This week the topic was teaching Cyber Ethics to students. In recent months we’ve seen the public consequences of politicians who have used social networking inappropriately. In addition we are also struggling with an epidemic of cyber bullying and other online safety issues. There is no doubt that students need help learning online etiquette. However, there doesn’t seem to be time enough to teach or cover these important issues. The Randy Hollandsworth article, Digital Citizenship in K-12: It takes a Village, focused on the necessity of a collaborative effort when it comes to cyber ethics. The issues of being safe online, cyber bullying awareness/prevention and social networking etiquette should not only be addressed by school administrators and teachers. It should also be addressed by parents and community members. Hollandsworth states that “it takes a village” and it certainly does.
We all need to create a “technology community” where our students will be equipped to handle the task of digital citizenship. In this place students will be not only be able to be better users of Web tools, but will also be safe. We have to make sure our students are well prepared for a career after high school and also be “guided towards a productive and safe technological society”). (Hollandsworth, 2011)
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