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My apologies for this being late in being posted. Matt Weibe put it together, I was just behind in getting it up. I am back in town and should be getting on top of my game now! :-) Enjoy!
“ Developing 21st-century digital citizens  is a great challenge for educators. In a world of opportunities and seemingly devoid of rules how do we do this?” “As educators we are faced with a dazzling and diverse array of activities that our students are engaged in. We are mandated to keep our students safe but traditional acceptable use agreements and guidelines often focus on the technology rather than addressing the core elements of digital citizenship.” Read through the following “six-faceted approach to digital citizenship.” 1. **Respect Yourself**. 2. **Protect Yourself**. 3. **Respect Others**. 4. **Protect Others**. 5. **Respect Intellectual property**. 6. **Protect Intellectual Property**.
 * Growing Digital Citizens for Our Digital World - ** Andrew Churches and Kristin School

Find a copy of your school or district’s Acceptable Use Agreement or policy if you have one. Compare your school/districts AUA and its underlying focus to the six facets listed above.

More detail regarding the six facets and example AUA’s for different grade levels may be found here. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA

To emphasize the importance of digital citizenship and the skills and awareness individuals require in order to be savvy digital citizens watch the following video.

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To further emphasize the importance of digital citizenship and what we need to help our students prepare for in their lifetimes, view this marketing video from Microsoft. Note, we do not currently live in such a world yet these technologies are imminent.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">One of the best ways to instill the importance of preparedness, respect, safety and awareness in our students is to model digital citizenship ourselves. Revisit http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">and scroll to near the bottom of the page. Read through the AUA Expanded sections. Are you: · **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Respecting and Protecting yourself? **

<span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Respecting and Protecting Intellectual Property?
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10.85pt;">If you were to be asked to rewrite or restructure your school or district’s Acceptable Use Agreement today. What changes or modifications would make in light of the six-faceted approach to digital citizenship?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Reference the http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA website and your AUA. Rewrite your school or district’s AUA to fit a one page document. Submit the AUA to your instructor and peers for review. (On the Assignments page marked AUA.)

If you feel confident in your reworking of the policy/agreement consider proposing some changes in your school or district!

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