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Introductory slide
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Full quote:
“Children and young people need to be empowered to
keep themselves safe – this isn’t just about a top-down
approach. Children will be children - pushing boundaries
and taking risks. At a public swimming pool we have
gates, have lifeguards and shallow ends, but we also
teach children how to swim.”
The quote is by Tanya Byron who is author of the UK
Byron Review ‘Children and new Technology’ which
looks at the risks to children from exposure to
potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the
internet and in video games. As she says: “My review
was about the needs of children and young people and
about preserving their right to take the risks that form
an inherent part of their development by enabling them
to play video games and surf the net in a safe and
informed way.” Another analogy is road safety.
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Many parents have expressed concern that they do not
understand the world wide web and online activities
(e.g. Facebook, Gaming, MSN, Twitter and Skype),
sufficiently to guide their children. Yet education for
young people on safe and responsible use of these very
useful and amazing technologies is very important.
Even a small amount of online activity can qualify you as
a digital citizen.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010
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What is digital citizenship?
“Digital citizenship [is] about building safe
spaces and communities, understanding how to
manage personal information, and … using your
online presence to grow and shape your world
in a safe, creative way...”
• digizen.org.uk
© State of NSW, Department of Education and Training, 2010
The focus is on students’ online behaviour being safe,
positive and creative.
The full quote is:
“Digital citizenship isn’t just about recognising and
dealing with online hazards. It’s about building safe
spaces and communities, understanding how to manage
personal information, and about being internet savvy using your online presence to grow and shape your
world in a safe, creative way, and inspiring others to do
the same.”
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You may also like to show this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC928e629iM
The points on this slide are:
• Newspaper circulation is down 7 million over 25 years
• 96% of Generation Y have joined a social network
• If Facebook was a country it would be the world’s 4th
largest
• Newspaper circulation is down 7 million over 25 years
• … but online newspaper readers are up 30
million in the last 5 years
• YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world
• with over 100,000,000 videos
• So far this year there are over 30 million tweets a day
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The videos show examples of the type of careless or
irresponsible behaviour that some young people engage
in that will be addressed as part of Digital Citizenship.
‘Think Before You Post’ was the internet safety day
theme of the European Union in 2010.
These videos were produced by the American National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
An internet connection is required to watch the videos.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010
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There is an emerging literature that supports the value
of social networking sites for young people’s
development and argues that instead of blocking access
as the response to dealing with potential illegal and
antisocial behaviour, educators should be supporting
young people to recognise, manage and negotiate risks
for themselves through developmental teaching
programs on digital media literacy.
For 2010 the priority will be Year 10 with a focus on
issues relating to social networking. 5 schools are
participating in a limited trial to provide senior students
with access to selected social networking sites on their
DER laptops when off school premises.
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The program is based on six domains and two crossdomain themes. It covers safety, security and the law, as
well as positive online roles and relationships.
These have been developed by the Department of
Education and Training as part of the Digital Education
Revolution – NSW.
More detailed information on the domains can be
explored in a Prezi, available from:
http://prezi.com/cesxdf3f-f8q/shifting-from-cyber-bullyto-digital-citizen/ and at
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/strat_d
irection/schools/dernsw/rrql/domains.pdf
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All materials for the program will be available at
http://digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au. There are sections
with material for students, parents and teachers.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010
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The lessons take the form of laptop wraps, which are
being developed to support the Digital Education
Revolution. There are already more than 130 available
online from http://tale.edu.au. They provide lesson
resources and online learning ideas in all key learning
areas. For Digital Citizenship there are 8, each taking
about an hour to complete, covering:
• keeping your data secure online
• netiquette and effective online communication
• recognising and understanding social media marketing
• considerations when using chat rooms
• understanding caching and safety considerations when
revealing real locations online
• knowing how to set limits on how much you share and
how much time you spend online
• sharing creative works online and understanding
copyright
• understanding what happens to your information
online.
Each one includes activities for students as well as
online information to explore on the relevant topic.
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Digital Dilemma is a game in the Mystery Matters series
that has students facing a series of challenges related to
social networking while at a music festival.
Students learn about safe and effective use of social
networking and online gaming along the way. It
includes a mock-up social networking site called
Tracebook where students learn about privacy settings.
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These videos provide excellent stimulus for lessons
during the course as well as being useful for discussion
with students, teachers and parents.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010
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Click the picture to navigate to this parent guide. It
contains valuable information for students, teachers and
parents. Click magazine has lots of good information
too.
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Click the picture to navigate to the course.
Registration
The course is registered with NSW Institute of Teachers
and its completion will contribute five hours toward
Institute Registered professional learning for those
participants who are new scheme teachers and have
achieved accreditation at Professional Competence.
These hours will contribute to maintenance of
accreditation requirements. Information regarding
accreditation is contained within the course.
Access
Access is simple once you’ve logged on using your DET
portal user name and password. The first time you
access the course you’ll need to create a profile.
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Parents can find the digital citizenship material by
entering the Parents & community section of the
Teaching and Learning exchange.
Care has been taken to add logical key words so that
TaLe searches will result in links to appropriate
resources.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010
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The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority (ACARA) will incorporate digital citizenship in the
general capabilities:
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Information and Communications Technology
Social Competence
Ethical Behaviour.
This program is the beginning of a national approach to help
students safely and effectively navigate the digital world.
© NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010