Journal Reflections and Resources
After reading the materials from this week, I learned what the definition of digital citizenship was and what is means to be a digital citizen. I also learned about the nine elements that are identified as a way to help understand the complexity of digital citizenship and the issues of technology use, abuse, and misuse. It really surprised me on how little I actually knew about this subject. I have heard of it but never really read up on the subject until now and now that I have I wish I would have sooner.
In the beginning of the week I was asked, “what is digital citizenship and is it the same as citizenship,” it made me stop and think. This was a new topic for me as I have heard of digital citizenship but I never really understood what it meant until now. I knew with the always-changing technology and all the new upgrades it would only be a matter of time before someone came up with rules and regulations on how to act online. I did not know however, that there was already a concept called digital citizenship that explained everything from how to act when online to what is expected for each individual to have digital citizenship.
When I read the required materials and it went into detail with the definition of digital citizenship, which is, the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use and the nine elements of digital citizenship I was astonished. I could not believe that I have never heard of these elements at anytime in my teaching career. I have been to a lot of professional developments both based around technology and classroom instruction and not once did they ever mention anything about digital citizenship and the benefits to knowing what it means to be a digital citizen. It literally is a shame because these elements are a valuable resource to helping make our students more consciences about how they act when online and what is expected of them. I cannot believe that we do not have to teach these elements to our students. The nine elements: digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness, and digital security explain everything there is to know about the web and how it pertains to us as citizens of the digital world. By teaching these simple nine steps I bet we could lower the rate of teen suicides that came from cyber bulling. I truly do not believe some students understand the affects they are making on others when they are online. I know these nine elements aren’t the only answer to stopping teen suicides from cyber bullying but they could help educate our young students to understanding what it means to be a digital citizen and how their actions affect others no matter online or in person.
After thinking and reading about these elements I do plan to make sure I myself teach my kindergarten students what it means to be a digital citizen. I believe that my students are not too young to understand what is expected of them when in the digital world. They are made aware every day as to how they should act and treat each other, why not add also treat others on the computer the same. It is a very easy way to intertwine our curriculum with the digital world.
References
Curran, M. (2012, June). iCitizen: Are you a socially responsible digital citizen. Paper presented at the International Society for Technology Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Ohler, J. (2012). Digital citizenship means character education for the digital age. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 77(8), 14-17. (PDF: Ohler_Digital_citizenship_means_character_education_2012.pdf)
Polgar, D. R., & Curran, M. B.F.X. (2015). We shouldn't assume people know what digital citizenship is. Retreived fromhttp://www.teachthought.com/technology/we-shouldnt-assume-people-know-what-digital-citizenship-is/
Ribble, M. (2015). Digital citizenship in schools: Nine elements all students should know (3rd ed.). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education
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This week I learned what it means to have a digital footprint/tattoo and the importance of knowing what digital footprint/tattoo we are leaving behind. I also learned about net neutrality and the importance it has on education. Again it amazes me on how little I really know about technology and the importance it has on our lives. I believe in the back of my mind I knew somewhat what it means by digital footprint/tattoo but the thought never crossed my mind that it would be a way for people to track my World Wide Web moves and how I am presenting myself professionally and socially. As for net neutrality, I have never heard of it nor did I even know it existed or was a policy.
As I continue to dig more into what a digital footprint/tattoo is I became very intrigued as far as what my own digital footprint/tattoo was. I wonder if I have a positive one or a negative. How far back can they track? I also began thinking that if this is so important and has the potential to make or break someone when it comes to a future job why are we as teachers not being educated on this so that we can educate our students before its too late. I know when I was in high school this topic was unknown but our igeneration of students need to be made aware of the importance of making professional digital footprints on the internet and how to create it. I am so tired of schools not staying up to date with the new technology and what is trending. It is our job as teachers to educate our students so they can be successful once they leave our schools and start a life outside of our school doors. How can we do that if we are not preparing them for the possible jobs out there that involve technology?
