Digital Citizenship Advocacy

ISTC 702
What is Digital Citizenship Advocacy?

● Digital citizenship is the ability to navigate our digital

environments in a way that's safe and responsible and
to actively and respectfully engage in these spaces.
Elements of Digital Citizenship Advocacy

Civic Engagement to Improve Respectful Online Behavior and

School Community a Healthy Technology Balance

Examining Online Media Sources Protecting Personal Data and

Your Digital Profile
Civic Engagement to Improve School Community
Problem:
Students not using technology outside the classroom to communicate and finish community projects
Civic Engagement to Improve School Community

Solution:
1. Teach students how to use google meet. Making sure to teach norms and acceptable behaviors
2. Encourage students that are passionate about projects to work together outside of school to make a difference in the community
Respectful Online Behavior and a Healthy Technology Balance

Problem:

Stopping cyberbullying and making sure students are being respectful online.
Respectful Online Behavior and a Healthy Technology Balance
Solution:
1. Is what students do anonymous?
2. Use scenarios to identify acceptable behavior
3. Identifying allies to speak up against cyberbullying
Examining Online Media Sources
Problem:
Students not being able to identify what is credible and what is not.
Examining Online Media Sources
Solution:

1. Teach students a different way to look at information.

a. Read closely. Does it make sense? Is it believable?
b. Analyze the source. Does it come from a credible, unbiased source?
c. Look for corroboration. Do other credible sources say the same thing?
2. Use examples to practice

Examples: Read Closely Analyze the Source Corroboration

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Protecting Personal Data and Your Digital Profile
Problem:
● Students sharing passwords or
laptops (or leaving laptops
unattended) with other students
Solution:
● Share and go over the acceptable use
policy with students in the
beginning of the year
● Teach students the dangers of easy
passwords (Birthdates, Student
PINs)
● Convey that they are the only ones
that should be handling their laptops
● Show examples from our school of
what can happen when they leave
their laptops unattended
● Reinforce that their presence online
is not anonymous