Resources & Ideas on Digital Citizenship

Last night #gafechat combined with #txlchat to discuss Digital Citizenship. It was co-moderated by Becky Calzada and myself. We were a bit worried that St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break would keep people from participating. Boy were we mistaken! Over 70 people came to share and learn about digital citizenship. It was an amazing conversation. 

With that said, here are some great resources and ideas gathered from the discussion.

Overall

• Digital citizenship does not always need to be some formal lesson. It can be a brief discussion with students on what it means to be a good online citizen.
• Instead of using the term 'digital footprint' we should use 'digital tattoo' because it helps solidify permanency. Something you put online can be deleted, but will still leave a trace, just as removing a tattoo still leaves a trace.

Digital Citizenship Educator Resources

• Digital Discussions - working with students through discussion based topics (@alicebarr) 
• Digital Citizenship Survival Kit - great visual lesson (@teachertegeler)
• Think Before You Post video (@mizshorts)
• Netsmartz - great resources for younger students (@Hallsvilletech)
• Google Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum (@Hallsvilletech)
• Common Sense Media - movies, lessons, games, and more (shared by many people)
• Symbaloo filled with Digital Citizenship resources by @shawnaford1 
• EasyTech - easily integrate digital literacy into everyday instruction (@nsattler)

Digital Citizenship Activities/Ideas

• Have students search for 'deleted tweet/photo + their favorite celebrities name. Help them see that once online always online. (@msarlmiddle)
• Students should talk about what they are doing online and then reflect/write about it. (@alicebarr) 
• Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown and Tease by Amanda Maciel - great books to read to/with students (@starrreadnrun)
• Have students use websites, such as easywhois.com or who.is to find the author of websites. Research the author to see if source is credible. 
• Evaluate online information/websites using the:
• CRAAP test (@msjwhiting)
• CRAP test (@becalzada) 
• CARP test (@mrhaworth212)
• Create a customized Google search for students. Check out the blog written by @Hallsvilletech
• Have high school students create videos to educate the younger students. (@stony12270) 
• Google Alerts - have students sign up to get alerts for anything about them on the web. (@nsattler)
• Have students use sweetsearch.com - search engine for students (@teameaglesread)
• WOT (Web of Trust) Chrome Extension - notifies you of website rating. Check out blog here. 

I want to thank all who came and participated in the chat. I am truly blessed to have such an amazing PLN to learn from. Here is a link to the archived chat if you want to check out more of the conversation.