Eclectic Technology

Not just for my future students, but for myself as well!

Great information... 

Excellent - important to consider for our students - and ourselves!

Looks better for K - 8 teachers than high school (myself).  I do like the week plan of 5 days of focus on digital literacy!

This is an excellent collection of resources, split into age groups and a suggested order of activities. It is an American site, but I like how they have picked up on the cybersmart resource put out by the Australian Government. I would add another one to the list: the resources made by CommonSense Media. These are great too, and Prendiville's digital citizenship unit is based on them. 

Positive ways for young people to look at building their online profile plus reasons for being "real".

Do you know what 'your' digital footprint is?

Reinforcing awareness -------- nothing is private!

Important tool and topic. Kids just don't "get it"

Not just for kids, lessons and reminders for us all

This is a FANTASTIC IDEA!! So Clever!!

This is a great idea - a kit of props to help the message sink in! Some of the props used are: 

- a padlock: to symbolise keeping data safe - who will you unlock your life and details to?

- a tube of toothpaste: like what you post online, once it is out it is almost impossible to out it all back in the tube!

- a permanent marker: everything that you put online is permanent—even if you hit the delete button after posting. 

Maybe you have a few other suggestions that might be useful to add to a survival toolkit!

For cyberwellness

From Infographic...and Informational Text TCC 4-5

This is a graphic example for the article, but the site is a cybersafety site in the UK and has lots of information for parents about online safety for their children. It also tests their knowledge.

It is important to build your own brand and to promote yourself positively. You want to be polite to other users and make sure you have nothing on your profile that could be damaging to your reputation. This includes swear words, inappropriate or rude comments, and pictures and videos of drinking or drugs.  This is really important for graduating students who, most likely, need to go through and delete pictures that have been tagged in one Facebook

Make sure you give credit to others if you share something of theirs. Also make sure you are writing your own posts and not just sharing others. However, make sure you are posting valuable and relevant information. Listen and think before you write and make sure you are using proper english. 

It is okay to have debates on social netowrks with other users, everybody has the right ti voice their opinion, but don't let things get too personal or nasty. 

It is also essential to understand that there are also hings to be very careful of when using social networks. For one, people are not always who they seem. You should also make sure you do not assume a false identity. It is important to keep some kind of professionalism, but don't change yourself or hide who you really are. 

You must also make sure you are abiding by the rules of the network and report others who dont. 

Last but certainly not least, be very careful about who you share things with. There are certain places to share certain things. For example, you may post something bout your personal life in your Facebook status, but it is not appropriate to do so on your LinkedIn profile. Do not share pictures and videos with strangers, you never know how they will use these.