Welcome to tonight's #edchatie discussion on Digitsal Citizenship. Check out tonight's running order https://t.co/jaZn82OcHN
But first introduce yourself + add the hashtag #edchatie into all your tweets for the transcript later
Hi #edchatie! I'm David, co-founder of @LearningTechLab & an organiser of @digcitsummitirl! I was a teacher & now I'm working in accessibility & inclusion for people with disabilities! Huge thanks to @fboss for inviting us here tonight!
Thanks for having us for tonight's #edchatie@fboss! We're Ireland's first @digcitsummit, joining the global movement! We are ready to share & learn! The DigCitSummit aims to work towards solutions, promote best practices, and empower citizens to be the digital change.
Hello #edchatie! We're excited to power this year's @digcitsummitirl with our amazing team! We've been working hard to get things off the ground for @techweekirl! Can't believe it's next month!! Roll on the @scigallerydub!
All of tonight's questions will pop up as images tonight. When tweeting your reply please add the hashtag #edchatie and also A1 (for answer 1), A2 (for answer 2) and so on -> there's 5 questions tonight!
A1. @DigCitSummitIRL is committed to changing conversations and culture around kids and technology. We unite organizations, educators, industry, parents and students by working WITH youth, not AT them; celebrating our shared humanity, #edchatie 1/2
A1. working to do good with tech in your own sphere; & connecting with others doing good,so we can create a WE mindset. This multiple stakeholders approach provides an opportunity to address the positive ways to address social media and technology use as a community #edchatie 2/2
A1. @DigCitSummitIRL is committed to changing conversations and culture around kids and technology. We unite organizations, educators, industry, parents and students by working WITH youth, not AT them; celebrating our shared humanity, #edchatie 1/2
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A1 #digcit promotes the importance of being critical thinkers & solution creators who make a positive impact #digcit transforms participants into designers, global collaborators, problem solvers & justice-oriented digital citizens #edchatie
A1. To be a digital citizen is to be responsible online. In practice like in real life there is a lot of good and bad people. We should work together to generate positive impact and help others #edchatie
A1. This chat is #digcit in practice! It shows the importance of being critical thinkers & solution creators who make a positive impact. digital citizenship is about the heart of being human, continuously learning side by side, work together - better together! #edchatie
Welcome to tonight's #edchatie discussion on Digitsal Citizenship. Check out tonight's running order https://t.co/jaZn82OcHN
But first introduce yourself + add the hashtag #edchatie into all your tweets for the transcript later
A1. @digcitinstitute Yes!! A1. #DigCit is about human connections. We view digital citizenship as an action, something that we need to practice every single day. In today's networked world, our opportunity to put global edu into practice to empower others to make change #edchatie
Hi Kevin! We love STEAM, especially the A! Would love to hear how you embed #digcit into STEAM! Plus, we'd love to meet you next month at @DigCitSummitIRL#edchatie
#edchatie It’s about making connections, and being part of a big, amazing, global family. Twitter is like a window looking out into the world, and what’s great is that you can see us too.
Welcome to tonight's #edchatie discussion on Digitsal Citizenship. Check out tonight's running order https://t.co/jaZn82OcHN
But first introduce yourself + add the hashtag #edchatie into all your tweets for the transcript later
1st Year Coding students engaging in their new task Arcade Game Design, activating prior knowledge at the start of the lesson! Amazing how much students already know about this topic 🎮🕹👾 #jcreform#coding#shortcourse#edchatie
Digital organisations have done very little in terms of setting up of norms for people to comply with. What is acceptable and what isn’t acceptable online has not been defined. The teaching of this is my key principle of Digital Citizenship #edchatie
A1 We need to give our younger people the opportunities to meet people from different cultures and to encounter people with different views and opinions to help them to become better digital citizens (or just more rounded citizens generally!) #edchatie
Delighted to be joining everyone tonight for #edchatie! and looking forward to @DigCitSummitIRL next month. We are committed to using @SpyQuest to help unite schools across the world, and to show children how they can be a #digcit!
