The Digital Citizenship Survival Kit
It has been another week of learning in our #diglitclass that is focused on practicing and developing Digital Literacy both professionally and the minds our future students. I thought I would start by sharing a few of my top favorite learning sites from this week.
This article, craigbadura.com-digital-citizenship-survival-kit left me thinking that teaching, digital literacy to children does not have be to lengthy to be impactful. He offers one idea that I plan to use this June while working with 2nd graders. All the items that are contained in the kit are items young children are familiar with helping then to connect the ideas within Digital Citizenship. Take a look maybe you can use it as well.
http://bit.ly/2nSGPgA This a place to start and I repeat start, to learn more about cyber bulling. Here you can find links to cyber bulling in schools. In addition, you are linked to information on victims & resources. One aspect of cyber bulling that often is overlook is social exclusion that can lead to the damaging of a child’s self-esteem. Most of us are familiar with hazing and rumor spreading but may be unaware that social media platforms are a place for these types of harmful behaviors to fester. On Digzen.org anyone can locate information related to these topics.
Dealing with Digital Cruelty
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOMAUG. 23, 2014 
nytimes.com-review/dealing-with-digital-cruelty writes about “Cyber Trolls” in her article. She discusses cruel comments that are left by some users who are void of digital intelligence when responding to posts of common people or celebrities. She suggests that authors grow thick skin and maybe even take heed of the comments that are left by trolls. She says that many comments are intended to injure, however, authors have the ability to keep themselves from fixating on the negative remarks. She suggests that it may be beneficial to ponder a troll response and then to move your thoughts on to the positive.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in regard to Digital Citizenship but I found these few sites helpful and I hope you do as well. As always please add comments. Or better, share links to sites to help build awareness.
Raising Awareness about Human Trafficking 
I thank you for your information. I think about how to handle cyber bullying if it happens in my classroom. It’s such a sensitive subject for kids of all ages. Your resources will be great to check out. It is important to try to get ahead and be prepared.
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I also thought that Craig Badura’s post was great. It is a rule of thumb to live by online that I think students need to be taught. It may save so many students from dealing with unnecessary struggles by thinking before they post.
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I think presenting this information to children in the manner that you have is awesome! Kids don’t always understand “cyberbullying” but if you explained it to them as being a “Cyber Troll” and speak in terms that they can understand, the results may get better and better! Great post!
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