Digital Etiquette

Digital Passport (Share Jumper) https://www.digitalpassport.org

Digital Security

Privacy and Security Scope and Sequence https://www.commonsense.org/education
Jessy Irwin’s Slideshow about Info Security in the Classroom. pay particular attention to slides 8-14. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nLe2F3yoZpGcE8JY27UfgB5IObVJtIgdAbiXITEcT4k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g5e0b20e58_063
Hector’s World http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/
Carnegie Cyber Academy http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/
I Know What You Did Five Minutes Ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVBshcN7wU

Digital Literacy

Digital Passport (Search: Search Shark) https://www.digitalpassport.org
Information Literacy Scope and Sequence https://www.commonsense.org/education
Your Digital Footprint May Be Unflattering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8C1a2z_cuQ

Digital Law

Digital Passport (Creative Credit: Mix-n-Match) https://www.digitalpassport.org

Digital Health and Wellness

Self-image and Identity Scope and Sequence https://www.commonsense.org/education
Digital Footprint & Reputation Scope and Sequence https://www.commonsense.org/education
Digital Compass- educational game that gives kids the freedom to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can impact their relationships and future. https://www.digitalcompass.org/
Digital Passport-Teach the basics of online safety and responsibility to third- through fifth-graders with this suite of games. https://www.digitalpassport.org
Digital Bytes- teaches teens digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities and collaborative projects that voice their ideas for making smart choices.  https://www.commonsense.org/education

Digital Commerce

ISTE Standards

a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology

b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity

c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning

d. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

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

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

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

Being NetSmart

Google, Bing, Yahoo! And other search engines offer search as a free service on the Web, because searches provide the marketing information that advertisers have sought like the conquistadores sought El Dorado — a way to show large numbers of individuals advertisements that each person might actually be interested in. Search is both a public good — something useful to everybody, but that individuals lack sufficient incentive to create for themselves — and a way to amass significant private wealth by selling a valuable commodity. In Web search, the valuable commodity is the searchers’ attention. Search engines sell sponsored links that appear on the top or side of the page of links displayed in response to a search query. Whenever someone clicks on a sponsored link, a small amount of money goes to the search engine provider. Those clicks add up to billions of dollars each year. (p. 85)

Your digital footprint is comprised of information such as particular links you click on when using a search engine, groups you join, online shopping preferences, and reacting to someone else’s social media post. How do you know what footprints you’ve left? Try these steps:

1. Search your name on a variety of different search engines. Search text, images, and video. If anything comes up that you would prefer not be attached to your name, take steps to remove it from the site it happens to be on. Don’t hesitate to contact a webmaster if you need something taken off a particular site but have no way to do it.
2. Clean up accounts! You may have an old account somewhere that you haven’t accessed since Jr. High that needs to be deleted. If you have accounts you plan to “deactivate,” clean out all the photos and information before deactivating.
3. Check the privacy settings on your active accounts. Make a habit of going through your active accounts each year and clean them up. Anything you want to keep can be backed up on your hard drive without leaving it out and available within the app. Make sure you know what you are sharing and with whom you are sharing it. All social media apps’ privacy settings require attention!
4. Unsubscribe from any mailing lists that you don’t really need.
5. Use a secondary email account for sites you sign up on that may send marketing.
6. Check any e-commerce or retail sites and delete your account if you no longer use them.
7. Use a more private web browser and search engine. DuckDuckGo doesn’t log any personally identifiable information, doesn’t use cookies to identify you, and it discards user agents and IP addresses from its server logs. StartPage runs a Google search for you but does not pass your information on to Google. Most major browsers have a private, or incognito mode, but note this still tracks your IP address (see https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001378.htm for more information).
8. Always remember that digital information doesn’t really go away, so think very carefully before you post! If you want to test how long web information remains available, search for a URL (like http://okstate.edu) on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive (http://archive.org).

There are serious privacy-related issues such as identity theft, surveillance, and behavioral data mining associated with web and social media activities, but there are great affordances for those who bring knowledge and skill to their engagement in digital culture. The wealth of outstanding information available, engagement in personal and professional communities, and the opportunity to collaboratively create with diverse, global citizens cannot be ignored. Rheingold explains, “Every PC as well as smart phone is a printing press, broadcasting station, political organizing tool, and site for growing a community or marketplace. Knowledge, power, advantage, companionship, and influence lie with those who know how to participate, rather than those who just passively consume culture” (p. 249).

Thus, given the opportunity, people typically revert to situations where they can be in homogeneous environments. They look for “safe spaces” and “culture fit.” And systems that are “personalized” are highly desirable. Most people aren’t looking to self-segregate, but they do it anyway. And, increasingly, the technologies and tools around us allow us to self-segregate with ease. Is your uncle annoying you with his political rants? Mute him. Tired of getting ads for irrelevant products? Reveal your preferences. Want your search engine to remember the things that matter to you? Let it capture data.Want to watch a TV show that appeals to your senses? Here are some recommendations. (n.p.)

Additional Readings on Technology Integration, Digital Literacy/Citizenship, and Internet Safety

Week 1 Presentation (Educational Technology – EDIT 3320 Week 1 Overview) (This is the presentation used in the Week 1 Recording)

Read the article TPACK Framework Article, pages: 9, 10, and 12

Read What is Digital Citizenship (below), an except from course text Applications of Educational Technology

Read theFCC CIPA Article

Read How to Take a Screenshot

Additional Readings on Copyright and Fair Use

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers

Fair Use (An infographic)

A Teacher’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use (Lagola, K. (2021). Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/article/teachers-guide-copyright-and-fair-use 28-July-2022).

Videos For This Module

Copyright Basics for Teachers

Teacher Resource: Copyright Quick Check

Google Drive: Getting Started

Sharing Google Links (View Only)

Note: Ms Petty’s video refers to videos created using Austin Community College accounts; replace the example information provided with information for/from your institution.

Safe Image Search

Petty, Deborah. (2022). Safe image search [Video]. Linked from YouTube.

Please also review Google’s Safe Image Search information on their website.

This resource is no cost at https://pressbooks.pub/ocapplicationsofedtech/