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@mbfxc, @DigCitSummitIRL, @SpyQuest, @DigCitSummitIRL, @SpyQuest
So @SPIEtweets is an international society for Optics & Photonics. They have a huge mandate & support for education, outreach & public engagement. They award grants biannually & anyone can apply #edchatiehttps://t.co/kgbsn7jVMK
#edchatie John in Charlottesville- working in a district that takes Digital Citizenship very serious. unlikely to contribute much live due to still at work
A1. First and foremost, it’s important to understand the complexity of our relationship with technology. We should pause to assess our personal and professional uses together. The #VandR model works well for this. #edchatie
Q2. How do your daily actions impact your digital footprint? Share ideas on how we can change this narrative from the negative to the positive.
Add your reply with A2 and the hashtag #edchatie
A1. I think it means educating our children how to be digital citizens and all that this entails. In practice I think we have a long way to go.#edchatie
We have to start early and practice often! It's like driver's ed, you have to know the rules of the road before you have the keys to the car! #edchatie
A2. We live in a world of connections, we share everything we do in social media and therefore we leave a digital footprint. But lots can be done to create a positive impact, like this chat #EdChatIe
A1 I'm biased here but I think @YMTfm has given young people opportunities to meet and interview a variety of people helping them to become better digital citizens #edchatie
A1: Technology is a tool that helps us communicate, collaborate, invent, design and develop. Digital Citizenship extends our principles of citizenship to best use this amazing tool that opens up a truly global village. #edchatie
A2. From the moment we wake to the moment we go to sleep, everything we do online leaves a digital footprint. @fboss is a great example of creating positive narratives by using our footprints to create #edchatie resources like this: https://t.co/OXD0WqClL3
A2. Let's take all these ideas & make them a reality! You can make a positive change by running a workshop at @digcitsummitIRL! Send us an email at digcitirl@digcitinstitute.com #edchatie
A2. Absolutely! Without a doubt. I've connected with people in real life because of our digital footprints. We wouldn't have been aware of each other otherwise #edchatie
A2. Be brave - dare students to create a positive footprint, model good practice, and teach them to be critical of digital tools. Consider domain of one’s own? #edchatie
A2: #digcit means to me a new way of life everyone must have, use tech for doing good around the world!! #edchatie Love @DigCitSummitIRL is taking place !!
#edchatie Just today I was studying disabilities today in CSPE and the kids really appreciated hearing and seeing first person perspectives from people who achieved amazing things despite their disability. Very authentic experience sharing enabled by he tech.
I think the work that @YMTfm have been enabled to do is also enabling them to create digital citizens - they are setting a great example for other students to go digital!
#edchatie
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@DavidPollardIRL, @pamelaaobrien, @YMTfm, @YMTfm
Some of the people I met first online are literally my closet friends by the time we meet! On that note, can't wait to meet @DavidPollardIRL! #edchatie
A2. Also, provide students with the right tools and support. My @CELTnuigalway colleagues involved in @DigiChampsNUIG run workshops on campus to help students build digital confidence. #edchatie
A3. I believe we have to create consciousness. But also we have to speak their same language. Understand what is to be a good digital citizen and what the younger generations face online #edchatie
Sometimes I forgot that I might not have actually met that person in real life but it feels like I've known them forever 😂 Like the 1st time I met you, it didn't feel like a first time meeting #edchatie
Q3. How can we teach positive Digital Citizenship to younger generations? How can we turn the talk into an approach to learn with them?
