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What is Digital Citizenship?
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for children to navigate the digital world responsibly and effectively has never been more critical. Digital Citizenship relates to the effective and responsible use of digital resources. It teaches students skills that relate to a number of important concepts, including how to evaluate information found on the internet, digital footprinting and wellness, netiquette (teaching students responsible, empathetic behavior), privacy, and cyberbullying. As technology in the classroom is transforming, the concept of digital citizenship has evolved and changed along with it.
Digital Citizenship has gone from a list of don’ts to a more proactive list of do’s to a more seamless integration into the curriculum.
Utica Community Schools is committed to preparing students to be successful in both their academics and their lives. Preparing and promoting Positive Digital Citizenship is a key strategic focus of our district, and teachers work to integrate digital citizenship resources and principles throughout the K-12 curriculum.5 Competencies of Digital Citizenship
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DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEEK- OCTOBER 14-18
As you celebrate Digital Citizenship Week, use these digital citizenship calendars to remember spirit dress up days and to help students reflect on how they can use technology in healthy and responsible ways.
Resources for Parents
UCS Acceptable Use of Technology Policy
Edutopia
Common Sense Education
Tips for Parents
- The “Golden Rule” is effective in digital citizenship — treat others online as you would like to be treated. Help your child to be a good digital citizen by reporting problematic behaviors.
- Discuss the importance of respect and empathy online. Ask kids old enough to have social media accounts to share their experiences, sharing and receiving respectful, disrespectful, or hurtful content. Share your own experiences of the same and how you felt.
- Talk to your child about the possible consequences of their online actions and how they can affect others. Engage in an exercise to think about how another person might feel about seeing or reading something your child has posted online. Is that how they want their actions to make others feel? What might they continue doing, or do differently, to have the effect they want to have on others?
- Find a way to engage with your child regularly to discuss their experiences online. Screen time shouldn't always be alone time. Co-view, co-play and co-engage with your children during screen time - it encourages social interactions, bonding, and learning. (HealthyChildren.org)
