Week 3: Digital Citizenship It Should Be A Way of Life

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Lets start by defining education. Dictionary.com defines education as the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. If we start here in today's classroom that must include Digital Citizenship. There are nine elements of digital citizenship. They include digital access, digital literacy, digital rights and responsibility, digital commerce, digital etiquette, digital health and wellness and finally digital communication. As a middle school health teacher I would like to include lessons that cover the following elements.

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Digital etiquette refers to the way students should behave and act when using technology, treating others online the way you would like to be treated. This BrainPOP lesson would be great to use when talking about mental and emotional health tying in digital etiquette. BrainPOP includes a Q & A section on digital etiquette, a video clip, and activities such as a matching game and "think about it" activity. Through BrainPOP there is a quiz that can be taken as a class or individual if there is access to a computer for each student. 

 

Digital Health and Wellness Lesson .Through this lesson I can cover addiction and ergonomics during our personal health units. This is an incredible lesson designed for grades 6-12 that includes a power point, YouTube videos, discussion question and activities to engage students in the topic. I believe it is imperative for our student to understand and to be educated in the area of digital health and wellness. I recently read a statistic that 72% of U.S. middle school students spend more than three hours each day in front of a TV, cellphone, or computer. 

We in education are responsible to be and help create good digital citizens. 

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