The Digital Citizenship video, Super Digital Citizen, deals with the notion that students need to learn to be responsible members of the online community. To address what his means, the teacher in the video asks the class about how we can be safe and responsible online. He receives answers about not sharing information, not bullying, etc from his students. He then shows them an app where they can create their own comic hero who speaks about digital citizenship. I google the app myself and found that he used Comic Life, a pay per use app, though it does come with a free trial. When the students completed their super hero, he then had them place themselves in a comic about to make a mistake online and have their super hero intervene.
I believe this is a great idea, especially at earlier grades. By teaching students that our actions and words online have an impact on our daily lives, we intervene in potential future disasters. For example, by addressing the issue of plagiarism and highlighting the value of our own work, you can teach students how crucial it is to be a responsible online citizen. Not only will they take more pride in their accomplished work but also save themselves from some serious trouble in school and even more serious consequences outside of school if they plagiarize. Another key aspect of online citizenship is not partaking in online bullying. By teaching kids early about its impacts, we save our students from the social pain and isolation that bullying can cause. We also prevent drama from online spouts from coming into the classroom and taking away precious classroom time.
The link for the video can be found below:
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