[I-Safe] Internet Safety & Digital Citizenship Contest 2008

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Please pass this on to the person(s) responsible for Internet Safety
instruction at your school.

 

 

Announcing the

2008 Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship 

Poster & PSA Contest

 

 

To promote Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship in Nebraska, the ESUs
along with the Nebraska Attorney General's Office, are once again
sponsoring the Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship Poster and PSA
Contest for Nebraska students.  In the past, the focus has been
primarily on Internet safety alone, but this year a new dimension has
been added, that of Digital Citizenship.  

 

Entries are due by March 15, 2008 to Graci Gillming via the ESU 10 route
or mailed to ESU 10,  76 Plaza Blvd, PO Box 850, Kearney, NE 68848. The
entry form and contest guidelines are available at
http://nis.esu10.org/ggillmin/InternetSafety and in the next issue of
the Connector.

 

The focus of Internet safety is on protecting oneself, but what about
one's own behavior on the Internet. People can do all kinds of things,
positive and negative, to others using the Internet, as well as to
computers, cell phones, and other forms of technology. Society has
dictated a certain set of behaviors for living in a physical community,
but what about the technological community? 

 

Digital citizenship is defined as the norms of behavior in regards to
the use of technology, and encompasses etiquette, communication,
literacy, accessibility, as well as commerce, law, rights and
responsibilities, health and wellness, and security.  Because of a lack
of experience in using technology by parents and adults over the age of
30ish, students have the advantage.  They can do just about whatever
they want, to whomever they want whenever they want. And it can all be
done anonymously.

 

In the past, students have had little instruction at home or school
about digital citizenship. Even though adults care about citizenship and
want students/children to be well-behaved even in the digital world, our
lack of experience and awareness gave us little to fall back on.
Recently, though, caring educators, like yourself, have realized the
importance of digital citizenship and have added it to their curriculum.
We commend you and encourage others to emphasize digital citizenship
whenever possible.

 

As educators, we know that one learns best when one teaches, which
applies to students as well. So ESU 10 invites you to encourage your
students to participate in the 2008 Internet Safety and Digital
Citizenship Contest. Creating a poster or public service announcement
(PSA) will reinforce what students have learned. Their project can be
shared with their peers, school, community, and state. 

 

The guidelines and entry form for the 2008 contest are available at
http://nis.esu10.org/ggillmin/InternetSafety along with poster and PSA
rubrics, more information about the contest, and other Internet safety
and digital citizenship resources. 

 

Thank you for your participation in the past and for your efforts in
educating students and your community on such an important issue.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Graci

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Graci Gillming  
Technology Training Coordinator
Educational Service Unit 10 
PO Box 850, 76 Plaza Blvd
Kearney, NE 68848
Bus: 308-865-5664 X-229
Fax: 308-233-9066
ggillmin at esu10.org <blocked::blocked::mailto:ggillmin at esu10.org> 

A story is not complete until it's been given away. Peggy Reinecke 

 

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