Replies with A3 and #edchatie in the tweets please
A global village where we realize that there are more things that make us the same than make us different! The #globaled perspective beings back the humanity part of tech! #edchatie
A1: Technology is a tool that helps us communicate, collaborate, invent, design and develop. Digital Citizenship extends our principles of citizenship to best use this amazing tool that opens up a truly global village. #edchatie
A3. Modeling & creating content together is one of the best ways to teach #digcit to our children & students. Together we can learn by reporting or challenging content we feel is inappropriate. #edchatie
A3 Inspired by @POTUS44, take the #DigCitKids Pledge: how do YOU use tech & social media to make a real difference in the lives of students & others? #edchatie#digcit
A3 very similar to how we teach them to be good citizens, by on open approach from an early age. We need to set the example and teach them what's right and wrong #edchatie
Also I see you're in CT. You should check out your neighbour @lazrmom who is an outreach person extraordinaire who does a lot of work on problem based learning #edchatie
#edchatie A3: This is a difficult one. The first thing we need to do is to understand the way students as individuals and group interact online. This is a lot more complex than it looks on the surface. Many of us teachers only started using the internet in late teens / college.
A3 I think for parents its leading by example but also talking to our children about their online activity and getting involved with their digital lives to understand their perspective of what digital citizenship means to them #edchatie
We're halfway through tonight's frenetically paced #edchatie as we discuss Digital Citizenship in our roles as digital citizens online through Twitter.
Join in - there's still plenty of time to get involved!
Absolutely, we have to be role models for students. They pick up so much from how we, as adults, act. Digital Citizenship has to become the norm for them. #edchatie
Q3. How can we teach positive Digital Citizenship to younger generations? How can we turn the talk into an approach to learn with them?
Replies with A3 and #edchatie in the tweets please
A3. First of all we need to be an example of how, when and how much we use technology. Add young generations to the conversation by let them be part of “the system, so they not game the system” @jasonohler#edchatie
Q2. How do your daily actions impact your digital footprint? Share ideas on how we can change this narrative from the negative to the positive.
Add your reply with A2 and the hashtag #edchatie
A3. The answer is in the question - I don’t think we can ‘teach’ #digcit. It can be encouraged, modeled, and examined. We need together, staff and students. Removing the ‘teach’ also removes the ‘preach’. #edchatie
A3: educate students like in CSPE. How to behave online and bring the message of the digital self should reflect the real self. Great work done from @Webwise_Ireland and children of a digital age #edchatie
Let's also model the importance of balance from day one! The adults in our lives don't always model the best practices! Try this: https://t.co/Qr1nGFvkB9#edchatie#digcit
A3: One of best answers to this question is in a TED talk by Stuart Duncan. His son and many other children with Autism could not engage with Minecraft online because of trolls and bullys. He set up autism friendly server it became a utopia: https://t.co/gMuzy5a533#edchatie
A4. Critical media literacy means being able to analyse, assess, evaluate media in a critical way. Critical media literacy is important because it helps us to understand the messages behind the different types of content we access & consume online. Via @spunout#edchatie
A3 I think the digital landscape is still new to many of us. Online behaviour & interaction is still relatively new. Etiquette & social norms are forming. Think of the evolution of human behaviour. I think we are experiencing an online version! #EdChatIe
A4. Media literacy involves the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Critical judgment is needed here. We must teach our kids to investigate before they share, and to use good judgment #edchatie
We need to ask ourselves how we are modeling citizenship. How are the leaders in our multinationals modeling it? We must start with exploring our own ethics & values - I believe how to approach this with youth will then naturally follow #edchatie
Q3. How can we teach positive Digital Citizenship to younger generations? How can we turn the talk into an approach to learn with them?
Replies with A3 and #edchatie in the tweets please
A4. #edchatie this covers all forms of media including television, radio, newspapers, video and online content. Here are ways to become more media literate in today's digital age: 1/4 via @SpunOut
A4. Make informed choices:
Recognising different content types, such as advertising, editorial, opinion, factual articles.Understanding context; if there's a particular motivation behind a piece of content.Evaluating the reliability of different sources. @spunout#edchatie 2/4
A4: A good grounding in the study of history. An understanding that ANY written source can never be truly objective. Cross-referencing, understanding motivation of sources. Identifying trustworthy sources. Getting to the facts and making up your own mind. #edchatie
Well lets just say I took photos and videos of @MakerMeetIE at @DublinMaker and showed it to soooooo many many people about the awesomeness of it all. Plus I told everyone how lovely you are and creative #edchatie
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@chrisreina, @pamelaaobrien, @mbfxc, @DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @magsamond, @hassandabbagh, @FoleyKev, @MakerMeetIE, @DublinMaker
A4 Everyday I am digital! I learned how to create a website a few weeks ago (https://t.co/8P8cv1fgTv) and am building summer courses for primary teachers using e-learning platform. My business is online! #EdChatIe
A4. Access & use media in a safe, secure way:
Being able to search for, find reliable media and content. Making an informed decision about where you share your personal data. Using security features to keep your info safe @spunout#edchatie 3/4
https://t.co/wS3tWC5ixt my school STEAM Room Digital learning if very often pupil led.Pupil led learning is very effective .Lets empower pupils to lead learning at times.We can learn from them. #edchatie
#EdChatIE
Q3: speaking about how to teach positive Digital Citizenship to younger generations, we definetely need to include more gamification to education processes.
