I am not sure that I have ever thought about how students are losing the ability to show empathy as a digital citizen. This is something that surprised me during my learning. “Educators and parents need to become more aware of the empathy gap and find ways to counteract it when teaching students about digital citizenship”(Krueger, 2014). Digital citizens should show respect and kindness to their audience. This needs to start at home and in the classroom. Teachers must teach empathy face-to-face before students can show empathy online.
It is important that students at a young age learn how to be a good digital citizen. By teaching these Application Activities in my second grade classroom, students will learn at a young age how to have good online behavior and how to respect and follow user agreements and copyright laws. My students will learn how to share their work appropriately online and how to locate and use other’s creative online work. These Application Activities will allow me as a teacher become a better Digital Agent by implementing a plan to teach my students about proper digital citizenship. By teaching my students proper digital citizenship, they will be able to respond and create online content that is empathetic to their audience, which can in turn promote change if needed. As students grow into proper digital citizens, they can promote change in their online communities. With proper digital citizenship others are more likely to appreciate their online contributions. By teaching students how to be an empathetic digital citizen, they become Digital Interactors. This will also teach them how to collaborate with others online. Students must know how to properly communicate with their peers and adults when collaborating online. Teaching empathy does that. They learn how to make appropriate online contributions with respect and kindness. By teaching my students about licensing and copyright laws, they learn what online content can be shared or used and what cannot. This promotes Digital Self. Not only do students learn about intellectual property, but they will also learn how to protect themselves while online. Students must learn that once they put something online, it is there forever. That means they need to be aware of what that means for their future and their Digital Self. Resources Krueger, N. (2014, October 20). 3 strategies for using empathy as an antidote to cyberbullying. Retrieved January 22, 2019, from https://www.iste.org/explore/articledetail?articleid=188 Team ISTE. (2017, October 12). The New Digital Citizenship: Empower Proactive Digital Learners [Classroom poster]. Retrieved January 22, 2019, from https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=1083&fbclid=IwAR2oIYhMRGFf-ucfoG9p1DrSEv83NThzl2Lzn1mObUncrChmnvQZ6EalQx8
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