The two technologies related to digital citizenship, ethics, and netiquette that I chose to discuss this week are, “ISafe” and “Common Sense Media.” These two web-sites are dedicated to improving the lives of students of all ages, and children who use the internet. These sites have a firm belief that students of today spend more time with media and digital activities than they do with their own families or in school. (Common Sense Media, 2012). This enormous amount of time that is spent in the digital medium affects the development of all who participate. Common Sense Media proposes that the digital world, and experiences students gain from it, affects social, emotional, and physical development. Therefore, Common Sense Media prides itself on providing trustworthy information, education, and independent voice that is needed for a student to operate in a world of digital technology. They are a non-profit and non-partisan organization that has a belief system to protect children, and all students from the negative aspects of the media they consume. The site offers pre-evaluated educational resources advice on games, movies, web-sites, and apps for learning. They also specialize and focus on advocacy and policy on the internet.
Common Sense Media is a great place for educators of all kinds to review educational resources that have been reviewed by internet professionals.
The next technology I chose to report about was, “ISafe: The Leader in e-Safety Education.” This site is dedicated to safety-education for the net. They provide safety education to all 50 states. They offer an online safety tutorial program called I-mentor that instructs internet users on internet safety and how to be a respectable digital citizen. The site even offers promotional opportunities where students, teachers, and even law enforcement can take the knowledge they obtained and share it with their peers and community.
The ISafe web tutorials offer education for students by revolutionizing the way the world looks at Internet safety education (iSafe, 2012). iSafe knows that every student can navigate through the net and explore the world. Students have the opportunity to travel to intelligent realms or to the darkest most detestable realms of the human imagination (iSafe, 2012). With these ideas in place, ISafe suggests that having filters on the internet service you provide is not true internet safety. They suggest that education about the internet is safest way to educate people to become responsible digital citizens.
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Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteThe common sense media website is nice. I like that they have their "10 beliefs" right on the homepage, so a parent who is checking out the site knows exactly what they are getting into. Because children today do not know a world without computers, it is important to prepare them as much and as early as possible. This would be a great tool for adult students who do not have a lot of technological savvy. I could see providing this site to students in my classes as a reference to help them get some background on safe use of the internet.
Thanks for sharing,
-Octavia.
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI think that Isafe web should be used at least two to three times a year in public education. The internet and informtion is constantly changing and this would be a good tool to help districts. I also think tht common sense media is a wonderful tool for children and adults that aren't as familiar as others with the internet.
Will be using both of these!
Thanks,
Aubrey
I adore the Common Sense Media website and will be introducing my learners as well as the users of our computer lab to this resource. Bravo!
ReplyDelete-Bill