Digital Citizenship is really another way of saying that you will be a responsible, conscious user of technology and continue to explore the applications with boundaries and courtesy at all times. The three tenets I would really want my students to retain are: first evaluation of sources versus immediate acceptance. Critiquing and evaluating what you are reading is such a valuable skill in many aspects of daily living. If we were to believe everything we hear, read and see, then it would be extremely hard to tangle lies from truths. Students must carefully evaluate what they are reading and determine of the information is valid.
Second: I want students to be resourceful when researching topics. What I mean by that is, I want students to be aware of many places they can go to find information, and not use only one website (like Wikopedia, etc). Many sources may also have conflicting information, so they will have to learn how to evaluate which information is more supported, or perhaps see the value in the differences of opinions or facts.
Third: I want students to also be aware of the limits of technology. Although there is a multitude of applications, information and programs that allow us to virtually live in a techno world, interactions among people in the "living world" is also very important to the academic growth of our students.
No comments:
Post a Comment