing the world.
From 6 Career-Killing Facebook Mistakes by Erin
Joyce (Investopedia), April 7, 2010
-Inappropriate Pictures, Complaining about
Current Job, Posting Conflicting Information to
Your Resume, Statuses You Wouldn’t Want
Your Boss to See, Not Understanding the
Security Settings, Losing by Association
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Texas Statute: Sec. 21.15. Improper Photography Or
Visual Recording.
(3) knowing the character and content of the photograph,
recording, broadcast, or transmission, promotes a
photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission
described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Sec. 43.21.(5) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell,
give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit,
publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present,
exhibit, or advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

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 …a new study from the Kaiser Family
Foundation. Those ages 8 to 18 spend more
than seven and a half hours a day with such
devices, compared with less than six and a half
hours five years ago (New York Times, Jan.20)
 …There needs to be a tidal shift in outlook by
adults. The first stage of recovery is admission
and acknowledgment. Now, the real work can
begin. Engage, create, innovate and challenge
kids with media. (Letter to the Editor)

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A MySpace Photo May Cost a First It Was Song Downloads.
Student a Teaching Certificate Now It’s Organic Chemistry.

PBS – Frontline
-Roughly 50 percent of South
Koreans play games regularly, and 75
percent of gamers prefer online
games.
-Questions of Internet Addiction
Texting, Surfing, Studying?
“The literature looking at media and
its impact on attentional skills is just
in its infancy,” said Renee Hobbs, a
professor of mass media and
communications at Temple
University. Another expert, Dr.
Dimitri Christakis, a professor of
pediatrics at the University of
Washington who is a leading
researcher on children and the
media, agreed. “The pace of science
has not kept up with technology,”.
Face-to-Face Socializing Starts
With a Mobile Post
Twitter and Facebook ask users to
answer the question: What are you
doing right now?
But for many urbanites in their 20s
and 30s, two other questions are
just as important: Where are you,
and can I come join you?
ALL CAPS emails lead to woman's firing

OK, I can't actually make that text red due

to the publishing system I'm on, but it
would certainly be annoying, wouldn't it?
And if you worked for New Zealand's
ProCare Health, it could even get you fired.
Craigslist-Savvy Mom
Turns Tables on
January 24, 2010
Crook Web Is Bringing Skaters’
Berkeley woman avenges theft of
handicapped daughter's computer Lives Uneasily Close
By Janette Williams to Fans’ Obsessions
Updated 10:30 AM PST, Tue, Jan 12, By JULIET MACUR
2010
The Children of
Cyberspace: Old
Fogies by Their 20s
By BRAD STONE January 10, 2010
They theorize that the ever-
accelerating pace of
Failing Like a
technological change may be Buggy Whip
minting a series of mini-
generation gaps, with each group Maker? Better
of children uniquely influenced by
the tech tools available in their Check Your Simile
formative stages of development. By RANDALL STROSS
Losing Out After Winning an
Online Auction
“There’s a lot of ways to lose
money with online auctions,” said
Sally Greenberg, executive
director of the National
Consumers League. With all the
possible ways of losing money,
it’s no wonder that online auction
fraud was ranked as the 13th
biggest concern of consumers in
the 2008 Consumer Sentinel,
which is compiled by the Federal
Trade Commission
Cell phones – do we allow in classroom (is it a
requirement for school ?) Do we then have a
separation of haves and have nots? Is it then
Ok if they take a call, text their friends, check
their Facebook.

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 International Society for Technology in
Education (ISTE) identified Digital Citizenship
for Teachers and Students.
 PBS Frontline Digital Nation

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kid
sonline/
 Organizations, blog sites, support systems –
DigiParent.Ning.Com. (started with Digiteen)
 San Elijo M.S.

 Digizen
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As a technological society it is our responsibility
to provide all users the opportunity to work,
interact, and use technology without the
interference, destruction, or obstruction by the
actions of inappropriate users. As digital
citizens we pledge to help create a society of
users that strive to use technology
appropriately. We will work with others to
identify the needs of technology users and
provide opportunities to make them effective.
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net