I looked at this site to help me through my response.
I plan on using digital citizenship in my future classroom by making sure that everyone has access to what they need to have access to such as sites they need to use to do their schoolwork. Other than that, I would prefer to have all inappropriate sites blocked such as social media in order to avoid distraction while trying to complete school work. I also don’t any students to end up on any inappropriate sites and “get in to trouble.”
With digital etiquette, I plan on teaching my students how to use their devices “properly,” in order to be respectful of others. I’m thinking of in class when we learned not to take a picture in front of a casket. It seems like common sense, but in actuality, maybe not everyone knows not to do that, especially at a young age. So, I will teach my future students to have respect when using their devices around others, such as not to take a picture of someone if they do not want one taken and to always ask before a picture is being taken if it is okay. Having consent for these kinds of things is always important, and vice versa.
Here’s a video that I found interesting on digital etiquette that I found interesting and that I think young kids could understand and find helpful.
With digital health and welfare, I will teach my students of the importance of living a balanced life with technology and without. Nowadays, people are on their devices a lot, mainly on social media. Being on technology and social media all the time is not healthy, we know. So, teaching my future students the importance of balance will be on the top of my priority list. But, I’m worried about having the time to teach these kids things with the heavy curriculum. If there’s any advice, let me know, I would be happy to hear from you!
Hi Amie. I really like that you talked about the importance of teaching students how to be respectful of others when they are on devices. Definitely teaching students to be aware of their surroundings, to ask permission before recording/taking a photo of someone and posting it. Teaching students to respect one another online is SO important because we do not want our students to think it is OK to hide behind a screen to hurt someone else or post something negative and think that there is no consequences for something like that. We want out students to be kind and positive people both in person and online!
Hi Amie! I completely agree with you about emphasizing the importance of having balance in our lives between using technology and taking a break from it – I find myself needing a reminder of that too sometimes.
I had the same worry about not being able to fit time in to talk about digital citizenship when you already have so much to get through. However as I was writing my blog post, I realized a lot of the stuff can be taught in combination with other concepts that you’re already teaching! This way you can “kill two birds with one stone” so to speak. I think it would also make the process more ongoing so that students may take more away from it.