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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
What is digital citizenship? - Wesley Fryer, Tech Learning
Over the past several weeks, I've had an opportunity to respond to a wide variety of questions from students about "digital citizenship" in the innovative ProTechT 2008 project. We hear a fair bit about "Internet safety" in educational technology circles today, and more schools are starting to address online safety issues with students. Many of these presentations do not delve into the rights and responsibilities which accompany technology use, however, as discussions about digital citizenship naturally invite. Rather than simply tell students "don't talk to strangers" and "don't reveal personal information" online, educators need to be discussing (as the ProTechT teachers are with their students) issues surrounding the ethical uses of digital technologies and the impacts those uses can have not only at a personal level, but also on larger scales.
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