Digital Citizenship – 3 Perspectives

In this workshop, participants will develop their own understanding, skills and confidence as digital citizens. The workshop will also provide opportunities for participants to explore ways of developing effective digital citizenship in their students. The various perspectives of teachers, students and parents will be discussed.  Key understandings:

• There are opportunities and threats in using technologies and this necessitates guidelines for good citizenship
• Digital citizenship is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology
• As the responsibility for learning about and through technology is shared among all teachers, we need to keep up to date and make thoughtful decisions based on our understanding of the different facets of educational technology