Last week was orientation to DCMOOC in which a group of educators are able to learn and collaborate online around the topic of digital citizenship. I've decided to start a new blog, and create a new digital footprint of my own, hoping to not follow in the footsteps of any other of my abandoned blogging attempts in the past. So far, I've connected with several cohorts of mine from my section at the U of R from a few years ago, and very much look forward to learning alongside them once again.
So what is Digital Citizenship? I've led many classroom discussions with my grade 6's in Melville around the topic, but feel somewhat ignorant when it comes to my own. In our classes, we have agreed on the definition of "having respect for ourselves, the technology in which we use, and the connections we make between the two."
Of the 19 11-year-olds I teach, most of whom could probably teach me a thing or two about Social Media, very few acknowledge the responsibilities which are required to legally utilize these applications. I look forward to relating my own experiences with whatever I may learn through this journey!
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