A4. Creating content online in a responsible way:
Creating media content through text, images, audio, video, code.
Publishing, sharing, compiling, curating content online.
Being aware of and having respect for digital rights/responsibilities.
@spunout 4/4 #edchatie
#edchatie Agree in principle but platforms are making lots of money on user data, have the most sophisticated algorithms for selling us stuff, they should share some responsibility for making sure people engage positively on the platform.
Empathy, agency and thinking critically. @ProfTomCrick points towards LOs, activities to foster these could be: role-play scenarios, creative writing, music, research real news stories, exploring critically commodification cultivated by technology, creating ethical apps #edchatie
A4. I think we need to put the #digcit lenses everyday as soon as we start using technology, every action is part of our #digitalfootprint. How are you building it? #edchatie
Here comes question 5 soon - the last one tonight before we move into summing up the bet bits, sharing any helpful resources or giving us more ideas and solutions or even questions to ponder for the week ahead
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Students create the best content when they learn how to sift through information in a critical fashion- bridging the link between text types enhances this progress. (All subjects can contribute to this skill) #EdChatie#whatsyourstory#up2us#beinctrl
A4. Creating content online in a responsible way:
Creating media content through text, images, audio, video, code.
Publishing, sharing, compiling, curating content online.
Being aware of and having respect for digital rights/responsibilities.
@spunout 4/4 #edchatie
A4: young people should be aware that their digital footprint can impact their lives as adults for employment. A positive digital footprint can portray a good image and create opportunities 😊 #edchatie
It's such a nice change. You spend from the ages of 5 - 18 (or further) being told what to learn and then suddenly it switches to "how do you do that, can you teach me". I think with the likes of the #STEAMroom & all the other programs, teaching is now changing #edchatie
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@hassandabbagh, @pamelaaobrien, @chrisreina, @mbfxc, @DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @magsamond, @FoleyKev
#EdChatIE
Q3: speaking about how to teach positive Digital Citizenship to younger generations, we definetely need to include more gamification to education processes.
A5. It shouldn't differ at all in terms of how we act & behave. However, the disembodied voice that we often see when people are gaming & interacting online, provides a haven not available in real life, meaning we may act or say things we wouldn't usually say or do. #edchatie
A5. Everyone digital is recorded or has the potential to be recorded. However, real-life is starting to mirror this as new forms of social media & high quality cameras in phones. Should we even distinguish the difference? Takes Jobstown as an example... #edchatie
Q5 Since our lives are lived both on & offline, we need to to be the same person on & offline #digcit is an extension of being human no matter where we are #edchatie
To me, as an outside observer, I'm witnessing a surge in peer lead learning and it's wonderful. I've also noticed that these kids are far more confident & knowledgable than when we were at school. A testament to all you wonderful educators. Bualadh bos! #edchatie
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@hassandabbagh, @pamelaaobrien, @chrisreina, @mbfxc, @DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @magsamond, @FoleyKev
Q5. How does digital citizenship differ from real-world citizenship?
