ARE YOU A GOOD DIGITAL CITIZEN?

Ribble, Mike and Gerald Bailey. Digital Citizenship in Schools. Washington, DC: ISTE, 2007.

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

E-mail Cell phones Instant Messaging Text Messaging Facebook My Space Blogs Wikis

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ISSUES

Cell phones on during class time- ringer loud

Texting during class time Using instant message any

where at school Using camera phones to

take inappropriate pictures Putting information on

Facebook that should be private

Cell phones used in appropriate locations and during approved times

Blogs and wikis used to support student activities in the classroom

Use Facebook for communication with friends.

INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE

DIGITAL LITERACY- USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW WHEN AND

HOW TO USE IT

Learn digital basics: browsers, search engines, e-mail

Evaluating online resources on Web sites and Wikis

Exploring online learning

DIGITAL LITERACY ISSUES

Not using GVHS’s Databases

Not properly evaluating web sites.

Using web sites that have no author or date of last revision.

Using Wikipedia

Making use of all resources that GV has to offer

Use valid, authored sites. Use your teacher’s

available resources, such as information on their web sites and wikis

INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE

DIGITAL ETIQUETTETHE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT EXPECTED BY OTHER

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY USERS

How you use technology affects others.

DIGITAL ETIQUETTE ISSUES

Using Cell Phones when it is not the proper place (classroom, library)

Respecting others online: not engaging in cyberbullying, or bad language.

Not answering a phone when you are in a theater, movie or restaurant. Never when you are having a face to face conversation with someone.

INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE

REMEMBER BE A RESPONSIBLE

CITIZEN THAT REINFORCES THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN WORK AND LIVE IN THIS DIGITAL WORLD.