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Digital citizenship is an imperative part of our classroom resposibility. The computer world opens up areas that students should not be exposed to.
Three important rules of citizenship are:
1. Students should always be monitored and supervised. Although most web sites are filtered, we have  professional responsibility to be sure they are always working on appropriate web sites
2. I personally always model the web sites they are allowed to use and why. I have a list posted on all of my lap tops for acceptable web sites. These are the only ones allowed in my classroom. We review evey web site before we begin a lesson. They are asked to reflect on what they learned from the web site
3. Just like "stranger danger" is taught in DARE, we need to teach the dangers of the world of technology. Along with that, they should be taught to be respectful in anything they write or post. I emphasize it for all eyes to see.
There are several Brain Pop lessons on computer citizenship/. Also, posting a list of rules and a safety pledge is a good way to teach the students responsible digital citizenship