Our last question of tonight's #edchatie discussion on Digital Citizenship. Answer with "A5" and the hashtag #edchatie
A5 It shouldn't differ, we should all behave the same in person and online. The trolling and online bullying is the main areas that need educating about #edchatie
The digital world provides a platform for an online trial. In some cases it provides a voice for the vulnerable. But are we at risk of losing our real-world approach of 'innocent until proven guilty?' #EdChatie#whatsyourstory#up2us#beinctrl
for me the biggest joy I get from my involvement in @YMTfm is watching the members of the team grow in confidence as they attend various events #edchatie
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@choiceIrregular, @hassandabbagh, @chrisreina, @mbfxc, @DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @magsamond, @FoleyKev, @YMTfm
A5. We all need to be conscious of the platform and privilege that comes with our digital identity. The identity we create is merely magnified by the digital. We need to trust students and challenge them to be good citizens. #edchatie
Agreed! Despite these clearly stated and published age restrictions, large and growing numbers of children 12 and under are using social media networks, often with their parent's knowledge and consent. @DigCitSummitIRL#digcitsummitIRL#digitalcitizenship#digcit#edchatie
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@johnmayo, @conpower, @DigCitSummitIRL
I am very openly a non tech savvy person! Which is ironic given that I am venturing into elearning. But I had to learn. If I hadn’t I would not be able to do what I need to. And hopefully, when @rathuireland grows, I will understand how to teach staff 👍 #edchatie
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@mbfxc, @DavidPollardIRL, @rathuireland
#edchatie A5: Digital communication is a tool, a part of our 'real-world'. I don't think you can separate the two and the guiding principles are universal. Saying it is 'real-world' vs digital creates an artificial divide and runs the risk of excusing bad citizenship online.
#EdChatIE
Q4: critical thinking can definitely help to identify fake news. Popularization of the educational technology "debate" among pupils will help to develop this skill.
And often parents are completely oblivious to the risks as we have seen in recent examples. Parents have a huge responsibility in terms of young teenagers starting a digital presence. #edchatie
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@GalinaRakanova, @johnmayo, @DigCitSummitIRL
Check out the @TrendISKF_IE#whatsyourstory competition. It's the perfect opportunity for young people to engage in a similar conversation.
Students create a short videos answering the following question:
'How do you know who and what can you trust online?' #EdChatie
Tonight’s #edchatie has moved so quick that I didn’t even engage in conversation...I didn’t have time! Looking forward to catching up on the feed in the AM.
#edchatie A5: the digital world removes inhibitions, boundaries and the danger of anonymity can have negative effects in the real world. However education is powerful and talking about issues rather than ignoring can bring about good 😊#edchatie
Some parents would rather not know what their kids are doing online than look. Educating parents about the dangers is a big part of the process as well. #edchatie
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@conpower, @GalinaRakanova, @johnmayo, @DigCitSummitIRL
We're into the famous final five minutes of tonight's #edchatie discussion on "DigitalCitizenship"
Any last thoughts, ideas, resources? Now's the time to add them in!
Thank you @fboss for such a great chat & the fastest hour EVER! @CurranCentral & I are looking forward to meeting #edchatie at @digcitsummitIRL so our PLN becomes our PLF & qe can continue this convo! #digcit
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@DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @DigCitSummitIRL, @fboss, @CurranCentral, @DigCitSummitIRL
A5 There is no difference. However, many young people have become conditioned by the medium of communication via tech and the blurred lines of reality and media. Core morals and intrapersonal and interpersonal skills required. Also, privacy online! #edchatie
I too got lost in the chaos. Great chat and sounds like @DigCitSummitIRL will be amazing. Gutted to be missing it but @ICTedu is shaping up well too on the same day so hopefully we can connect the 2 events on the day ... #edchatie
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@DavidPollardIRL, @fboss, @DigCitSummitIRL, @DigCitSummitIRL, @ICTedu
One final thought on Digital Citizenship is that we need to teach how to look at information objectively - how can we sort out the facts from fiction. Of course not everything is either true or false but perhaps a mix of both. #edchatie
#edchatie The worlds are virtual as in not physical but... In terms of digital citizenship I would see the interactions and social organisation of people as being real. Emotions are real.
