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Elementary Students as Digital Citizens
Linda Bennett University of Missouri
Barbara Jamison & Michelle NebelExcelsior Springs School District
Excelsior Springs, MONational Council for the Social Studies
November 15, 2008Houston, TX
Informed Decision Making Promote or Hinder the Common Good?
Tools Are Available
Already Being Taught
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Instead of Learning ABOUT Making Informed Decisions
Students Can Be Immersed In MAKING REAL WORLD Informed
Decisions
Online Simulations and Games
Topics to Cover
• Privacy• Safety• Digital Foot Print
• Copyright• Plagiarism• Bullying• Identity Theft• Piracy
Begin by immersing young students in engaging and interactive environments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/help/safesurfing/index.shtml
http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=1391
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/privacy_playground/flash/start.html
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm
http://www.learningismessy.com/PublicService.htm
Agnes Riley’s School Student Produced Video
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=05a09d33779a17adf170
Cyberbullying
Places to Connect• Global School Net Online Projects
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/
• Class Connect at Gigglepotz.com www.gigglepotz.com/cc.htm
• ePALS Classroom Exchange www.epals.com
• KIDPROJ www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/index.html
• Virtual Architecturehttp://virtual-architechture.wm.edu
• TakingITGlobal http://www.tiged.org
• iEARN-USA www.iearn.org/projects/sidebyside.html
• Journey North Projects http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Tools to Connect
• Wikis• Blogs• Student Safe Email• Voice-Over Protocol• Goggle
Docs/Presentation/Spreadsheet
ePALS
http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=GlobalWarming_overview
ePals is a Global Community of collaborative learners, teachers, and academic experts in 200 countries and territories.
Remember…• Treat others as you want to be treated• Sign your contributions• Only use your first name• Be factual• Get permission and give credit• Edit before pushing Enter• Consider your contributions permanent• Practice acceptable online writing skills• Share points of view but no slander or
defamation
Scaffold the process! Start small and work your way up.
1. Start off-line2. Within classroom3. Within school4. Open it up!
What Does It Say About You?
Two examples of posting…Example of different pictures…
Examples of various screen names…
Which one would you like to be from you?
Why?