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4.7 Digital Citizen Advocate
Coaches model digital citizenship and support educators and students in recognizing the responsibilities and opportunities inherent in living in a digital world. Coaches:
4.7.a
Inspire and encourage educators and students to use technology for civic engagement and to address challenges to improve their communities.
4.7.b
Partner with educators, leaders, students and families to foster a culture of respectful online interactions and a healthy balance in their use of technology.
4.7.c
Support educators and students to critically examine the sources of online media and identify underlying assumptions.
4.7.d
Empower educators, leaders and students to make informed decisions to protect their personal data and curate the digital profile they intend to reflect.
Evidence of Competency
Artifacts: AUP and DE Voice Thread and Internet Safety Spirit Week Poster
Indicator(s)
4.7.a Inspire and encourage educators and students to use technology for civic engagement and to address challenges to improve their communities.
4.7.b Partner with educators, leaders, students and families to foster a culture of respectful online interactions and a healthy balance in their use of technology.
4.7.c Support educators and students to critically examine the sources of online media and identify underlying assumptions.
4.7.d Empower educators, leaders and students to make informed decisions to protect their personal data and curate the digital profile they intend to reflect.
Description
“AUP and DE” is a slide deck that was presented to teachers live at a professional development to kick off Internet Safety Week and Spirit Week. The presentation was also provided to parents as a voice thread on back-to-school night.
Impact
Before this presentation, teachers did not know the “why” behind the district’s requirement to teach internet safety lessons. After the training, one teacher commented that they did not realize that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was an act of Congress to help keep our students safe online. They now understand that we teach internet safety lessons to ensure that we follow the congressional act so we are allowed to have our students access the internet. The power of this information empowered teachers to take the lessons the district created with newfound dedication and purpose. In addition, our school began a quarterly internet safety week where teachers simultaneously taught internet safety lessons school-wide.
In addition, students participated in a spirit week and completed district-mandated internet safety lessons taught by their classroom teacher. As students completed lessons and showed PAWS by practicing respect online (4.7.b), acting responsibly online (4.7.d), staying safe online (4.7.c), and working hard online, they earned special technology PBIS tickets to use at the school store. Teachers were empowered because they had the resources at their fingertips to help keep their school community safe (4.7.a). Leaders were empowered because their teachers were inspired to complete the internet safety lessons, and they can utilize this presentation as needed throughout the year and for years to come. Finally, students were empowered because they had the skills to protect their personal data and curate the digital profile they intended to reflect.
Reflection
Reflection
The Pomona Ed tech team created district-wide lessons that have been utilized for many years. However, this year's implementation felt different and more potent because teachers knew “the why” behind these internet safety lessons. Seeing the shift in attitudes about these lessons was powerful. Four years ago, as staff, we had to complete these lessons as a requirement each semester, and many teachers lied about completing lessons. After having a PD about the AUP, it became clear to teachers why we must teach internet safety lessons to comply with COPPA and keep our students safe. That being said, I feel as though indicator 4.7.a and 4.7.b are a strength. Indicators 4.7.c and 4.7.d, however, were completed for me through the district-created resources. The areas that I did excel in with these indicators are the fact that each indicator was taught due to the renewed dedication to internet safety lessons through the professional development presented to teachers, as well as the establishment of the internet safety spirit week that helped to inspire the staff and students to participate in the internet safety lessons and making sure that all of the district-mandated internet safety lessons were all taught.
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