Vicki's Digital Citizenship Links of the Day 04/17/2008

• Internet Safety Video from Thinkquest - Dear Diary asks kids to find the mistakes

  Videos where students are asked to see the mistake that someone made with their new friends. This is a pretty interesting video to show and makes a point about age.
  
  It is definitely a shock type video. I wish we could put star ratings on this one because this seems a little over the top to me. I don't know that I would use it. What do you think? I think there should be a better video to discuss the mistakes kids make in chats. What do you think?

  tags: digiteen, video, ad4dcss, digital_safety

• Internet Safety

  This site is full of information about the scary side of the Internet -- it talks about predators and what they look like. It also shows predator warning signs, which could be interesting. I'm curious to see if there is balance and where their facts come from. This is targeted to age 10 and up. There are games and other things in here. I'd like to know some people who have been through this material. It won an award in 2007

  tags: digital_safety, netiquette, ad4dcss, online_course, parents

• princecaspianproject wiki - Annotated

  An excellent project for 4th - 6th grade sudents from Jennifer Wagner called the Prince Caspian project which will allow teachers to collaborate with other teachers around the world about the book and the upcoming movie "Prince caspian."

  tags: bestpractice, digital_access, literature, edu_news, education, ad4dcss, hz08, connectingpeople, virtualcollab, hzmeta, arts_entertainment

• Think.com - Safety & Netiquette Lesson - Annotated

  Think.com's safety lesson with nets standards. Think.com is excellent to use with younger students and is very walled and has an excellent profanity filter. I highly recommend it and have personally used it for a summer blogging project. Excellent site. It also requires an extensive verification process by the participating schools.

  tags: lesson_plans, hz08, connectingpeople, education, edublogger, digitalcitizenship, bestpractices, online_course, digital_safety, netiquette, bestpractice, ad4dcss

• MASSP News Center » Can You Hear Me Now? - Annotated

  Confiscating and looking at information on cell phones by school officials is still not clear. This is a very interesting case study for those working with digital citizenship issues at their school.

  tags: case_studies, digital_law, ad4dcss, education, mobile, hzmeta

• Professional Learning Board: Transforming Knowledge into Learning, Online

  The company that will be working with us for the ad4dcss project to make available a course for parents, teachers, and teens about digital citizenship. A growing group of volunteers is picking up to make this happen.

  tags: ad4dcss, professionaldevelopment, edu_newapp

• ScienceBlogs

  This website is a conglomeration of scientists who are blogging and writing.l They respond to research journals and bring forth "hot topics." In science. Time magazine has written an article about this site and how they are changing the face of science.
  
  Blogs are becoming integrated into all aspects of the world and knowing the method of writing effectively there is important.

  tags: science, edu_trends, curriculum, digital_communication, digital_access, ad4dcss, blocked_blogs