Digital+Citizenship

toc //Have you Googled yourself lately? With college admissions offices [|using social networks] like Facebook, Twitter and My Space to find information about applicants, what you do on the web can have a lasting effect, good or bad. The online profiles that you create now as a middle schooler can last a lifetime. Your web presence is how many people will be introduced to who you are.// I will:
 * ==Learning Targets==
 * Advocate and practice safe, legal and responsible use of information and technology.
 * Communicate my ideas to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * Identify trends in social media and online behavior in order to respond to them. || media type="custom" key="8223714" ||

Resources,Tools, and Tutorials
[|Relationships] How technology is changing friendship, parenting and love. [|Waging War] The changing nature of warfare in the 21st century. [|Virtual Worlds] The remarkable power of alternate realities. [|Learning] How to educate children for the digital age. ||< Tutorial: Embedding media in a blog post [|How to write your Reaction Post] Planning a multimedia presentation || **On the web:** [|Flixtime]You will need to sign up for an account Animoto Sign up tutorialYou will need to sign up for Animoto with a promo code that Mrs. Johnson gives you PhotopeachYou can log into photopeach with the username //emscheetahs// and the password that Mrs. Johnson gives you. Photostory Moviemaker || Reaction/Response Post Mrs. Johnson's Blog Post: "Music is the New Silence" Digital Life Post-Using Animoto: Phoebe's "Senses in My Digital Life" Digital Life Photopeach: ||
 * **PBS Digital Nation Video Segments and Articles** ||= **Tutorials and Help Sheets** ||= **Multimedia Tools** ||= **Examples** ||
 * [|Living Faster] Daily life in the age of nonstop connection.
 * On the school network:**

Assignments
Two posts:
 * Browse the video segments in the PBS Digital Nation series. Choose one to respond to. Embed the video segment in your blog and write a thoughtful, well written reaction/response post.
 * Who are you, in the digital sense? Create a post that illustrates your digital life. It should incorporate multimedia, but can also have a written explanation.

**Standards Aligned Plan**
[|NETS Standards for Students] [|AASL 21st Century Learner] ||= ** Activities ** ||= ** Resources /Readings/Tutorials ** || Learning Targets: I will: 3.3.3 Use knowledge and information skills and dispositions to engage in public conversation and debate around issues of common concern. NETS 4: Digital Citizenship - Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. || Skills: Incorporate images into blog post that include proper attribution, manipulate images using online tools Blog Assignments:  [|Relationships] How technology is changing friendship, parenting and love.  [|Waging War] The changing nature of warfare in the 21st century.  [|Virtual Worlds] The remarkable power of alternate realities.  [|Learning] How to educate children for the digital age. ||
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 * Week 3: Digital Citizenship
 * Advocate and practice safe, legal and responsible use of information and technology.
 * Communicate my ideas to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * Identify trends in social media and online behavior in order to respond to them. || AASL 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
 * Read/watch video segments and articles to learn about the impact, possibilities and consequences of online behaviors
 * Read/watch tutorial to learn about embedding media in blog posts
 * Write a well crafted response and reaction post.
 * Browse the video segments in the PBS Digital Nation series. Choose one to respond to. Embed the video segment in your blog and write a thoughtful, well written reaction and response post.
 * Create a post that illustrates your digital life. It can be written, or shown visually in a multimedia product, or both ||<  [|Living Faster] Daily life in the age of nonstop connection.