ISTE Standard #4

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.
Artifacts:
Purpose:  To teach about the importance of digital citizenship by creating a Podcast.

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QR Code for Digital Citizen Podcast

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Reflection:
Students are bringing their mobile devices (smart phones, iPod, tablets, etc.) to school. It does not matter if the educational institution support the devices or not. The personal devices are here to stay so I believe we should embrace the trend. What better method than to provide a Podcast so they can listen to the announcement or instruction using their own personal mobile devices.

This project allowed me to reach out to the students using technology that they are comfortable with. I did not have to provide training which saved time and money. In turn, the Digital Citizenship Podcast provided a simple way to educate them. This "promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information." By listening to the Podcast, the students learned what behavior needs to be adopted to be a good digital citizen. By having this knowledge, I believe they will be more comfortable embracing the digital social world.