This document discusses the importance of teaching digital citizenship skills to middle school students. With increased access to technology, students need guidance on appropriate and responsible online behavior. Implementing a uniform digital citizenship curriculum across grade levels helps inform students and staff about legal, ethical and safe technology use. The document recommends using a "Digital Driver's License" online tool to train students in the nine elements of digital citizenship and transfer these skills across subjects. Providing families information on digital citizenship standards also helps prepare students for technology use in education and their future careers.

1. Developing
Responsible
Technology Users
In Middle School

2. Why?

3. Intentional digital citizenship activities are
needed for middle school-aged students.
Students lack rules, guidelines, and
information regarding digital citizenship,
which places them at risk in an online
community. In order to prepare our
students for higher education and future
careers, students must gain further
knowledge and understanding of how to
be responsible and good digital citizens.

4. 21st Century
Classrooms =
Technology

5. What?

6. With more access to technology there are
more discrepancies and inconsistencies
with how digital tools are being used.
Just as we educate our students about
appropriate behaviors in an educational
setting, it is vital to teach them the rules
in the digital world and using technology
safely and responsibly.

7. Digital Citizenship
Perceptions & Trends

8. Did you
know?

9. Trends indicate that digital media use has
increased for students outside of the
classroom over 40% since 1999, and
students use digital media approximately
6.5 hours on a daily basis. Educators
value digital citizenship but do not have
enough information or curriculum to
address digital citizenship and digital
literacy education.

10. Common Core
State Standards &
Technology

11. To be ready for college, workforce training,
and life in a technological society,
students need the ability to gather,
comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and
report on information and ideas, to
conduct original research in order to
answer questions or solve problems,
and to analyze and create a high volume
and extensive range of print and
nonprint texts in media forms old and
new.

12. The need to conduct research and to
produce and consume media is
embedded into every aspect of
today’s curriculum. In like fashion,
research and media skills and
understandings are embedded
throughout the Standards rather than
treated in a separate section. (CCSI,
2012)

13. National Educational
Technology
Standards
for Teachers

14. Promote and Model Digital
Citizenship and
Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global
societal issues and responsibilities
in an evolving digital culture and
exhibit legal and ethical behavior in
their professional practices.

15. National Educational
Technology
Standards
for Students

16. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural,
and societal issues related to
technology and practice legal and
ethical behavior.

17. Connecting with
Families

18. When implementing strategies to
encourage safe, ethical, and legal
technology use, it is integral to
communicate with families the
standards and expectations that are a
part of the school community.
• Website
• Newsletter
• Copies of standards and objectives
• Online activities and training

19. Implementing Digital
Citizenship in
Middle School

20. Digital literacy and citizenship are
a vital part of 21st century
classroom. Establishing a
uniform, age-appropriate
presentation for each grade level
that includes the same
vocabulary, standards, and
expectations is a way to inform
and educate students and
educational staff about
responsible technology use.

21. Overview:
A Digital Driver’s License (
http://otis.coe.uky.edu/DDL/launch.php) is an online
learning tool that trains students in
safe technology and utilizes “The
Nine Elements of Digital
Citizenship.”

22. Goal:
Students will gain a deeper
understanding of digital citizenship
as it relates to their education, home
life, and future goals. Students will
be able to transfer their knowledge
across the curriculum in all content
areas and be able to utilize
resources for safe, ethical and legal
technology use.

23. “Digital Citizenship
is more than just a
teaching tool; it is a
way to prepare
students/technolog
y users for a society
full of technology.”
(Ribble, 2013)

24. With the surge of technology in
schools, digital citizenship
needs to be embedded in our
curriculum, and all teachers
need to model and teach
responsible use of
technology.

25. Students participating in the
Digital Driver’s License activity
become more aware of
appropriate technology use, are
able to self-assess their
learning, and are able to
activate their knowledge across
the curriculum and content
areas.

26. Giving students and teachers this
valuable information and these
activities will allow educators to
have consistent expectations and
vernacular in hopes to increase
digital citizenship and responsible
online learning in all aspects of a
student’s life.

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Missouri Baptist
Brandy Antonio