Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know

by Mike Ribble

This essential exploration of digital citizenship provides a framework for helping students become productive and responsible users of digital technologies.

Students today have always had technology in their lives, so many teachers assume their students are competent tech users — more competent, in fact, than themselves. In reality, not all students are as tech savvy as teachers might assume, and not all teachers are as incompetent as they fear. Even when students are comfortable using technology, they may not be using it appropriately. Likewise, educators of all skill levels may not understand how to use technology effectively. Both students and teachers need to become members of a digital citizenry.

Included in this new
This book is designed to help a district- or site-based team understand digital citizenship and how it can affect their curriculum and schools. Likewise, this book can help individual educators and technology leaders see the importance of digital citizenship and identify ways it can improve teaching and learning with technology.
K-12 classroom teachers

Genres: Education, Teachers

310 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 21, 2015

Reviews

[Melissa Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not an easy read, but lots of good information surrounding the need for good digital citizenship curriculum in schools. Will be helpful as I work on both teacher and student lessons surrounding the topic.

"Students today have always had technology in their lives, so many teachers assume their students are competent tech users – more competent, in fact, than themselves. In reality, not all students are as tech savvy as teachers might assume, and not all teachers are as incompetent as they fear. Even when students are comfortable using technology, they may not be using it appropriately. Likewise, educators of all skill levels may not understand how to use technology effectively. Both students and teachers need to become members of a digital citizenry. In this essential exploration of digital citizenship, Mike Ribble provides a framework for asking what we should be doing with respect to technology so we can become productive and responsible users of digital technologies."

[Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for a graduate school class, and I found it pretty interesting. I appreciated Ribble's focus on not isolating students from technology. Instead, he explores how to teach them to safely, kindly, and legally interact with it. Ribble includes practical lesson plans for the classroom, too. The book has challenged the way I think about exposing my students to technology in my classroom.

I would recommend this to any teacher of middle or high school students. I think the 9 elements would be helpful for parents to think about, but the book is really written for teachers.

[Martha Kertz]

Everything you need to know about digital citizenship and is great for teachers.

[Cait Farrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful lessons including for implementation

[Mickie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goes beyond the usual stranger danger.

[Carolann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book filled with ideas, lessons and food for thought bout all things technology

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the digital age, I really loved this user-friendly guide for Digital Citizenship. Most relevant for school leaders, tech coordinators, grade-level chairs - this book gives very approachable and usable ways to teach teachers and students about citizenship lessons we all could use!