This week I will be sharing two websites related to the same
topic, Digital citizenship,from the blog posts of my colleagues.
The first one is http://mediasmarts.ca/ and it is presented
by Seher Balkaya whose blog can be reached at http://seherb.wordpress.com/2012/12/digital-citizenship-technologies/. The site has various lesson plans, ideas,
tutorials, tips and information on the themes of digital citizenship. Though
they are for K12 education, many of the lesson plans for Grade 12 can be used
with some adaptation with my young adult learners. The reason why I have
particularly chosen this site is that the site offers numerous lesson plans on
digital and media literacy. One example of what and how I would use from this
website is the e-parenting guide: Keeping up with your kids' online activities.
First, I would briefly talk about the excessive use of internet. Then, tell
them that they are going to be parents and ask them to choose one of the five
subtopics given in the e-tutorial that they are interested in presenting. There
are five sub topics for this tutorial and they are online research and
homework, online relationships, inappropriate content, too much time online and
online marketing. Students who choose the same topic can watch the tutorial
together to help each other with the content and the language. The good thing
is that the tutorial has subtitles, which is a great opportunity for language
learners. Then they choose visuals, videos and prepare a power point
presentation where the tips are also given.