I thought the research for the Digital Citizenship project was well worth the time and effort. In my opinion, it should be one of the first requirements of every online student. I learned so much I had never known and I have been using a computer for 15+ years. Some of the things I learned or was reminded about....
How do you make a great password?
What does that green bar mean at the URL?
How do copyright laws work for stuff on the Internet?
What is Fair Use?
What in the world is a Trojan horse and worm?
How do I keep my computer safe?
I think the Golden Rule applies to what we do with the Internet materials we have access to....paraphrased it would be something like this...Do with what others have put on the Internet the same as what you want others to do with what you put on the Internet. We have great resources on the Internet available because it is some one's job to put it there in many cases. It is their way to make a living and to make it look like ours is taking what is not ours...it's stealing.
The one thing I do wish about the use of Internet material is that it would be in simple, plain English what you can do with the material. Trying to find out what is OK and not OK can sometimes be confusing and hard to find. Personally, I just need them to say "Use whatever you want" or "Don't use anything here!" Quick and easy. Time saving.
I found a few really good websites as I researched this topic. Several have tutorials or quizzes that could be used in the classroom. I took them and learned.
Cyberbee
Citing Quiz at Monash.edu
Plagiarism Tutorial at Lycoming College
Donette, I agree with you about the digital citizenship assignment. I learned alot of information related to the do's and don'ts about using the computer. I also learned alot about how to protect my own personal computer.
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