When reading about the net neutrality policy I learned that it is basically saying that the Internet should be free and have an open platform for everyone. Those that support it believe that all users should be able to use the providers’ bandwidth however they want and everyone should be treated the same. Those that oppose it, think that they should be able to distribute their bandwidth anyway they want to depending on services. This is a topic that I plan to stay on top of and follow because it does affect our education field. I feel that it is important to education because if the policy does not stick it means that the providers could make businesses pay more money for better services, which we all know schools are already in debt so how could schools afford to pay more? Schools use so much technology daily that without a great deal of amount of bandwidth and speed they, the teachers and administrators, could not get through the day. Many of the teacher’s resources are all online or their supplement materials are online. It’s almost impossible to teach today without using technology once throughout the day. Shoot, even our attendance is done online.
After reading about these two important topics I have decided that I need to figure out how, we as teachers, can be educated on technology that matters. I would like to try to find out if there is someone who talks to schools about digital footprints/tattoos and the importance of online digital citizenship. I know it is a big step to take because not too many people care about these topics in school because its not about our curriculums or about data but what it is about is our students and their futures and that should be enough reason to at least have one professional development about these topics.
An introduction to net neutrality. (2014) Retrieved from http://www.marshalldata.com/2014/05/an-introduction-to-net-neutrality-what-it-is-what-it-means-for-you-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Long, C. (2015). What net neutrality means for students and Educators. Retrieved from http://neatoday.org/2015/03/11/net-neutrality-means-students-educators/
Reardon, M. (2015). 13 Things you need to know about the FCC’s net neutrality regulation. Retreived from http://www.cnet.com/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regulation/
As I continue to dig more into what a digital footprint/tattoo is I became very intrigued as far as what my own digital footprint/tattoo was. I wonder if I have a positive one or a negative. How far back can they track? I also began thinking that if this is so important and has the potential to make or break someone when it comes to a future job why are we as teachers not being educated on this so that we can educate our students before its too late. I know when I was in high school this topic was unknown but our igeneration of students need to be made aware of the importance of making professional digital footprints on the internet and how to create it. I am so tired of schools not staying up to date with the new technology and what is trending. It is our job as teachers to educate our students so they can be successful once they leave our schools and start a life outside of our school doors. How can we do that if we are not preparing them for the possible jobs out there that involve technology?
When reading about the net neutrality policy I learned that it is basically saying that the Internet should be free and have an open platform for everyone. Those that support it believe that all users should be able to use the providers’ bandwidth however they want and everyone should be treated the same. Those that oppose it, think that they should be able to distribute their bandwidth anyway they want to depending on services. This is a topic that I plan to stay on top of and follow because it does affect our education field. I feel that it is important to education because if the policy does not stick it means that the providers could make businesses pay more money for better services, which we all know schools are already in debt so how could schools afford to pay more? Schools use so much technology daily that without a great deal of amount of bandwidth and speed they, the teachers and administrators, could not get through the day. Many of the teacher’s resources are all online or their supplement materials are online. It’s almost impossible to teach today without using technology once throughout the day. Shoot, even our attendance is done online.
After reading about these two important topics I have decided that I need to figure out how, we as teachers, can be educated on technology that matters. I would like to try to find out if there is someone who talks to schools about digital footprints/tattoos and the importance of online digital citizenship. I know it is a big step to take because not too many people care about these topics in school because its not about our curriculums or about data but what it is about is our students and their futures and that should be enough reason to at least have one professional development about these topics.
An introduction to net neutrality. (2014) Retrieved from http://www.marshalldata.com/2014/05/an-introduction-to-net-neutrality-what-it-is-what-it-means-for-you-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Long, C. (2015). What net neutrality means for students and Educators. Retrieved from http://neatoday.org/2015/03/11/net-neutrality-means-students-educators/
Reardon, M. (2015). 13 Things you need to know about the FCC’s net neutrality regulation. Retreived from http://www.cnet.com/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regulation/
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In this weeks discussion on the Impact of technology on society I learned that in the United Stares copyright is govern by the copyright act of a1976 and is was amended to ad in the United States Code as Title 17. Copy Righted materials provide security the author or creator that others cannot steal or use this ideas as their own. They may purchase rights or they may ask for right or you may cite it as theirs and not as your won ideas. When plagiarism happens someone is resenting words thought ideas as their own without giving the credit TO THE SOURCE. The copyright Infringement is when someone violates one of more of the trademark or patent protection without owner authorization.
