Virtual Learning Network

Digitital Citizenship 2011

During this year students, staff and parents are exploring digital citizenship through:

• academic commenting verses social commenting in Web 2.0 environments
• revision of the school cyber safety agreement
• turning the cyber safety/digitial citizenship agreement into a living document

Extract from Tahunanui ICT Strategic Plan 2011

TEACHING & LEARNING

National Programme Goals - Schools will use e-learning to give effect to the New Zealand Curriculum/Te Marautanga o Aotearoa by increasing the capability of:

1. Students to become successful digital citizens through:

• Raising Year 4 boys achievement in reading through the use of ICTs e.g. web 2.0 tools & digital learning objects
• Blogging: Teachers & students tracking their learning through ICTs, NZNC & key competencies through blogging.  Teachers, students and parents to develop and use ‘academic commenting’ rather than ‘social commenting’
• Cyber Safety & Digital Citizenship – embed lessons into classroom programmes, turn e-learning home agreements into ‘living’/’owned’ documents
• Embed ICTs in inquiry learning/integrated study – link to e-learning plan, web 2.0 and digital learning objects