Digital+Citizens

**Lesson 1**

**WALT**: gain an understanding of what "digital citizenship" is and what it means to us as individuals and as a class

media type="custom" key="13067954"

__**Introduction** __

 • As a class, discuss what being a citizen in New Zealand means. Develop a shared understanding and definition of "citizenship"

__**Task **__

• Complete this whole class activity. Click on the links below to download. This is an excellent way of introducing students to this topic.





Source - [|www.digizen.org]

__**Further Discussion**__

__**What is Digital Citizenship ?**__

** • Digital Citizenship can be described as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. **

__**What makes a New Zealand digital citizen?**__

 According to the Cybersafety in Schools Overview, August 2010, (www.netsafe.org) a digital citizen:

 • is a confident and capable user of ICT  • uses technologies to participate in educational, cultural and economic activities  • uses and develops critical thinking skills in cyberspace <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • is literate in the language, symbols and texts of digital technologies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • is aware of ICT challenges and can manage them effectively <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • uses ICT to relate to others in positive, meaningful ways <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • demonstrates honesty and integrity and ethical behaviour in their use of ICT <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • respects the concepts of privacy and freedom of speech in a digital world <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> • contributes and actively promotes the values of digital citizenship

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">__ **Task** __

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> • Write a reflection of what you now understand about "digital citizenship"

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> 1. Draft the reflection in your draft books <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> 2. Proof read and edit your writing <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> 3. Conference with teacher <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> 4. Publish your reflection on your blog, use the title - "My Reflections on Digital Citizenship" <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> 5. Invite a friend to comment on your post. (Remember the rules for positive commenting)

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">__ Task __ **

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> • Create your own digizen, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: inherit; line-height: 23px; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.digizen.org/digicentral/create-digizen.aspx] Embed it into your page on this wiki. Go to the "kidzone" line and click on your avatar to access your page.

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> Follow the link to view some examples, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: inherit; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; padding-right: 10px;">[]

.