As a Kindergarten teacher copyright and plagiarism isn’t a concept that would come into play in my everyday teaching. I would say it would relate to my classes I am taking and if I want to download a songs or movies. However, as the digital world is constantly evolving, changing, updating, I realize that I as well as all teachers need to be aware that copyright exist on many of the books, lessons, and materials that are purchased for classroom use. This brings to mind workbooks that the school purchases in their initial year of implementing a new series. Often times the school will not purchases it for sequential years and teachers use extra books for small groups or make additional copies of certain pages for the whole class. I purchase units and lessons from the Teacherspayteachers Website. Over the years I am unaware of where I bought, made, or copied each page of my lessons. Teachers have come in and taken extra copies of the printer and the topic of plagiarism and copyright comes to mind at that point. Unaware if it was a paid or free teaherspayteachers activity, I have taken it of the printer and used the lesson or book with my classroom along with other teachers. When I have changed grade levels I find a resource that another teacher has developed into a unit and if he or she tells me they purchase it of teacherspayteachers I try to find the unit and purchase it for my classroom but it is no longer available so the teacher gives me a copy so that our curriculum is consist across grade levels. This type of digital buying makes it easy to infringe on copyright without sometimes knowing or even realizing it.
In conclusion I feel that teachers have made gains with plagiarizing and copyrighting with cds, books, videos, and computer software. As districts purchase site licenses and put administrative locks on importing any games, apps, and videos or allowing the students to burn dvds/cds. I will also be more aware to what I am sending to the copier if I am not able to get there right away and also what I am borrowing or utilizing from the copy machine. Copyrights are an important law to protect the creative intellectual work of the author. It is important to maintain integrity even though it is difficult to enforce in particular environments. I need to make a stand to educate and do what’s right.
Bailey, J. (2013). The difference between copyright infringement and plagiarism. Plagiarism Today. Retrieved from: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/10/07/difference-copyright-infringement-plagiarism/
As a Kindergarten teacher copyright and plagiarism isn’t a concept that would come into play in my everyday teaching. I would say it would relate to my classes I am taking and if I want to download a songs or movies. However, as the digital world is constantly evolving, changing, updating, I realize that I as well as all teachers need to be aware that copyright exist on many of the books, lessons, and materials that are purchased for classroom use. This brings to mind workbooks that the school purchases in their initial year of implementing a new series. Often times the school will not purchases it for sequential years and teachers use extra books for small groups or make additional copies of certain pages for the whole class. I purchase units and lessons from the Teacherspayteachers Website. Over the years I am unaware of where I bought, made, or copied each page of my lessons. Teachers have come in and taken extra copies of the printer and the topic of plagiarism and copyright comes to mind at that point. Unaware if it was a paid or free teaherspayteachers activity, I have taken it of the printer and used the lesson or book with my classroom along with other teachers. When I have changed grade levels I find a resource that another teacher has developed into a unit and if he or she tells me they purchase it of teacherspayteachers I try to find the unit and purchase it for my classroom but it is no longer available so the teacher gives me a copy so that our curriculum is consist across grade levels. This type of digital buying makes it easy to infringe on copyright without sometimes knowing or even realizing it.
In conclusion I feel that teachers have made gains with plagiarizing and copyrighting with cds, books, videos, and computer software. As districts purchase site licenses and put administrative locks on importing any games, apps, and videos or allowing the students to burn dvds/cds. I will also be more aware to what I am sending to the copier if I am not able to get there right away and also what I am borrowing or utilizing from the copy machine. Copyrights are an important law to protect the creative intellectual work of the author. It is important to maintain integrity even though it is difficult to enforce in particular environments. I need to make a stand to educate and do what’s right.
Bailey, J. (2013). The difference between copyright infringement and plagiarism. Plagiarism Today. Retrieved from: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/10/07/difference-copyright-infringement-plagiarism/
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When I think about this weeks reading and videos what comes to mind is digital footprint. I think about the ted talk with Monica Lewinsky and how just one personal incident led to a digital world full of unwanted digital footprints. Her life instantly changed because of these footprints that were not even made by her. That eventually became her for a long time until she was able to over come them and make her own purposeful digit footprints. We must make our children aware of how these digital footprints they are making already could affect them in the near future or maybe years down the road, but if they are not taking precautions when on the internet it could lead to life changing events.
