Digital Citizenship at ECOO 2015

Last week I had the opportunity to once again attend and present at ECOO's BringIT Conference.



This is my third year attending and second year presenting.  I got to present with 4 amazing colleagues and friends on the ever important and ever changing world of Digital Citizenship.

We presented on Friday, and seeing as it was the last day, I expected 15-25 people.  We ended up with a packed room, and that was OK.

Anyway, I'm not going to through the full 50 minutes.  I am going to take this time to say:

a) Change is good
             - This was usually a 1-2 man, 1 1/2 hour workshop, but we had 50 minutes and 5 guys.
               So we went with a panel.  And it worked!!!

b) ECOO puts on one of the best conferences with workshops run by educators, tech guys, administrators and innovative leaders.   The food is amazing, the venue is so well organized, and the amazing vendors who show their wares are leaders in our profession.

So, below you will find a quick highlight of our workshop (main points), and the link to our "Take-Away" for attendees.  You can always contact me at parkerri@hdsb.ca if you have further questions.  I hope to blog more in the upcoming weeks, especially focussing on my SERT role.

*** The Take-Away has the main things we discussed, resources and other articles to read around Digital Citizenship.

Digital Citizenship Highlights

• Digital Citizenship is
• is a concept which helps us to understand what technology users should know in order to use technology appropriately.
• more than just guide to teaching technology; it is a way to PREPARE technology users (our students) for a society complete with technology.
• designed to help EDUCATE students about the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use.
• is also teaching students to create things (websites, videos etc.), to be a part of the Global Digital Community.
• Teacher Responsibilities
1. Understand what is out there
2. Prepare students for a tech-saturated world
3. Educate students about the norms of technology use.

• Age Appropriate Lessons (What students know)
• Starting point by Division:
  Primary - email, web search, IPODS/IPADS
  Junior - email, web search, devices, chat applications, Twitter
               YouTube, #’s
  Intermediate/Senior (Generation Like) - cell phones, Facebook, Instagram, #s, Vine, twitter, Snapchat, ask.fm, yik yak!
• We use:
• Daily Talks
• Relevant "recent" news topics
• Relating to real life
• Refer to "stars" misuse
• Refer to "average Joe" misuse
• Be creative
• Have them write a letter to "Future Me" promising not to make a specific technology mistake (inappropriate pictures, cyber-bullying etc.)

The rest of the main points AND RESOURCES can be found on the take away linked below.

The Take Home