Teaching digital citizenship to AIM students will involve incorporating our social skills lessons and using what we have learned about navigating the social world to navigate the digital world. The number one thing that I want to teach my students is to come to an adult and tell them if they encounter something that they feel uncomfortable about online. I also will teach my students that they are never allowed to give their personal information to someone they do not know online. I also feel that it is important to teach my students about online etiquette and the importance of being nice and respectful even when you are not interacting with someone face to face.
I really like the Hector's World videos on Cybersmart. http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Young%20Kids/Hectors%20World.aspx I plan to use the videos about protecting your personal information online from this site to supplement my instruction on the topic. I also like the Brainpop video about digital citizenship. My students respond well to Brainpop and I like the supplemental materials that go with the video.
I will teach digital citizenship to my students during our social skills lessons. I will use what we have already learned and help the students generalize the concepts into the digital world. I will supplement lessons with videos such as the ones mentioned above. We will discuss what to do when we encounter a situation in which we do not feel comfortable. We will also discuss what to do if someone asks you for personal information.
I will talk to the parents of the students in my classroom about discussing digital citizenship with their children at home as well. I will share some of the websites that I am using with the students to help facilitate discussion at home.
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