The internet is not a safe place no matter what precautions we take. Somehow someone always figures out ways to hack into systems or cites. It is obvious that anything you want private should not be put on the internet nor on any digital device. I feel a lot of people do not understand this and then wonder how their picture or video got leaked or how what they said got spread throughout the internet. Anything that gets put on the internet never goes away no matter if you delete it. It is always in the cloud and never truly goes away.
Cyberbulling is a new topic that came about as we are becoming more and more digital. Bullying used to be only done in person and now it is happening both in person and on all electronic devices. Teens are the biggest culprits of this new found bullying. This is because the teens nowadays have grown up in a world where they have never know any other way of contacting or interacting with people besides by electronic devices instantly. They came out of the womb knowing how to use an electronic device. I believe this to be true when I look at my toddler who already knows how to use my phone to get want he wants to watch or who he wants to call. Anyways because of these reasons teens are constantly on these digital devices chatting with one another or posting their play by play. They are so comfortable on the devices they have started to use them to easily put people down without talking to them in person or to spread rumors. They don’t realize what they are doing to people because they are hiding behind a screen when doing this. Teens are roller coasters of emotions and they do not know how to control them in a professional manner. The digital world allows them to easily post things they may regret and then can no longer be deleted once they realize what they have done. It also allows for rumors and cyberbullying to affect people in a matter of seconds, which is very scary knowing that we are letting these young adults on these devices without any training or classes that prepares them for the responsibilities of being a digital citizen.
Hinduja, S., & Patchin, J. W. (2015). Bullying beyond the schoolyard: Preventing and responding to cyberbullying. (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
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What did I learn about digital citizenship? I was amazed at how little I did know about digital citizenship. Digital citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. I learned that there was nine elements identified to help educators better understand the various topics that constitute digital citizenship. These nine elements are; digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law and digital rights and responsibilities.
What was your biggest accomplishment in the course? I feel that my biggest accomplishment in this course was that I was able to complete this class and another class all in November and December, which are the craziest months for teachers. Another accomplishment I would say is that I was able to get all of the assignments finished. Each assignment involved so much work between the case studies and the reflection of 2 to 3 paragraphs here and there. I have not taken a course like this one so I was unaware how much more time I needed to spend on it. As a full time kindergarten teacher, a mother of 4 and 2 of which being under the age of 2, I have very little time so needless to say these past 5 weeks have been very stressful and lots of sleepless nights to get everything done.
What challenges did you face in completing this course? As I was completing this course one of the challenges I faced was time. It always seemed that I never had enough. A lot of that was on me because I wasn’t used to needing to put a lot of time to work on my classes like I did in this one. The structure of this class and expectations were a lot different than the rest of my previous classes were so I was not prepared for it. There were a lot more readings, videos, and research that I had to do that my other classes did not have, so I didn’t have the proper balance between work, family, and school. I think the research part was due to my lack of knowledge in this area, which is good because I learned a lot about digital citizenship in the process, and everything that it entails.
What was your best work for the course and explain why it was your best. What did you learn by creating it? I think that my best work for this course was my final presentation. I believe this is my best work because it made me realize how I can relate digital citizenship to my classroom even though my students are between four and six years old. It gave me ideas how to teach them at their level how to be digitally safe, respectful, and responsible. How does what you learned through completing this course connect to your outside the classroom experiences? Well it made me aware how important it is that everyone be made aware of digital world and how act when on it. Very sad things are happening to our young adults because no one is educating them on the dangers that the digital world can bring. I think it’s not only the educator’s job to educate children but also the parents to talk to their children about it. Adults nowadays are having their children as young as 1 on digital devices and so they are growing up with them in hand not knowing how potentially hurtful and harmful they can be.
What was the one most useful or meaningful thing you learned in this course? I think the cyberbullying was the most meaningful to me because it hit home with me since I am a teacher and a mother. It really made me realize how important it is to talk to my students and children about cyberbullying or even bullying for that fact, and the affects it can have on people.
What have you learned in this course that will help you continue to grow as an educational leader? I will continue to grow by educating myself more about digital citizenship and finding a way to get our school to be more aware of the importance and then hopefully get everyone talking about it to their students.
