Connecting, chatting, instant-messaging, emailing, blogging,
researching websites, and distance learning are all activities completed and
delivered online. With millions of people interacting daily, new rules and
netiquette have to be implemented to ensure safety, security and proper
etiquette.
“Digital citizenship is something that can equip students
for a lifetime of safe, responsible Internet use” (edudemic.com). This site
offers educators pre-made lessons to introduce students to digital citizenship
and provides them with a variety of other resources to promote awareness among
Internet users. Edutopia considers “Digizen” a website that “made the cut”,
because it invites parents, teachers, and young people to be active, educated
online users and encourage them to develop and strengthen their knowledge in
digital citizenship. In addition, the site offers a technical vocabulary list
to familiarize students with the Internet terminology. The website is very
appealing to the eye and well organized, which makes it easy to access and
explore. It is filled with emerging technologies, including videos and learning
tools.
I would implement this website in my adult education to help
my learners in discovering a tool that is not limited to Internet etiquette
safety but also to use in their personal and professional life and share it
with others to promote netiquette, to become digital citizens, and to interact
with millions of users around the globe.
“No Grownup Left Behind” is a motto for cyberwise.org
website. The latter invites adults to understand, explore, and learn “digital
life skills”. It is available for educators as well as parents with a wealth of
resources such as cyber civics, online courses, workshops, blogs, learning hubs
and digital citizenship. Cyberwise bridges the gap between native digital and
immigrant digital and enables adults to discover cyberspace with its wealth of
educational information in various formats. They become comfortable researching
and learning about current technologies in all forms.
This website is a site that I would share with my adult
learners to develop and enrich their technology skills to feel they are part of
this innovative style of learning, working, studying and communicating.
Technology surrounds the social and community interaction; with all of the new technologies it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. There is so much technology and resources available that learners need to stay afloat, especially the adult learner. In this 21st century, being an effective digital communicator is important. It seems like the younger generation utilize most of these technologies, I just learned about Snapchat from my daughter. These technologies are designed to support critical thinking, collaboration, and digital citizenship for learners of all ages.
ReplyDeleteMona,
ReplyDeleteI like the cyberwise motto. In this day and age of fast paced advancement in technology, it is necessary that the adults, most of whom are digital immigrants, have a way of catching up or moving in step with the advancement.
Most of the websites on digital citizenship cater to school age children, even though the content can be adapted for an adult classroom. It is encouraging to know that there is a resource that aims to make sure of this: "No Grownup Left Behind"!
Doris