According to Digital Citizenship Education in Saskatchewan Schools, digital citizenship is defined as “the norms of appropriate and responsible online behavior” and the "quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.”
There are 9 elements from Ribble's Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship to focus on that comprehend and understand digital citizenship. These elements include:
#3 - digital communication and collaboration I found that this element could be connected to the grade three health; Outcome UCS 3.4 - Understand what it means to contribute to the health of self, family and home; Indicator (c) - Observe and reflect on the kinds of communication in the home and its impact on the health of the family and/or the home. #4 - digital etiquette I believe this could connect to grade two health; Outcome USC 2.4 - Examine social and personal meanings of “respect” and establish ways to show respect for self, persons, living things, possessions, and the environment; Indicator (a) - Develop a common understanding and use of respectful language to talk about "respect" (e.g., tone of voice, manners, behaviours). #9 - digital security and privacy We could make connections to grade four health; Outcome ESC 4.4 - Determine basic personal responsibility for safety and protection in various environments/situations; Indicator (a) - Examine prior knowledge and new information related to safety (including cyber safety), and could even be connected to Indicator (b) - Explore critical safety needs (e.g., cyber, hunting, water, fire, biking) of self and others in local community. I feel that digital citizenship should be incorporated into as many outcomes as possible, to the best of our abilities. I am not saying stretch each outcome and indicator to fit into digital citizenship, but from my experience we really don't provide many subjects or lessons that teach our students these very necessary topics. As the world continues to spin around and around, our technology becomes more advanced and children and teenagers begin to be more involved in it. We have even begun to bring it into our classrooms. The online world is so important to students now a days, its always at their fingertips whether at home or in school they are using it every day, so why not give them every opportunity imaginable to teach them how to properly and safely use it? I hope that in the future, me and teachers all over the world will be able to implement these 9 elements into our classrooms daily!
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AuthorHello! My name is Halle, and I am a third year B. ED student at the University of Regina! I am focusing my studies on teaching Pre-K to Grade 5 students while learning how to create a positive and safe classroom for all. |