A presentation for on-line class on digital citizenship.

1. Susan J. Belcher 2011

3. Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:

4. a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.

5. b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.

6. d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.

8. Understand that rights and responsibilities must addressed;

10. What Is A Citizen? * A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from an alien). * Merriam Webster on the Net

11. Who Are The Citizens Of The Virtual World? All people connected to the Net.

13. Access

14. Communication

15. Security

16. Communications

17. Rights and Responsibilities

18. Health and Wellness

19. Law

21. The Virtual World Where Are Its Boundaries? What Is Its Culture? Who Governs This World? When Are You A Citizen Or Merely A Visitor? Why Did We Think the Virtual World Would Be The “Great Equalizer”? How Do Train And Teach The Citizens Of This World?

23. Fewer than one in 10 people who have been victim to cybercrime report it to law enforcement, said John Kane, a research manager at the National White Collar Crime Center. www.TBO.com

25. Have You Been an Abuser? I have been an abuser on the Net. (cut and pasted without permission or credit, downloaded information/music without being given the right – and if you’ve done other things - well – just say yes and we’ll leave it at that) = Yes = No

26. Responsiblity “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” John Locke Without governance there is anarachy.

27. Rights “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.” Thomas Jefferson Is the voice of one as loud as the many?

28. Responsibility and/or Rights? “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…or the one.” Mr. Spock, The Wrath of Khan

29. Do The Needs Of The Many Outweigh The Needs Of The Few, Or The One? Consider this information from Political News: Arab nations ban Blackberry emails. Pakistan is also in on censorship involving the internet usage and 1,000 sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and others are blocked as they are anti-Islamic and against the Muslim religion.

30. What About the Rights of the One? Original Music Plagiarism Copyright Law Original Artwork

31. So Who Is Responsible? gossip defamation Private Moment Made Public, Then a Fatal Jump Teenage girl hanged herself after bullying over 'sexting' scandal File sharers leak government secrets libel cheating Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience slander Phoebe Prince, 15, Commits Suicide After Onslaught of Cyber-Bullying From Fellow Students Wrongly Accused Student Commits Suicide cyberbullying

32. You Decide Who You Will Be Digital Citizenship: Who Will You Be?

33. Building a Culture of Responsiblity Building a Culture of Responsibility www.fosi.org = Family Online Safety Institute. “We are at the place of establishing a foundation of rights and responsibilities for the digital citizens of the virtual world. No one ever looks at the foundations of a house and says how beautiful they are. But for the house to stand the foundations must be firm.” Susan J. Belcher

34. Evaluation Five Easy Questions 

35. Bibliography www.brainyquotes.com Spock picture drawn by Ccarcia3. Ribble and Bailey. ISTE, 2007. Digital Citizenship in Schools. All other photos provided by Microsoft Office. Oil Painting of Yellow Flower by Susan J. Belcher. PPT Template by Susan J. Belcher.