What was your favorite aspect of this course? I liked the reflections because at least with them I could talk about what I connected and related to and I could go anywhere within our readings, videos, or research. I was not set to a specific list of questions.
What suggestions would you give other students on ways to get the most out this course? Obviously in my case, I would say make sure you give yourself ample amount of time to work on the weeks assignments. Do a little bit each day if possible and don’t wait until the weekend to get things done. This class has a lot of great information but it does get time consuming. If you could change any one of the activities you did for this course, which one would it be? What would you change about it? If I could change one thing about this class I would say the assignment template. I feel for the amount of points it is worth including the reflections, it is a lot of work. I think writing about the videoconference is something that could be taken off. Yes it is easy, but then again it is just adding busy work to an already big piece of work.
What will you say, if you have a chance to speak to your friends, about this course? I feel this course is very beneficial and knowledgeable when concerning digital citizenship. I did learn a lot of the laws of digital citizenship and what it means to be a digital citizen.
What was your biggest accomplishment in the course? I feel that my biggest accomplishment in this course was that I was able to complete this class and another class all in November and December, which are the craziest months for teachers. Another accomplishment I would say is that I was able to get all of the assignments finished. Each assignment involved so much work between the case studies and the reflection of 2 to 3 paragraphs here and there. I have not taken a course like this one so I was unaware how much more time I needed to spend on it. As a full time kindergarten teacher, a mother of 4 and 2 of which being under the age of 2, I have very little time so needless to say these past 5 weeks have been very stressful and lots of sleepless nights to get everything done.
What challenges did you face in completing this course? As I was completing this course one of the challenges I faced was time. It always seemed that I never had enough. A lot of that was on me because I wasn’t used to needing to put a lot of time to work on my classes like I did in this one. The structure of this class and expectations were a lot different than the rest of my previous classes were so I was not prepared for it. There were a lot more readings, videos, and research that I had to do that my other classes did not have, so I didn’t have the proper balance between work, family, and school. I think the research part was due to my lack of knowledge in this area, which is good because I learned a lot about digital citizenship in the process, and everything that it entails.
What was your best work for the course and explain why it was your best. What did you learn by creating it? I think that my best work for this course was my final presentation. I believe this is my best work because it made me realize how I can relate digital citizenship to my classroom even though my students are between four and six years old. It gave me ideas how to teach them at their level how to be digitally safe, respectful, and responsible. How does what you learned through completing this course connect to your outside the classroom experiences? Well it made me aware how important it is that everyone be made aware of digital world and how act when on it. Very sad things are happening to our young adults because no one is educating them on the dangers that the digital world can bring. I think it’s not only the educator’s job to educate children but also the parents to talk to their children about it. Adults nowadays are having their children as young as 1 on digital devices and so they are growing up with them in hand not knowing how potentially hurtful and harmful they can be.
What was the one most useful or meaningful thing you learned in this course? I think the cyberbullying was the most meaningful to me because it hit home with me since I am a teacher and a mother. It really made me realize how important it is to talk to my students and children about cyberbullying or even bullying for that fact, and the affects it can have on people.
What have you learned in this course that will help you continue to grow as an educational leader? I will continue to grow by educating myself more about digital citizenship and finding a way to get our school to be more aware of the importance and then hopefully get everyone talking about it to their students.
What was your favorite aspect of this course? I liked the reflections because at least with them I could talk about what I connected and related to and I could go anywhere within our readings, videos, or research. I was not set to a specific list of questions.
What suggestions would you give other students on ways to get the most out this course? Obviously in my case, I would say make sure you give yourself ample amount of time to work on the weeks assignments. Do a little bit each day if possible and don’t wait until the weekend to get things done. This class has a lot of great information but it does get time consuming. If you could change any one of the activities you did for this course, which one would it be? What would you change about it? If I could change one thing about this class I would say the assignment template. I feel for the amount of points it is worth including the reflections, it is a lot of work. I think writing about the videoconference is something that could be taken off. Yes it is easy, but then again it is just adding busy work to an already big piece of work.
What will you say, if you have a chance to speak to your friends, about this course? I feel this course is very beneficial and knowledgeable when concerning digital citizenship. I did learn a lot of the laws of digital citizenship and what it means to be a digital citizen.
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