Today’s Adult Educators need to be informed about the themes and principals of Digital Citizenship and the safe, appropriate and responsible practices associated with using technology. Digital Citizenship encompasses than digital etiquette or what was known as netiquette back in the early days of internet computing with Telnet and UseNet news groups. Although most easily located sources are the internet are geared toward k12 educators or targeting at file sharing and copyright laws; a responsible and progressive educator would not assume that their adult students know or practice digital citizenship and a creative educator can adapt the information on these sites can for adult students. I would like to thank my Walden colleagues who recently shared links related to digital citizenship on their blogs; I would like to share these resources on my blog this week.
Gayle Simon’s Blog is located at http://educ6177galej.blogspot.com/2012/12/educ-6177-week-7-assignment-1.html and she shared Common Sense Media at http://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/our-mission
Common Sense media is a comprehensive website with tons of resources and references related to all types of media and the internet, including special sources for educators.
It appears that most of Common Sense Media resources are free; they cover lessons and modules on everything from email to passwords, to safety issues, creative work, responsibilities, online gender stereotypes, cyber bulling, data and file sharing, sexting. The lessons range from primary ages to college bound high school students in grades 9-12 and many of these lessons and issues could be easily adapted for adult learners.
Revonne Lester’s “Education Station’ http://educationstation2012.blogspot.com/2012/12/digital-world.html#!/2012/12/digital-world.html featured a link to Brain Pop located at http://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/
Brain Pop is an animated interactive site for students and educators and its page on digital citizenship covers all the important themes: copyright, safety, on line searches, privacy, viruses, plagiarism, cheating, cyber bullying and more. This is a great introductory and refresher information source for everyone.
William Caruso’s blog http://carusoeducationtechnologies.blogspot.com/2012/12/digital-citizenship-ethics-and.html shared a significant resource with Exam Guard and URL ishttp://www.examguard.com/TestingEngine.asp
Exam Guard is a program that prevents all learners; distance, remote, self paced or even in classroom exam takers from cheating on exams with their computers. The program blocks tabs or windows and makes certain that only one tab or window can be open at a time of a PC. This means educators need to no longer hire exam proctors, and students should not have to travel to take exams if the software is installed on their PC.
I like that you chose a differnt kind of technology which shows that you are diversifing your learning! I am even more estatic that you chose my wite, brainpop! As I viewed the examguard, I realized how important this site is. This site may be the answer to ensuring that all is well for exams to be taken via the computer. Because technology is the way of the world, we will see more of these types of sites and less people will have jobs because of it….Can’t win with everything!
Thanks!
Hi Teri,
I like your post because you have chosen to reflect upon some great technology resources that are creative yet educational enough to catch the eye of many learners. Just like education is always changing so is technology and being able to add and offer creativity to learners makes learning fun for them but also challenges learners and the educator to want to promote learning and show how they can be talented and what potential they have as individuals. Teri it has been a great semester and I wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.
Thanks
Melitta
Teri,
Thank you for the technologies you have provided from Jeremy, Revonne, and William. I particularly like Common Sense and Brain Pop. They both seem to be technologies that are not only engaging, but applicable to adult learners and/or all internet users. They both provide important, need to know things about the Internet and ways users should behave and interact.
Thank you, Teri for your great blog.
Gayle
Hi Teri,
Thank you for re-posting the three technologies that our colleagues wrote about last week; they all can make our learners better digital citizens. I especially liked Gayle’s link to Common Sense Media. It looks like a great website for instructors as it offers them free materials and resources. It is good to know that the lessons can be adapted to suit the needs of our adult learners.
Thank you for another informative post, Teri.
Izlem.
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Hello Teri,
It is good to see another educator is expressing the importance of caring yourself the right way when you are online.
Today’s Adult Educators need to be informed about the themes and principals of Digital Citizenship and the safe, appropriate and responsible practices associated with using technology.