Digital Citizenship for Teachers

Digital citizenship for teachers will be important to know how teachers interact on the computer and its technology compared to that of students.  Often teachers need to be aware of viruses and mass emails.  Do not allow yourself to open the email or something could happen.  This is a safety precaution.
Etiquette refers to the set of practices created over the years to make the internet experience pleasant for everyone.  It can be referred to as courteous interactions.  A few rules of online communication as well. If information is not marked with an astrix you should not use it.  Research and truth finding, we need to teach our students to not to sight that wikipedia source.  Getting information from truthful sources.  Communication needs to be looked at electronically and how fast it is today and what can happen.  Cell phones can be used, IM, and e-mail have changed the way technology users communication.  These forms of communication have created a new social structure of who, how and when people interact.
Inappropriate communication would often involve cell phones.  We need to not use poor grammar in forms of writing and so therefore we need to not text shorthand but not create bad habits now.  Online ownership happens as well more often than it should.   Students no longer use books but internet.  We as Christians need to live above reproach.  So an implication for me would be that I would hold high standards for the way in which I communicate online and on computers and use technology as a leader of my classroom.  Online ownership is when you take responsibility for your cyber foot print.  Every time you put something online you are connected to that for the rest of your life.  As teachers we need to be aware of what we put online.  Teachers also need to teach this to their students.  They need to know that there is a good or bad reaction for everything they do online.  In the video we showed earlier, the teacher played different games with her students to help them understand the harmful things that can come from it.

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