She is a national authority on building
youth digital citizenship skills, and her development of our lesson plans for teachers and librarians was deeply informed by her own innovative curriculum development.
This follow - up study could also examine the extent to which teachers and their K - 12 students are meeting current expectations
for digital citizenship skills, including the use of social networking sites, wikis, and weblogs for creative problem solving and decision - making.
We also hope to initiate conversations at sites and districts around the importance
of digital citizenship skills being taught as an integral part of the core curriculum, as opposed to a set of lessons or unit taught in isolation.
Fifth graders serve as social media interns who tell powerful stories to their community by snapping photos, preparing tweets, and creating Facebook posts for publication while also
learning digital citizenship skills.
The richest examples of K - 12 students
demonstrating digital citizenship skills were seen in the work samples and reflections of elementary and secondary preservice teachers who taught social studies units.
«The good news is that K - 12 education is developing a toolkit of student strategies
for digital citizenship skills that incorporate the benefits and challenges of social media use,» writes Adam Steiner (@steineredtech).
She works everyday to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms, to help students see the strengths and weaknesses of technology usage for education, and help parents see the importance of
good digital citizenship skills for the future.
Do use a classroom - only tool such as a learning management system to share safely, and build your classroom's
digital citizenship skills.
Research on the technology preparation of classroom teachers contrasts starkly with technology leaders» expectations for K - 12 students»
digital citizenship skills and knowledge.