The internet has been in common use since the mid 1990s. It has infiltrated almost every facet of our daily lives. From looking up phone numbers to researching topics of interest to what to cook for dinner the internet is a integral part of our subsistence. For most of us being without service for a weekend is near impossible. Three terms that we learned in ECMP 355: digital identity - As far back as 1998, Abelson and Lessig recognized the need for authenticated information by authors who are who they say they are. digital citizenship - Karen Mossberger Ph.D. (2008) at the University of Illinois defines this as regular and daily effective use of the internet showing competence and informational literacy. digital literacy - Cornell University defines this as the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the internet. The use of excessive amounts of internet usage can cause some people to experience severe anxiety/depressive disorders, as Akin and Iskender found. Another article by Shana Lebowitz on Cyberchondria is another casualty of internet overuse. Aside from these facts, the Digital Citizenship Institute outline nine themes of digital citizenship that help foster a healthy balance of how we should behave online - lessons to embrace, warnings of what to stay away from, and outlining the dangers of the internet. A great article on teaching children how to recognize Fake News is important because the truth can become lost amidst a noisy broadcast of Fake News. Another informative source comes courtesy of a classmate Chelsey @C2Beat How to Protect Students from Fake News. As educators it is important for our students to realize that what they produce online leaves a digital footprint. Are we teaching our students to think before they post? Digitial Citizenship means helping our students to make good choices
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Chelsey
6/23/2017 10:40:31 pm
Great post Tanya. I love all of the resources you shared! Thanks
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6/23/2017 10:52:20 pm
Thank you Chelsey. It is a lot of reading, but these topics are important for all of society.
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