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Assignment #2
Expected time to complete reading and the written assignment: 15 - 30 minutes

As we move ahead, Digital Etiquette and Student Permission and Agreement Guidelines are very important!



Your assignment for this segment is consider how you will encourage your participants to use good digital etiquette. In addition, if you are using cell phones with your participants (especially children), what guidelines will you share with them?

** Digital Etiquette: **

Kellie De Leo- I think we need to discuss the "Golden Rule." and what that means in the digital world. I came across this poster in the Kidsmail.org, blog which would be a good summary.
 * Please add how you will encourage good digital etiquette:

Mary Smith-

There are so many great resources that all you to address etiquette and safety issues with kids of all ages. Often college tech programs have resources that address this for older youth and us adults: [] [] In addition even sites from other countries can be useful. [] This Australian site has great videos (#GameOn) of school classmates dealing with cyber safety and etiquette issues. Another website that interested me [] provided parent info and resources on parental controls and monitoring of youth activity in the computing/cyber world.


 * Student Permission and Agreement Guidelines: **

Linda Anderson- I went to goggle and found some good basic examples that I would add to or take away from for use in the parish. I also found a basic poster that could be ordered and maybe placed in the room for reminder. I would go over the use & agreement policy with parents and students in the room at the same time. This usually helps with the understand of what was said. Poster: http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=4863 - chart with rules Example of one school's policy: http://www.4j.lane.edu/technology/appropriateuse/

Jose Amaya

I followed the links to Toys to Tools: Cell Phones in Learning Website which led me to number of other sites for further reading on this topic. I found a site called cubersmart.gov.au and Hector'sWorldSafetyButton: Cybersmast which offer safety guidelines for parents, teens, and younger kids. Liz Kolb in Toys to Tools (pages 16-21) talks about what points to include in the permission letter. Among the points she discusses are the creation of a podcast explaining how the activity outside the classroom will be completed and the purspose of the activity in relation to the goals of the classroom. She also affirms makin a reference to ISTE's National Educaiton Technology Standads for Students to show how the activity aligns to content standards. She encourages parental involvement in the acticity and to define how public or private the project will be if posted online. It is important to provide the teacher/catechist and administrator's contact information for questions and concerns. She also engourages student involvmeent in the process of writing the student permission form that inlcudes safety, etiquette, repsonsibility and opportunity. An example of this process with students is offered at SafeKids: www.safekids.com/quiz/ These information enchances my understanding to improve permission and agrement guidelines made avialable by the diocese/parish/military installatio chapel. It was important to learn that the government discourages the use of cell phones in the classroom.

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After reading the class blog and info about Liz Kolb's two books, I expanded my knowledge by searching Digital Etiquette on the DigiTeen Digital Classroom website: __http://digiteen2008.wikispaces.com/Digital+Etiquette__ The page mentions that by using manners the world becomes civilized. Suggested topics that were not proper digital etiquette are: " hacking other computers, using bad language, downloading illegally and plagiarism."

Adults have the responsibility to provide a basic understanding of etiquette in any educational situation using Internet technology. We cannot assume the student knows all the ramificiations of improper digital citizenship. I will introduce a basic netiquette video before the 7th grade Faith Formation class starts an Internet project gathering information about recently cannonized Saints. [|__http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/digitaletiquette/__] In the middle of the above page you can "Click here to play the movie" to check out its content. A quiz, vocabulary, matching and a graphic organizer will allow my 7th graders to interact with each other and verify their answers are correct. My intent is to use POLL EVERYWHERE with cell phones or laptops as an opportunity to have students use technology in my classroom.

From this DigiTeen page, I noted some additional online tips I will orally pass on to my students giving them an opportunity to think about how their messages come across. The site informs young people about
 * being "cordial" by saying "hello and bye" when starting and finishing a message;
 * not posting photos of others without their permission
 * realizing people have differences because of culture, age, gender, race, religion or nationality;
 * not typing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS;
 * being sensitive to the words written used because without body language, facial expressions and intonation the digital word can appear and have effects different then when it is spoken;
 * being aware that abreviations which are common in young people's text messages and often have more than one meaning;
 * knowing and following the user's computer guidelines of your school, church or home;

Students have a right to a safe learning environment and it is the responsibiity for adults to "create a culture of respect." One topic that was not free on the cited DigiTeen page is BULLYING. Paid subscribers have four options for videos and the associated learning lessons and quizes. Since this topic is quite important, I searched for further reading and offer this link: Bullying: How Educators Can Make Schools Safer [|__http://www.edutopia.org/bullying-making-schools-safer__]. I am sure there is a wealth of internet links, as you may well know.

Here's another aspect of teaching my students digital responsibility I would like to incorporate. This analogy will be used so they may understand why I am laying foundation I feel this analogy can be used in conjunction with any subject area.

Andrew Marcinek / Director of Technology & EducatorU.org Co-founder, Boston, MA
 * The Importance of Digital Citizenship in Social Media 4/13/2014**

//There is an important scene in the movie Hoosiers during the team's first practice. The coach, played by Gene Hackman walks into the gym and gathers the team together. He tells his team that practice is going to be different than what they are used to. The montage that follows highlights fundamental basketball. The boys are engaged in agility drills, ball handling drills, and a variety of defensive drills. Throughout the montage you hear players asking when they are going to shoot and scrimmage. Hackman replies, "There's more to the game than shooting! There's fundamentals and defense."// //This clip is the perfect segue into incorporating technology devices - iPods, iPhones, iPads, laptops, etc. - into your classroom. Before students can, to use a basketball phrase, take a shot, they must understand the fundamentals.// //While students and teachers alike are anxious to integrate new learning tools into the classroom, we must err on the side of caution. It is our responsibility to empower our students by giving them the fundamental lessons in digital citizenship.//
 * . . . and I will add some of these thoughts from Marcinek, too. . .**

//Like basketball, students must enter the world of social media and digital media with a good defense. They must understand the repercussions of irresponsibly using social and digital media and what affects it may have on their future. Give students time to use the device, but make sure they understand that the device is an outlet to many new avenues.//


 * [See this link for more . . .]** [|__http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-digital-media-citizenship__]

In order to do any Internet activity I must offer parents and students an opportunity to understand the guidelines and fill out out a permission. Here are a couple of examples: Middle School Permission [|__http://ctlonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Bate-Middle-School-cell-phone-User-Agreement.doc__].

High School Permission .