Digital Citizenship has been a hot topic on school campuses since technology has been on the rise. Teens are attached at the hip to their mobile devices and teachers have a hard time getting students to put their phones away during class. Some schools have gone as far as to ban mobile devices on school campuses during school hours. Students are told to keep it in their lockers, and teachers are asked to take phones away if they see them out. But is this really solving the issue? I don't think so. If anything, it makes teens want to use their phones more when they are told they cannot. Plus, teachers don't even abide by the rules. What makes them think students will? In order to bridge the gap with students using their technology at school and how to appropriately use their devices, students need to be taught how to be good digital citizens. They need to be taught when it is appropriate to use their devices; and when using those devices, how they need to act on them. Jason Oher writes about a Character Education Program that is designed for teachers and students to embrace mobile devices and technology in an educational way, all while teaching teens how to behave on the internet. Students need people to teach them how to behave. As teachers we cannot expect parents to teach our students this behavior, because depending on the population you teach, most of the students rarely see their parents because their parents work in the evenings. The responsibility then falls on the teachers. Yes, I agree. Teachers shouldn't have to do everything; however, if we are teaching our students how to be respectful and kind in the physical world, we need to teach them how to be respectful and kind in the digital world as well. Here are some videos that might help explain digital citizenship to students. Both videos are from YoutTube.
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